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Brought this home today. I've been looking for what info I could. Seems some of them had an ink stamp date inside the back visible through the bass side F hole. No such luck here, but I like the...

The gentler side of things:

https://youtu.be/q6TlxuQvZJs

Astroturf Cacophany is a pretty good name too! Though we'd lose the rhyme with "Bluegrass Boys" :mandosmiley:

Yes, our violinist Sana often uses sheet music when we play. Though there is certainly...

Hey, this is Sam from Astroturf Noise -- just stumbling on this thread now! I'm enjoying the spirited discussion of our music and experimental music generally :)

Thanks to those who had nice...

Orville was heavily influenced by Victorian times, though he was working somewhat later. Ornamentation was the order of the day, and his personal aesthetic led him to heavily ornament things; thus...

Hey folks. These plectrums seem like they pop in and out of stock and some folks always refer to an older kinda low res video. I decided to make a bit more of a comprehensive how to for them. Please...

I absolutely disagree with this kind of thinking. It is natural enough way to think, but it is wrong headed.

I can see going for economy on the first mandolin, where one is not sure of one's...

Just a hunch but I think someone pulled a clever Photoshop pun on you. I approve!

Original post you're referring to:...

Some relatively new information for those that wish to keep up on the latest legal antics. Don't believe this has been posted here. This information is from guitar.com posted 6 days ago.

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Northfield has produced hundreds of Calhoun mandolins that retail under $1K since this article came out in 2018: Northfield Introduces Three New Michigan-Made Instruments

Just to be clear, I don't post their videos here to poke fun at what they're doing. There are people reading this and sometimes posting--in this thread--that do have an appreciation for their work....

The Well Worn F2 has some new finery! Me and my mando took a trip up to Jake Wildwoods yesterday to fix her up in her fancy new duds.

Hey, I think putting on the new (old) Handel tuners made her...

https://youtu.be/s28oq4W2PPk

Well you may have seen me attempt to play on a Goldtone mandocello, here is the real deal.

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Noice. I'm not sure I had a crush on her, as such, but I loved her voice. That's not strong enough - I lurved her voice. ;)

I was a little surprised she included this Eddie Money song among her...

As many of you may know, on Wednesday, January 12th, we lost another great. Ronnie Spector died. :( I wasn't going to post anything here, though I definitely would have followed suit if someone else...

If you want to play maqam Middle Eastern music like an oud player, I can certainly see why you might want a fretless mandolin.

I did vaguely check into this after I had been on a course at...

Starting the year of with a rather smart ziricote/torrefied sitka Session King tenor guitar. One of three similar guitars I made at the back end of last year.

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Nigel...

I was blessed to spend a lot of years with Charlie Derrington, and he was one of my best friends. Danny Robert’s is in that same place. All those that were in the bluegrass division while I was...

Well, I'd like to hear some Hindustani music on that fretless mandolin.

https://youtu.be/zbIl7Rkd72Y

I'm not sure how to feel about this. Can someone tell me how I feel?

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No offense to the posting of the above video, but here's one from someone that actually knows what a mandolin is and knows how to play one. Always amazed at people demoing mandolins and the first...

Arthur McBride is still one of my favorite Christmas songs, I know it's not about that but love it!

And a fourth, since limit is three per post.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqY-OhNiP2A