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Thanks, you answered it. I was wondering if you assembled the set and custom ordered it, or if it is a standard set offered by Newtone.

That's right - it's .074 but it definitely doesn't fit. Are the Newtones a set you put together from single strings?

I recently acquired a vintage K-1 mandocello and found out that the low C strings on a D'addario set at .078 are too thick to fit through the vintage tuner post holes. Anyone determined what gauge...

Thanks so much! Got it in my fingers again and now I can obsess about something else!

That was may vague memory but my searching only brought up the old song.

I used to play it on the fiddle in Gm. Now it’s back in my head and I can’t remember the rest. Similar to Bobby Casey’s but I believe it’s a different tune. I may have learned it from an old LP...

A big thanks to everyone who chimed in on this thread. I've come back to it several times in the past week as I practice. One thing has become clear - the main sticking point is that first upstroke...

This is all very helpful. I appreciate people taking the time to write out their approach. The first thing I have to say is, "wow - Kevin sounds exactly the same playing TTF as he did when I first...

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense to me. On some tunes with a very strong triplet feel for the main phrases (e.g., Maids of Mount Kisco, Toss the Feathers in Em) it feels like each of those...

I played fiddle for many years and have picked up the mandolin here and there. Now I've decided to do the necessary woodshedding to get my right hand up to speed. My question is, when it comes to...

Thanks for the leads!

I just picked up a 1921 A-2 blackface with all original parts except the pickguard. Sounds amazing but the way I drag the back of my right hand nails across the face when picking is doing some...

The tune he's playing in the video -- what is it???

http://themusicemporium.com/mandolins/gibson-f-4-1918-wohsc

I know that tune played as a reel and called "Milloy's Favorite." I picked up from Sligo fiddler Declan Folan.

Mike, that's the one! Hell, that's even the setting I learned it from sometime in the early 90's I think. Much appreciated. And glad you're enjoying that mando. I miss that instrument - true...

Greetings,

I woke up this morning with this tune in my head. I used to play it on the fiddle and for the life of me I have no idea what it's called. Anyone know?

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I think Liz Carrol wrote this tune. Love the way it sounds on my new Poe Scout:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4yo2LbPpA

Here's a quick noodlin sound clip - a few open strings, a couple licks, a wee bit of chop (I don't profess to play anything close to BG mind you), a few more licks, and one time through an old Irish...

He does not look good to me - tired, strung out? No idea - haven't followed him closely, but he does not look healthy for his age.

Arrived today and I've got about an hour playing time into it. The wide nut (1 5/16") and chunkier neck are exactly what I had hoped for; Andy nailed it on the feel of the neck and fingerboard. ...

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I'm a bit speechless in anticipation of receiving this in the coming week.

If you're relatively new to this, but willing to make a serious investment (like $1500), I'd have three considerations (in order of importance):

playability (ease of fretting, intonation,...

It was probably five or six months ago that I commissioned this mandolin from Andy, and I had just bought another instrument from him. Andy's a great guy to work with and his instruments....well, I...

Just got a picture of the back....incredible. 117325

I'm looking forward too! The finish will be dark amber, with relic brass tailpiece and tuners, tortoise/white/tortoise binding, K&K pickup. My mandoquin/mandola is amberburst and I would say it's...