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I've done a lot of solo stuff over the years from playing in folk and blues clubs to classical pieces/jazz/italian tunes on a regular basis in Italian restaurants(a full evening of solo mandolin no...

Nice Vega,
and Bob is so right - I bought a Vega (a Pettine Special no less after having a vivid dream of playing a fabulous round back) and then ebay yielded unto me a Joseph Bohmann, a De Meglio,...

Andy Manson's work is superb - have a look at www.andymanson.co.uk www.andymanson.co.uk

His Mermaid is astonishing - although perhaps more art than instrument! I was sorely tempted by the...

Thanks Neil,
a font of knowledge as usual!
Marc
[URL=http://www.myspace.com/marcwoodward]

Hi all,
just wondering if anyone knows if there is an arrangement available fo the c major mandolin concerto for joanna and amanda-lynne?
cheers,
Marc

Hi all,
I have a roman mandolin with the label
'Rafaelle Valente - Roma'
Looks like an Embergher, fluted maple back, canted floating and radiused fretboard, very narrow nut etc. Inlaid...

Hi,
thanks for the nice compliments mandodan - appreciated!

Re tuning: I just use standard tuning because there are so many places where a natural chord across two pairs of strings fits. For...

Hi Jim,
yup, still here - still playing, but not had much computer time available, you know how it is: work, family, it all gets in the way of computer/mando play!
Also been unable to access my old...

Hi all,
my myspace is up with a couple of demo tracks for forthcoming cd plus a track from Bluegrass Flyers album and a track from my Bluemando cd from 2003.
see www.myspace.com/marcwoodward...

PS to last post:
Mandolooter - love the youtube clip: very blues and clearly 'tres cool'!
Marc

or like this:


scroll down and listen to clip of 'shunting yard blues' on my Bluemando cd!

Bluemando

Cheers,
Marc Woodward

Hi all
Thanks Jim for posting the link, I'm hopeless at these things!

I'm still hoping to press on with the vintage stuff - if we don't preserve it it will surely be lost. Its just a question of...

I love this site - I've been 'offlist' for a while (variety of reasons not least we've taken delivery of a new baby - a Steinway baby grand that is, which my 14 year old son is relentlessly...

Hi all,
Just a heads up to let you know that Belmando is now offering the Trio Assai and Quarteto de Plectro Assai cds. These are superb renditions of mainly Spanish Classical music arranged for the...

Hello all,
I'm pleased to be able to tell you that Alex's cds are now available on line through Belmando ("credit cards will do nicely, sir"), both the excellent Het Consort - Aranci in Fiore, and...

My guess is that they were similar to Clifford Essex who imported and branded lots of stuff but as far as I know didn't actually make anything themselves - but I stand to be corrected.

Am I right...

Yes, I like uneducated sellers the most - your best chance of a bargain is where most people won't have looked. For example I bought my Vega Pettine Special on the rebound after having narrowly...

Thanks Jim, that's very useful - I was sure there must be something to defend against the strings biting in, 'though as you say it's hard to tell if it's bone or felt. My instrument is very similar...

I've got to agree with Jim on this. If this mandolin were just an unnamed basket case it would probably have fetched little more than 50 dollars at best for a project piece for someone starting out...

Hi Alex,
the edge of the soundboard on my instrument is rosewood. This itself may be hard enough to resist the cutting power of the strings to some extent, however it shows no indication that the...

Looking at this Vinaccia prompts a question. I am currently fixing up a Vinaccia clone (D'Isanto) very similar to this Vinaccia. It has the same four ivory/bone pegs to secure the strings at the...

G major or minor, and 3/4 or 4/4?
Marc
www.belmando.com

I've just cofirmed a small order of Dogal RW92 strings for sale through the Belmando website which I hope will be of particular interest to mandolin players Stateside.
This will help me bring in...

Hi Ira,
I think the back up is going to depend on the pace you want to play the song. I've heard this tune played in waltz time, 4/4 and minor and major variations as well. I based the tune...

Now boys,
I can tell you categorically that on June 17th 1900 Calace extended the fingerboard to 29 frets after a long period wrestling with bending the string up a semitone on the 28th fret rock...