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I've strung a lot of mandos, and while I really think the Jazz mando 11's are great strings, I had the same issue with the E strings. The Jazzstring folks were great to work with and without any...

I have to agree...I'm very pleased with the TI's stark. I just bought a '91 Nugget 2 point w/ Engleman top and I put the TI's on it....What a wonderfully balanced warm tone. I'm going to put the TI's...

I've been very pleased with our bose system...but, here is how we use it:

I switch between guitar and mando and do vocals.
Bill sings harmony and plays guitar.
Carmen plays bass.

I have a...

Several years ago, I was at Duke's on the Huntington Beach pier and there was a killer Hawaiian band playing and I had my mando with me. I sat in all night, got heaps of drinks bought for me and had...

If you are not going for studio quality, then I've recorded some live stuff that is fun to listen to...especially a month or two later...I duct tape my Edirol recorder to the top/back of my guitar...

Charlie Parker's Donna Lee and Back Home in Indiana...

Kia Manuia,

Dale

Well, my mando jonesing has been getting to me lately...I've got heaps of guitars and two more varnish Collings' dreads on order, but I thought I was set on mandos, but as you will read, I'm probably...

I was at a party at Tom Ellis's home after the Collings' concert/party at the Continental Club last July during NAMM...I was able to play a few of his mandos and check out his work place...The mandos...

If you check my CD "The Daily Bills" on www.cdbaby.com and do a search under 'Dale Inskeep', I used a Stiver F mando on that recording...While I like my varnish Sullivan and varnish Collings a bit...

Shoot, Bruce...I haven't tried that yet...I've used it for about 6-7 months in a variety of venues, but not one outdoors...I guess, when I think about it, I don't do many outdoor gigs between Fall...

Here is where I am at with sound: (This is a LONG post)

I switch between acoustic guitar and mandolin and I do the lead vocals of my original songs, and we do some original instrumental and jazz...

Thanks...on all accounts.

Kia Manuia,

Dale

Sorry I'm coming in late on this post...Bebop is not dead and is my favorite to play on mando...Parker, Monk, Mingus, blah, blah...it's all great. I've got Donna Lee, but Confirmation is a bear...
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Meitaki Maata ("Thank you, very much" in Maori)

Thanks for the pics/videos JP and Bruce...

Thanks, Bruce, for the invite to the wake...

Thanks, Stew for hosting the wake, opening up your...

Hello Folks...This is my first post on this site. I appreciate this site and read it fairly regularly, but have never written a post. With John's passing, it was time for me to say something.

I...