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That's exactly why I was wondering. The tune list looks strikingly similar and includes enough odd selections (such as "Funk 55") to make you wonder. I do own Dave's book but I know there were...

Is this an update of the David Peters book? The name is the same and many of the songs are the same.

There is also a phone app called "Tunepal." It's like Shazam for Irish music. It will listen to a tune being played, tell you the name, and even display the sheet music for that tune. It might be...

Fire-Eye used to offer, and may still offer, a simple mute switch that plugs into the effects loop. I talked with the owner/designer when I bought mine and he sold me the mute switch as well. It's...

Super cool! Looks like a good picking exercise as well.

I attended several years back. It was great - class sizes were small, the instructors were awesome, and the after hours jamming was fun. The year I went Paul Glasse and Shawn Lane were the mandolin...

I've seen people who are decent players but they have some timing issues where they add extra beats and things like that. It could be a situation where you can play the melody along with a metronome...

My personal opinion: whoever paid for the shipping is the one responsible. If the seller sold the item for "x number of dollars shipped", the seller chooses the shipper and options, then the seller...

I had a package a while back (not music related) that I was watching closely through the tracking system online, and I was home on the day it was supposed to be delivered. I was puzzled because at...

Laurie Niles was a participant in one of the well know violin experiments. Here is her description of the experiment with some great points about the conclusions. For example, the new instruments...

A few years ago I saw the Traveling McCoury's with Peter Rowan sitting in on guitar and vocals, and Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland playing twin fiddle. That's probably as close as we could hope...

I have gone through this exact exercise many times! I have sentimental instruments that I wouldn't sell, but at the same time, if something happened to my collection and I had insurance money to...

He seems to be borrowing some licks from the Stevie Ray Vaughan version, who also tuned down a half step. Great video!

I think he's built 2-3 guitars as well.

I played the Pava F-5 that Pava had at Winfield, which I believe was headed for IBMA, and it was a great mandolin. I also got to talk with Pava quite and bit and she was delightful. The Pava F...

Winder Slide: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i_aHpcUMCZY

Here is Casey Driessen's. The bender is on the A-string. Pretty crazy maple on Casey's as well:

http://caseydriessen.com/gear/mandocaster/

Ivan, I believe that is Tom's personal mandolin. He had it at Winfield this past year and I got to play it some. It's been played and bunch and it was really open and amazing sounding. It...

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I've seen different levels of Ellis A-5s at different prices: standard, deluxe, etc. For what it's worth, I've probably played every Ellis that's come through Fiddler's Green over the past 5 years...

I saw these guys at Winfield last year. They put on a very entertaining show and Myles is a monster. He also participated in the fiddle workshop. One of those young guys that makes you want to burn...

I think Ellis changed their neck shapes a few years back. Previously they were more of a medium V shape and more recently they are smaller and more rounded.

I recently learned that there are special silicone or rubber wedding rings for people that do Crossfit and other weightlifting. This way they can prevent their nice metal rings from getting scratched...

Hi Tobin, I'm just about a year ahead of you. I decided to start playing fiddle a year ago, also at the age of 40. For what you want to do after you get some basics down on bowing, holding the...

I'm similar to some others here in that I have played mandolin for a while and recently (about 1 year) I've been learning fiddle. I also use the mandolin to practice some when it's late at night and...