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I've got an octave-mandolin sized hole in my heart and am in the SF Bay (West Marin, more specifically). Any suggestions on stores where I could make myself whole again?

fI'm loving all of these octave mandolin tunes! Now I just gotta figure out how to get my hands on one...

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of hearing Greg Spatz (of John Reischman & The Jaybirds) play a Fletcher Brock octave mandolin with his group Mighty Squirrel. The band was absolutely fantastic...

...is the greatest inspiration of all. Enjoy.



http://youtu.be/HTtJDF1zQsE

"Mama Roux"

The roux is used to thicken and add varying levels of flavor to sauces, stews, etc. Its essentially one of the foundations of cooking. I was thinking the mandolin could be the...

I'm fascinated by the way in which songs that were written decades ago still permeate our musical culture. How does a song like "Sittin on Top of the World" or "Little Sadie" continue to be performed...

I hear you on that. Everydays been a scorcher here in Nashville. My thermometer was reading 109 yesterday

Hello hello,

I'm about to leave on a very long backpacking trip and as a result I will be away from my instruments for several months. I've never been away that long and need some advice on the...

Katy Dear, AKA Silver Dagger - Worth mentioning several times. Dolly Parton and Old Crow Medicine Show have great versions.

Little Omie Wise by Doc (First song of his that I learned way back in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE65R-GKpKk&feature=plcp

This series has way too few views on youtube. 5 part series of Sam Bush interviews and performances for WSM in Nashville


sorry, I don't...

Any advice for which tuner to buy for my MT? The one I have now is too big for the small headstock and it sometimes left scratches on my old mandolin. The smaller and brighter the better.

Update:

I received the mandolin and was able to play it for a while today. It's everything I expected from the mts that I've played. Needless to say I loved it. I checked the serial number and...

Go somewhere on 12th avenue south. Edleys is a great BBQ place on that street. Also burger up has some really good chow and 12 south tap room has good food and great beers. Plus Cotten music store is...

At the end of June I'm going to drive from southern virginia to Nashville and then out to central California to backpack for a few months. I'd love to stop at some good music stores on the way out...

What's your budget for dinner?

Cue the obligatory "no one plans on selling their mandolin till that stealthy minx MAS crawls into your bed" response

I appreciate everyone advice. I'm continually amazed by and thankful for the varying opinions offered by cafe mandolinions. I understand everyone's concern about the resale value but, if I'm happy...

Where are these inexpensive mts and mt2s that everyone's chattering about?

Other than a few blemishes on the top I don't see why this is a bad deal. While shopping for MTs I haven't found any below 2k and I certainly havent found any for this cheap with the gloss top and...

Thanks for all the advice, the mandolins coming on Thursday and I've got 48 hours to check it out. I'm fairly certain I'll be happy with it since the dings look to be in finish only and I've already...

That's how I was feeling. I just wanted to know if those dents are significant enough to cause problems in the future.

I need some advice. I won the collings mt gloss top eBay auction earlier today and afterwards received an email from the buyer telling me that although the ad said mint condition, the instrument...

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Most any version of Blue Moon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7a9ZH1Z0M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuCZDanw3aE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhB5qAq7OkI

Grisman and...

Here Dawg talking about it and a transcription in TEF

http://mandozine.com/music/dawgtab/bthoven.php