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Hi there,

Here's my contribution:
https://youtu.be/NM4j2qrZQg0

Over the last two weeks I have tried the new XT74 strings. I normally use EJ74, EXP74 and Elixir. To me the XT74 strings sound really good when new. I might like them a little better than Elixir...

After a gig a woman came up to me asking what instrument I just played. I told her it's a mandolin. No, she said, that's not it...

I left it at that.

Hi, Haytham Safia is also a great player. Here’s a video with me on guitar: https://youtu.be/VBnDafj8f24

Could it be The Fossils from Carnival of the Animals? Also by Saint Saens.

https://youtu.be/0TSkIG9lFvY

Hi Roman,

I don't know where you are located in The Netherlands. There are some good luthiers here. In Rotterdam there is Ad Vermeer: http://www.advermeer.nl. He is a great repairman. He studied...

Our album is done and available! I play mandolin on five of the ten tracks. This is a teaser:
https://youtu.be/mbbcbXY6CfI
I'm not sure if it's okay to mention, but you can download the album at...

Thanks, I played five gigs in Amman in Jordan last year with Haytham and the band NO Blues. It's was great to be there and talk to the locals and get a feel for the city and culture. I had to give up...

The CD launch will be held at De Parel van Zuilen, Utrecht in The Netherlands on the 28th of May. This might be of interest for the Dutch, Belgium and German members of this forum. The crowdfunding...

We have a new video online. I'm afraid it has no mandolin, because this is one of tracks where I play guitar. This is a piece by Haytham in which Arabic music meets Tango and I add a little bit of a...

Thanks guys! I've played several mandolins, but the Heiden has all I look for in a mandolin with f-holes. I have it now for two or three years. In December 2015 the top was severely damaged and...

Thanks!

Hi there,

This is a video of the new trio: Shisha Group.

I play mainly mandolin (a beautiful Heiden) in this band, but also some guitar and piano. Haytham Safia is a great U'd player and Arthur...

Last year my treasured Heiden mandolin fell and the top crack severely at several places. Luckily it was insured, so I sent it back to builder Michael Heiden. He made a new top and had to refinish...

Nice find! Great to hear Johnny Gimble on his four string mando.

Hi there,

I would love to try these.

Janos

Don Stiernberg did a mandolin version on the album 'Angel Eyes' with John Carlini.

Hi there,

Mike Marshall explains his vision in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmagoBQunZI
That's the way I do it too.

When I first heard Grisman's 'Dawg's Bull' from the Hot Dawg album and 'Fanny Hill' from the Mondo Mando record, I knew I had to get myself a mandolin. The day I bought my first mandolin, I also got...

Nice thread! Here's one of my mandolin tunes: Swing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUK-5ymyLo

Cheers, Janos

Here's the song 'Matty' (M. Wijnands) by the band Ma Rain with me on mando...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Y2lLV2PQk

This is a tune from an acoustic duo concert a few weeks back. Lucas Beukers wrote the melody and plays bass. After the theme it's all improvisation on the chords. I play my great Ellis A5 that I...

The Dawg and Golden Gate picks don't work for me either, because they don't have a bevel. I wonder if players (and Mr. Grisman himself) work on a bevel themselfs before really using the pick. I like...

My mandolin was built in 2010 and has the James tailpiece with the original "o" rings. I have asked Tom Ellis what he thinks.

This is a very interesting discussion. I seem to have to opposite problem. My Ellis A5 is great and sounds very good. Today I noticed that the mando sounds even better with more volume when I leave...