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I have a theory regarding the excellent tonal qualities of #73009. When it was returned to the factory in 1937 for the repair of the crack in the top, Gibson sandblasted the old finish off the...

I have two McCray picks, a 1.5 and a 1.8mm. I like them but I am not sure they are the cat's pajamas. I think sometimes they sound better than my equivalent sized BC picks, but I do go back and...

there are several versions of Bill Monroe playing it on Facebook, in the Monroe Mandolin group. There is one two-part version and a three-part version as well.

Okay, Okay....97045970469704797048970499705097051970529705397054 And it is a 1915 mandolin!! thanks TI!

Just thought I'd share the newer of the new acquisitions. Pictures of the older one soon.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200518665114840.2207244.1404326957&type=3

The Preservation Society of Asheville Buncombe County (PSABC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit) is serving as the Non-Profit pass-thru for the Mrs. Hyatt's Music House Preservation Society. All donations from...

Ditto on Nick Chandler.
Jack Dillen is right in Asheville.

I've known John for a long time. He lived in the Back Bay in Boston when I lived in Cambridge. We saw each other a lot. And played mandolin a LOT. He called me E-Bones and I called him J-mac. ...

I think Bill liked me too; he stated, in front of me to another mandolin player. that I was a "... pretty good mandolin player". He also invited me to his farm and had me onstage with him a few...

Sharing is a good thing.......
Bill was very fond of & protective towards DeFord.

Re: Gail and 'NOS'....
She told me a while back she was collecting some really vintage woods to someday make a really vintage NOS mean mandolin machine. I made a minor contribution to her vintage...

Uhhhh....
I think I read on the innernet that Wegens were Kevlar.
Didn't Chris Thile say the difference between the black and white picks was that the former gave a darker tone to the playing? He...

Here is a little video about #73009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRW7tfhimGQ

Well, I guess I need toss in my $.0125 here.
I got to play with Bill Monroe a number of times.
I have played with Mike Compton a number of times.
I sat in and played with Bill at a couple of his...

I have to make my opinion known about Rowan's 'Vertical Guitar' style. I think Peter was one of the strongest guitar men who played in the BGB and his playing put a bit of fire under Monroe, whose...

I remember one night after a "Down From the Mountain" show I was listening to Ricky Skaggs give an opinion of Nancy Blake's Loar (an April 25th, '23). He was telling that it was a real dog and needed...

Bill did not buy Joe Val's mandolin. He had two Lloyd Loar mandolins.
When I asked him how many mandolins he had, he told me he had about 14.

"The Lloyd Loar" was written for the "...fine folks at Gibson...." who fixed up #73987.
The particular individual responsible for the splinter re-assembly is included in the picture below (hint:...

There is an interesting article floating around somewhere on the 'net about the Virzi. If I remember correctly, it deals with the perceived sounds of instruments of the round-hole and F-hole variety....

I think both are Monroe compositions. I do have the sound clip of Monroe where Monroe attributes #authorship of Jerusalem Ridge to Kenny Baker, but I think this was just a public nod to Baker. ...

Well, of xcourse the starting point is Bill Monroe's album The High Lonesome Sound. Ralph Rinzler's detailed notes give a starting point for understanding Monroe and the music he made.

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