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Gmail is indeed a great mandolin key! Glad you like the Gray, I've had for a little over a year and it continues to open up and sound better. It is essentially identical to the one Randy Jones was...

Well dang ... or some other expletive ... thanks! It has become my favorite tune of late and knowing it has a name and it's a Sam tune makes it that much better. But also a little embarrassing ... I...

Okay I bit the bullet and posted this Q&D version of me playing the mystery tune.

https://youtu.be/POUZlU-mXO4

SteveB

It definitely wasn't Ronnie playing it on the video, which I can't find anywhere on Youtube so I'm at a loss there. I have an MP3, that I recorded from the video but I'm reluctant to upload it to my...

I don't think it's Gm noodling, there is a definite structure to the tune and the guy who plays it does some nice variations on the A part the second time he plays it. It could be an original that he...

Okay, I should have checked the tab a bit more closly before posting it. The open string D note, fourth note of first full measure, should actually be an open string A note.

I recorded this tune off of a website where someone was demonstrating a couple of mandolins. I don't remember the name of the player and he never gave a name for the tune. If anyone can provide a...

Allen: Thanks for the quick response. Of course the one (at least) off brand mando I didn't think to search for was Supertone ... and that has to be it. The fingerboard is identical, and I looked at...

A friend of my wife's sent an old mandolin home with her hoping i could tell here what she had and what it might be worth. Unfortunately it wasn't a "lost Loyd Loar" ... not even an Ajr. ... and of...

My Band, The Blue Iguanas, playing an old song re-written for the new millenium, with mwe on my Pricetone mando.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mo-uQmJc6E

1. The session at Bill's is every Friday night, but there's an open mic before the picking starts, around 9pm, typically. Of late it hasn't been well attended but that changes from time to time and...

Another great use of ASD is as follows ... get yourself a digital recorder (Zoom's are fine) turn on your metronome (trust me on this one) record a rhythm track to a favorite fiddle tune etc. several...

One thing that seems to get overlooked in the ongoing discussion of pick direction in jigs/slip jigs etc. is the issue of ornaments. Pick direction "style" must allow you to play the tune smoothly...

Roger: It's apparent to me that MontanaSteve is taking a more granular approach to his jig picking :cool:

Happy Holidays
Steve

I was just examining my callouses, after playing for about an hour this morning ... a random day of Annual Leave is a wonderful thing ... and they look more like Joe F's. One thing I think is...

Just a note to let you know that Orrin Star will be doing a mandolin workshop in Columbia, SC on Saturday, Feb 9. The workshop will run from 2:30-4:30, at a private residence and will cost $45. The...

We should start a thread on herpetologists that play OMs ... of course it might just be the two of us!

Nice instrument and I lovbe the salamander inlay.

steve

The Cosmic Possums ...yeah, I'm not crazy about the name either ... play on Thursday nights at El Burrito in Five Points. Despite the name they're excellent ... Randy Lucas, former national banjo...

Grifis: You could use one of Gerry O'Conner's tricks ... in CGDA tuning put your capo on the 2nd fret to get DAEB ...voila, bottom 3 strings are the same as top three of mando/octave mando, Do you...

Skippy: You're a lucky man! I recognize that guitar back. I bought a mandolin from Lewis about 5 months ago, and when I was at his house he showed me the guitar he was working on, yours now, ... I...

No, but I should be there next Sunday night barring the unforseen.

Not a lot ... there are a couple of guys that bring them, but they're mainly guitar players. I get down there every other weekend and usually bring my tenor banjo. Are you interested in tunes, rhythm...

Every Sunday night there's an Irish session at Murphy's Law Pub on Congress Street ... starts about 7:30.

I certainly wouldn't disagree with Kieran Hanrahan, he's a favorite, but I would add that I've spent some time, at workshops etc., watching John Carty and Mick Moloney pretty closely and I'm...

This is a "perrenial" favorite topic ... and I grow to enjoy it more with each passing year!. But one thing that always seems to get lost is that no one really plays jigs DUDDUD, DDUDDU, or DUDUDU...