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    Re: Wintergrass Jam 2/22 - 2/25

    Will be there too with a couple mandolins - A Sullivan and either a Ruhland or a Heiden and a vintage guitar or two. Would love to jam with folks who like to play instrumental fiddle tunes, jigs and...
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    Re: Compton playing my Heiden A5

    "Old square head" sounds great in Mike's hands and yours too Don!
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    Re: Robert Crumb on Mandolin

    208305 Thought I'd share a pic of this print I have of Crumb with playing a mando. It was done by the illustrator Drew Friedman, a long time friend of Crumb's
  4. Re: Does anyone have experience or advice about finger rehabilita

    Hey Steve - I had a similar accident and surgery 10 years ago. Couldn't touch an instrument for about 2 years without serious discomfort. I began the PT and rehab right away after the surgery...
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    Re: Andy Statman's Opry debut

    Great picking by these guys...and, Jake Eddy is a monster flat picker!
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    Re: Anybody dealt with Vintage Gintage

    Bob is a reputable dealer - straight shooter
  7. Re: An afternoon picking w/ Andrew Marlin & the Griffith Loar

    I agree Olaf - the Griffith Loar has some special chemistry and mojo going on that luthiers can talk about in a more technical way...it does differ in design from most A5's...but subjectively, it is...
  8. Re: An afternoon picking w/ Andrew Marlin & the Griffith Loar

    201132 Roy's top
  9. Re: An afternoon picking w/ Andrew Marlin & the Griffith Loar

    FYI the group mando photo includes: The Griffith Loar, a copy of the Griffith Loar that Max Girouard built in collab with Bruce Harvie, Andrew's Nugget and Gilchrist F5's, my Ruhland F5 #35 and a...
  10. An afternoon picking w/ Andrew Marlin & the Griffith Loar

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    https://youtu.be/FqcVKoA6ZLs

    Thought folks might enjoy seeing photos from an afternoon picking session over at Matt Ruhland's place yesterday (and a truck...
  11. Recently discovered documentary footage from the Gibson factory

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-zOaOYB120

    Just a short glimpse of mandolin building in the custom shop toward the end - anybody recognize the builders?...
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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's day!!

    That was awesome. My favorite Gunnar was #10 who went to the fridge for a bite!
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    Re: Ruhland Eye Candy

    Hey Reid, that A5 is going to be Matt's personal mandolin. Last couple of times he included a mandolin for himself in a batch, someone convinced him to sell it. He claims it won't happen this...
  14. Re: Duff A style mandolins, like to hear owner thoughts, some ?

    Paul Duff builds incredible mandolins - as Josh said, they stand up to the best - and somehow they remain a bit under-appreciated. I have a 2017 Duff A5 that I sold in an attack of stupidity a year...
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    Some bluegrass virtuosity vintage 1975

    Since we lost JD and Tony this year, I thought I'd post this fantastic New South recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF1lGG8FoOQ

    Pretty good live recording and some amazing picking
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    Re: What's the best room/apt humidifier?

    I run a Venta airwasher in winter in my home studio where all my instruments are. It humidifies and pulls dust and other crap out of the air at the same time. The instruments love it
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    Re: Bill Halsey's last F-5

    Nice slice of mando history...
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    Re: Andrew Marlin's Mando on "Harvest Moon"

    I always wondered how that wear pattern happened directly under the strings. That happened before I owned that Nugget...and I no longer own it. It was a great instrument, but with its Doug Fir top...
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    Re: Let's hear your BEST musical joke?

    Q: why are there no banjos in Star Wars?
    A: 'cause it's the future!
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    Re: A Ruhland A5 for sale on Matt's website

    You're right Reid - Matt got a call a few minutes after I started this thread and sold the mandolin. And true, Matt came over and traced Ella's headstock for your mandolin. Very cool - hope you're...
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    Dawg Trio in Portland last night

    197541 A great show last night at the Aladdin in Portland. I think David said this was his first performance in 2 years. He did a bunch of new material they had never performed before including a...
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    Re: Two mandolins from the same maker

    Here is my Heiden pair. Heritage A and Artist F. Both have the lush Heiden overtones and the quick responsiveness. The A is lighter and less bass dominant. I'm lucky to have these two axes 197057
  23. Thread: Ruhland A5

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    Re: Ruhland A5

    what a pretty sunburst he did on that one
  24. Thread: Griffith Loar

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    Re: Griffith Loar

    Check out Max Girouard's blog that AJH posted earlier in the thread https://girouardmandolins.wordpress.com/the-griffith-project/
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    Re: Griffith Loar

    I do - And I think of it more as caretaking Ella... and I've been trying to get her into lots of different talented hands for playing and recording. Bruce and I launched a recording project right...
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