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

    Lots of solid advice here.
    Key point - don’t over think which beginner mandolin to get. It’s a beginner mandolin…
    Set up is the critical thing. That’s what will make whichever mandolin shaped...
  2. Re: Stephen Perry updates, shop running again, located N. Va.

    This is what happens when people reply to really old threads...

    Sigh.

    Kirk
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    Happy Birthday Mike Compton!!

    He only has a birthday every four years so by my calculations he will turn 17 today!

    Quite the child prodigy.

    I'm a fan.

    Kirk
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    Re: Good picks for beginner

    Lots of good advice here and some less good advice...

    My .02.
    I've been playing 20+ years and have a few good mandolins. But I can't see spending > $30 on a pick.
    The difference between a...
  5. Re: Ordered a Northfield F5S, Received a Big Mon Wide Nut by Mist

    When you figure in the cost of shipping it and marking it down as "shop worn"...it may not make that much sense to the vendor to take the mandolin back.
    Keep that in mind when you are negotiating,...
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    Re: On the Waiting List with Austin Clark

    Baby got back!
    Wow!
    Hope it sounds 1/2 as good as it looks!

    Kirk
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    Re: Question About Carry-On Instruments

    I have to, respectfully, disagree.
    I'm no professional - ask anyone who's heard me play! - but I travel several times a year with a mandolin. Business or pleasure, if I'm gone for more than a few...
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    Re: Two Stellar Northfields At Dusty Strings

    Yes.
  9. Re: Should I visit Eastman factory and buy a mando in China?

    Moderator - I think that there’s a racist troll in our midst….

    Kirk
  10. Re: Should I visit Eastman factory and buy a mando in China?

    Definitely keep us posted on your travels!
    I've been to China twice - such an amazing place to visit. And I was scheduled to go again in June of 2020, you can guess what happened...
    I'll likely go...
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    Re: Phantom power DI box?

    Hey There,

    Do you need phantom power for your mandolin mic?
    I have several mandolins with different brands of microphones - none require phantom power.
    I generally think of phantom power as...
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    Re: Improving tone.

    It’s in the right hand, grasshopper.
    Tone, taste, and timing all come from the right hand.

    Kirk
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    All of these things - Mando, Hog, axe - hit my ear a little wrong, but don’t really bother me.
    I reserve my disdain and derision for people who can’t drive…

    Kirk
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    Re: Mando and Fiddle duo's

    “Also Foghorn String Band does a lot of fiddle and mandolin doubling”

    That’s just what I was going to say.
    Definitely check out some early Foghorn.

    Kirk
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    Re: Locking your mandolin case

    some of my newer cases have the keys...I just keep them in the little compartment with picks, tuner, etc.

    add me to the list of someone who has never locked a case.

    Kirk
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    Re: Best Place to Shop For Mandolins

    I was going to suggest Charles Johnson - Mandolin World Headquarters.
    I’ve purchased on line from him and met him later in person. Great guy, top notch dealer.
    I’ve also purchased on line from...
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    Re: Is anyone else scared of Bill Monroe?

    This may sound odd but he reminds me A LOT of my grandparents. Same age, rural background, similar area of the country.
    If I was being stupid, they let me know…otherwise, lovely people.

    Kirk
  18. Re: Do you know the name of this instrument from a shop i Paragua

    Good luck finding instructional videos...

    Kirk
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    Re: A Style “Holy Grail?

    So, if you can't be with the one you love...love the one you're with?

    Kirk
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    Re: Standard bluegrass tunes CD?

    Yup - the “Holy Trinity” - Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers. Got to listen to that!
    If you’re new to Bluegrass you might start with the Bluegrass Album Band recordings. Modern, well...
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    Re: What’s in a Scroll?

    1) because blindfolded, you can't tell the difference in sound between an A and an F (if, big if, all other variables are controlled)

    2) my heart is always broken by threads titled "best F-style...
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    Re: Case cover option - vintage Gibson A

    For future reference, the vintage case that my '20's Gibson Snakehead A-jr came in measured 3 1/2 inches deep, 27 inches long, and 12 inches wide at the body.
    Another case that I have - modern TKL...
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    Case cover option - vintage Gibson A

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    Hey There,

    Years ago I traded away a Gibson Snakehead A and (stupidly) included the Colorado Case Cover...and they don't make them anymore.
    A few years after that I found...
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    Re: Improving sound on my mandolin

    This is a thread from 2005...OP hasn't posted since 2008...probably the issue has been resolved.

    (this thread is so old - it predates iPhones and Taylor Swift!)

    Kirk
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    Re: "Tight-playing" mandolin

    Hoping that if it's pointed out...perhaps folks will realize that it's probably not helpful?
    Or foolish optimism on my part.
    :grin:

    Kirk
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