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Has OAI ever considered reintroducing the F-2/F-4, or A-x style mandolins? It would be cool to have such replicas available from the source for us non-Loar fans. Just wondered if it was ever...

I, for one, am glad we have a benign board-master who wants to keep this RARE, PRECIOUS BOARD focused on how to play the mandolin.

P.S. I wish some folks would post-up on the Old Tyme board. I...

A "G" is a "G"
But an "ibson" is no "ilchrist"
Let sanity prevail!

I played a mahogany-backed mid-mo (M-1?) that really blew me away, and as I recall it was really quite affordable.

I really like the Weber flattops. I lucked out this year on E-bay and got a Weber...

Wow...those seem like high prices for F-9s. I remember 1 or 2 years ago, a local dealer stated he'd sell me the new F-9 in his store for $2250, and that was just his starting offer (too much for me...

There is no such thing as a "complete" musician.

You don't get Leadbellies and Bill Monroes by sending them to conservatories.

That said, learning to read standard notation will open worlds of...

Ditto to that question.

Is that like the type of computer music you see on the religious stations on TV?

does anyone know any computer programs that you can write tablature on. Not a program to transcribe music or notation into tab, just one that you can write tab on.

I have found that listening to Bothy Band albums over and over, and also going to Celtic jams, has been the only two ways for a Yankee like me to really get the rythmic feel of traditional Celtic...

Ooo...Old Time Religion...that's a tough one vocal-wise

important to note how dry the winters get when your running your AC on the East Coast. Dry air can be very hard on instruments, so certainy invest in either a case humidifer or a room humidifier for...

I'm not sure Hollywood is capable of making a movie about southern people without pulling out all the typical stereotypes, and I certainly didn't find this movie to be any exception.

But I think...

In most jams I've been to, its traditional, but definitely not universal, for the person who called the song to take the first solo...also helps to nod as the solos get passed around who's up next....

I think I like the term bubblegrass because alot (and I know not all) of Nickel Creek music draws heavily from Top 40 and pop-country aesthetics, only put to acoustic sound.

Same with modern AKUS....

Funny, no mention of Nickel Creek. Hmmmm.

I think an adequate descriptor, as I've heard used before, is "bubblegrass"

I know that Bill Bussman makes Old Wave OMs that are shaped like arch-top guitars. Never heard one.

That is a great looking Breedlove!

But something caught my eye that disturbs me, as I'm seriously considering a Quartz....

1 year warranty?!?!?! Is this standard for the Quartz line?

lol...I thought mandolins would be cheaper because there is less raw material...boy, was I surprised!

I've tried just about everything everything, to include $30 on a tortiose shell pick (legal, I hope), and I get my best tone out of a plain-old Dunlop 2.0 mm pick for both my mandos...I like the...

By the way, what song is it you like to sing?

I think that if you have the cajones to sing a song, then you have every right to pass on the break on your turn and tell the guy next to you to take one. Just give him a couple measures notice so he...

Yeah, why change the sound if you already love it...plus I'm not sure you got too many options for a bridge replacement for a flattop.

Ray Charles is a musical icon. I was very sad to hear this news. Also Reagan, whatever you though of him politically, he was also larger than life. Two big-time American icons and personalities have...

Yeah I think that price is great too, and I've been looking at Breedloves. If you don't want it, let me know who's sellin it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Oh yeah...and do you think Monroe would have done any cover tunes? No way, but Del & the Boys do a bunch of covers, really well, too.