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At 67, with 50 years of mandolin playing behind me, I'm glad to be counted among the "young people who misunderstand the mandolin".
Fortunately for me, I stopped worrying about other people's...

nope, nope, nope....

no genders or names, please!

(well, I guess Jeff Mando is OK...:cool:)

Welcome to the Cafe.

In future, when changing strings, please video yourself! ;)

It almost never hurts. It's hard to explain, but I have noticed no change in mobility. If I have been driving for 5-10 hours, it will sometimes not work quite right. It isn't a cramp, doesn't...

The tone when you tune your mandolin to A-G-E-D?

They want you to imagine yourself playing awesome stuff on their mandolin. It’s the same reason commercials for SUVs show the car riding in rugged, cool, off-road places instead of the driver go to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BsZvQDGAuU

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secular version, but why is his bowl on his head?

Actually, with only four strings... it's not.

Any hat that suits your style. Just don't do a "man bun". :(

Cover the back with Renaissance Wax and buff to a nice sheen.

No.

NO.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

NOT THE BANJO!

Merle Haggard recorded The Bluegrass Sessions (the entire album is on YouTube). I imagine the discussion of the album would be similar to Willie’s—great players, but basically Merle Haggard music...

Elana James has the making faces thing down pat.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsg52rkGeYc

Tom is no longer doing luthier work at least with mandolins.

News flash: print media is not exactly a growth industry these days.

How to start an argument on the internet: 1) express an opinion; 2) wait. If there weren't opinions in both directions on every topic, there wouldn't be much to discuss and there might not be so much...

Hasn’t there been a thread on this already?

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What difference would it make to me what kind of chords other people play? I can't see where it matters.

Yes, Jimmy was great- I loved watching him on Larry's Country Diner where he played "The Sheriff" and gave such great backing to performers on the show. He had a long and productive career. There was...

My process has been to get the last mandolin I will ever need. I've done that a good five or six times now.

Curious why you would put it like that.

I order with Amazon all the time. As of this date, I still have my soul, so..

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As always I chime in about Mapes strings in Tennessee where they actually MAKE the wire for the strings.
You can't buy them in stores, only from the factory.
They will make up anything you like in...

I also want to thank the moderators and administrators for creating and maintaining a site that is helpful, friendly and interesting. It's a thankless job to maintain such a positive atmosphere. I...

You are absolutely correct, Belbein. This is probably one of the very best sites for positivity and general lack of the nasty trolling and unpleasant posting on so many other sites, and I would say...