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  1. Re: Complete Noob - Discovered Grandpa’s bowl back mandolin !

    You missed the part that said Asian imports with names associated with guitar manufacturers referencing the brands the writer mentioned. No mention of all Asian imports. So, maybe not so strange.
  2. Re: Complete Noob - Discovered Grandpa’s bowl back mandolin !

    Best to have the bowl back checked out by a luthier. New strings are a definite but if it has been sitting for years not humidified things may start breaking while bringing it up to tune. Personally...
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    Re: LRTI surgery

    Jack

    I am in the same or perhaps similar situation as you. I find playing mandolin quite painful. Three and four finger chords no longer possible. Playing mandola seems to result in less pain but...
  4. Re: Finding local buyers in Cafe classifieds

    Well selling person to person works just to demonstrate what a valuable asset the Cafe provides with it's classifieds. Pittsburgh is not exactly mandolin metropolis. A nice fellow drove in from Ohio...
  5. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    After owning several my all time favorite I have owned was my custom build Stiver A5.

    My all time favorite I ever played DUFF
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    Re: Classifides

    I have purchased several mandolins and sold a hand full via the Cafe Classifieds. All had a 48 hour trial period with agreement that buyer pay return shipping. This has not been a problem and would...
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    Re: New Mandolin Cafe Hat

    Scott and Galen
    Great looking logo on hat.
    Perhaps some day on a flat Irish Style Cap?
  8. Finding local buyers in Cafe classifieds

    Interested in hearing of success in finding local buyers when selling through the Cafe Classifieds.
    I have bought (emphasis more on bought) and sold mandolins via the classifieds. With arthritic...
  9. Re: Just got a tone-gard a couple days ago

    Just got one for my mandola yesterday. I need all the help I can get. As my arthritis worsens I pick less aggressively.
  10. Re: Are pressed sound boards necessarily bad?

    Certainly I am far from expert on this subject but my thoughts are that it is not about strength, but instead about the relationship of vibration and sound.
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    Re: Thoughts on tremolo

    Ralph, Try playing the interlude to Norwegian Wood with and without tremolo. I used this tune as it was the first example of many that I thought of that just doesn't seem to me to work without...
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    Re: Thoughts on tremolo

    I agree that the mandolin is not the best instrument to use for Norwegian Wood, but a mandola or octave mandolin is, I think, the perfect instrument. Especially for the instrumental part utilizing...
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    Americana Band Price Hill Hustle

    I first posted after seeing this band (Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle} Memorial Weekend at the Purple Fiddle in WV.
    Saw them again last night in Grove City, Pa. They played outdoors in sub...
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    Re: Thoughts on tremolo

    For me it depends on what I'm playing and if I am playing by myself or with others.
    I often do not use it for quarter notes but instead for any note longer than a quarter note as mandolins do not...
  15. Re: My mandolin tablature - I call it "Howzatgo"

    Tried it. Too much to think about. For me, the dots do not require any thinking.
  16. Re: My mandolin tablature - I call it "Howzatgo"

    Thanks I will try it.
    I have never been able to get very far with traditional tab as I found it frustrating. For me, so much easier to look at the dots and let my fingers do the walking.
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    Re: Wide Nut Fever?

    I only knew 1 1/8 for a long time. Then I got a 1 1/16 with large frets and it took me a little while making the adjustment but ending up preferring it. Then the dreaded arthritis began to worsen. I...
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    Re: Top Current Makers

    Just want to throw a word in for Lou Stiver. I yearned for a Stiver from the first time I ever played one of his mandolins and finally after pining for several years finally acquired a Stiver. I...
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    Re: new trend?

    If the thread is 15 years old it is likely I would have no memory of it. If the topic is relevant to me I will read as if it was written today.
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    Re: Oval vs F holes

    Eastman 305 = f holes
    Eastman 304 = oval hole

    You may get different responses but having owned both I found little difference in volume if any. Some say the f holes project better and any one...
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    Re: Slow, sweet songs

    My latest favorites are:
    I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Hank Williams
    SUMMER TIME Gershwin / Heyward / Gershwin
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    Re: Best Place to Shop For Mandolins

    Mandolin cafe classifieds
  23. Re: bought Mandala from thrift store... now what?

    Keep it in Mandola tuning, C G D A, until you become comfortable playing mandola. Finding music written an Alto Clef for mandola is a hat trick at best. But no worries.
    Since mandolin family...
  24. Re: Christmas gift ideas for my daughter / Mandolin related?

    Two tickets for her and a friend to attend a performance by a nationally recognized mandolin player that she admires.
  25. Re: Christmas gift ideas for my daughter / Mandolin related?

    I have had mixed results using different mandolins. Made little difference on my Stiver but a significant difference on my Kentucky KM950 and on a Eastman 305 my granddaughter now has.
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