Checkout the Breedlove A's. The American made ones have a radiused fingerboard that is a bit wider than many alternatives in that range. I know a guy with two of them and the both sound very good...
Checkout the Breedlove A's. The American made ones have a radiused fingerboard that is a bit wider than many alternatives in that range. I know a guy with two of them and the both sound very good...
I never bought a mandolin from Jon Lundberg but I did buy my first good banjo from him just before I headed home from being in the service. It was an interesting little shop.
If you start banning songs because they reflect the sometimes less than pristine history of our country, then you'd better only play new songs and tunes. But eventually someone will even find them...
I have a TKL case that was real tight at first. But the mandolin now is snug as a bug in a rug. I could even put a tonegard on it and close it.
Recording King makes a Dirty 30's A for $199 that is not only cheap but does not sound bad or play badly. I teach kids and that is what I recommend to their parents who usually bring in these...
Gilbert used to live near us and we went to a jam at his home with a neighbor that was in a jam group of his some years ago. Honestly I think there might be be better uses of your time. I was not...
Strings and Beyond has 15% off Curt Mangan strings, I just picked some up today.
I know Richard and have heard lots of his mandolins. They are great for old time and Celtic music.
I have a good buddy with a mandolin with myrtle back and sides. It is a great mandolin. I know your sounds good.
Ted nailed it. That's why I own both. Like why so many guitarists have different guitars as well as banjo players and fiddlers and dobro, well wait, perhaps not dobros.
Bill Monroe was what I call a 19th century man. He had no time for the modern for modern's sake and he was no nonsense in his ways. I knew lots of farmers and older men like that when I was coming...
This is fine. I love the solo jam aspect of it. Did you know, that according to an interview in a mid 60' Downbeat magazine, this song was Howlin' Wolf Chester Burnett's favorite song?
I use a ToneBone Acoustic DI box to good effect.
For anyone looking for a sweet, but loud, oval hole mandolin, I have a friend who has been paring down his collection. He has a nice oval hole for sale well below what it should cost. PM me and I'll...
MandoMutt had a Lakota strap clearance and I got one as a gift for a child on my list for $17.50.
Very nice.
Music can be it's own meditation. It is often for me. Transcend the moment while living entirely in the moment. Manual labor like hoeing a garden and weeding are also transcendent times.
I have had that issue with them as well with their naturals. Don't have a full set yet, filled in on the treble side with some GHS singles I had on hand. They sound good so far but aren't bowling...
I guess you are aware that an oval hole mandolin and an F hole mandolin will have inherent differences in sound so there is that. It is too often a setup is not a setup from some places. It is...
I buy them locally at 5th String Music in Greenville. They are competitively priced and it supports a brick and mortar store.
I have a copy of Cole's I bought in February of 1973. That would be one big PDF.
I got a sweet deal on a nice mandolin here. It is like fishing, wait and be delinquent while waiting.
I've always known Gravel Walk as singular not plural unless or course it is a different tune.
I have one for my guitar. It is Buffalo, and besides a little shedding of the leather, it is soft and supple and a delight to use.