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Don't disagree; Martin's love for banjo and folk/bluegrass music goes 'way back, before he became a comedy superstar, Hollywood actor, author, screenwriter, playwright, Renaissance man –– he's just...

Very cool! His mando is almost identical to mine -- but his has some added floral pattern on the headstock, pickguard and tuning pegs, patterned tuner plates and a little different rosette. He had...

Nice shirt, Tim.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eqpt8VDdX4

Some great guitars of all kinds! -- Tele models, Strat models, etc. There are three Lull guitars in my band (none mine, alas!)
Very sudden, yes, and very sad. The shop seems to be in good hands with...

Everything was simpler then. Not necessarily better!
When you opened the hood of your Volvo, you knew what everything was, could usually see what was wrong (damn SU carbs, flimsy generator...

Count me in; I had a white 1965 Volvo 122 wagon when I was an undergrad! There was a fellow in Eugene who had a specialty "you pick" old Volvo junkyard. I'd put a dead brake drum in my backpack, get...

Three old Volvo guys on one thread! I started with a used 122S in 1965, my first car; drove it to the first "Story of Bluegrass" festival in Fincastle VA in 1966.
Owned about 6 or 7 over the years,...

544! I really wanted a 122 but never had the cash for much. My dad finally gave me his huge 65 Olds Dynamic 88. Still, it got me to where I wanted to go.

You'da loved my old Volvo! And, yes it drove to festivals back in the early '70s! I mean some mandolin content is needed!

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I also had an Opal wagon. Two doors!

Then we started...

You can still find the best of both worlds.

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Very astute observation, wagons are always better than 4 door sedans. But 2 door hatchbacks also look strange

Just wanted to share this project I was fortunate to be a part of. My best buddy, Brian 'Willie' Williams figured the three mandolin parts to Ricochet, one of the tunes I've dreamed of playing since...

If you're going the gastank route, I'd recommend the Pontiac T1000 with a middle school Kay 1/2 size neck......

Hey man, long time, we gigged for a few years in my original bluegrass band, and had a dude that played a tub, he was a freak, would play so hard his fingers would bleed, of course back then we were...

The gas tank bass reminds me of Ron Hyde's hexacone reso-bass ...

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/107372-Video-Reso-mando-madness-in-two-registers

I believe he also had a radio program.

Best wishes to him. Ready and able to help if Ken needs it.

We are in Jacksonville, Oregon.. about 8 miles from the ALAMEDA FIRE in Ashland, Talent,...

It depends on the product, the amount of the increase and my customer, but my point isn't about having to make those decisions. My point is about putting speculative information out there about a...

Personally, I don't like bashing, or even putting speculation out there, about any business simply because I don't agree with their pricing. If they had terrible customer service then I could see...

Holy fretwork, Batman! I'm sure that's the Penguin!

I've been an admirer of Brian's work for many years, particularly the wildly original instrument he built for Joe Brent some years back and when I finally decided I wanted my dream mandolin built, he...

I'll hop in too. I don't think I've posted this here. I know I did it for a facebook friend group.
https://www.facebook.com/dale.ludewig.3/posts/10221429997915849

Yeah, there's a few of us OC's that remember those names!
Can't wait to hear more of this, mandolins or no. Thanks for the heads up mtucker, and for the informative rollingstone link Mike!

Actually, I'm an old cat. Those guys there are rock 'n roll history. Leland kind of gives it away.
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I strung my uke like a CGDA mandola, but the strings were too tight, so I tuned down a tone. Fun to play.


https://youtu.be/RmGrb-ulNMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp48Uma0kwk