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Great mandolin, guitar, voice, and occasional bouzouki.

Every Sunday at 8 eastern. A nice way to end your weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svDObQ4t0Y
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That was really great. There are a couple of other nice mandolin versions of Tennessee Waltz on youtube.

Here is Sierra Hull:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbfcfLORWiY

And here is Chris...

All the Chinese fretted string instruments I have played were in equal temperament - 12th root of 2 - the same as Western instruments.
As previously noted, pun intended, the frets are a different...

Hello everyone!

Here's a take on Mr. Grisman's awesome Tipsy Gisy where I'm playing mandolin. It should have been one of the songs we were supposed to play during a concert this next weekend but,...

Sunburst -- I've tried both with and without a bending strap. Cracked both ways. Benny -- I think it's a perspective oddity, I've measured thickness at 075 with a digital dial indicator. I managed...

Just wanted to share this project I was fortunate to be a part of. My best buddy, Brian 'Willie' Williams figured the three mandolin parts to Ricochet, one of the tunes I've dreamed of playing since...

Eric,
I was a bit surprised by your comment. I have found this to be one of the most civil message boards that I use. It most cases the few personal attacks or political posts that pop up are...

hello mandolin lovers....

so here is a fun tale of 2 mandolins, a happy coincidence and a new pal.

Most of the regulars here will know of Don Grieser, his frequent supportive comments on the...

I believe so because of this:
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The thinnest part is marked on the underside with a lightly penciled X and the surface looks like it is from the factory. I suspect it was getting too...

I've recently been obsessed with the work of the San Andreu Jazz Band, and one of their major precepts is transcribing solos by first learning to sing them. In the linked video, 12 year old Alba...

This tune really sits well on the mandolin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvGuyC3BZI

Mike organized this with his ArtistWorks students. He wrote out parts and recorded guide tracks for us and then we all recorded our parts. Another student put the video all together. It was a fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYYZaYI2v1g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1S6fG2PXE

Experimental mandola with internal horn and neutral-tension bridge - Mandolin Cafe

This showed up on Ed Elliot's Facebook page. If you're not familiar with Ed's work check him out on Facebook.

Melody and solo from his album Art in America.



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I also used the StewMac Dremel guide once and vowed never to do it again. It does live on as the bearing guide in my current setup, though. This is based on the same idea as Lynn's wooden guide, but...

Hi everyone, here are a couple of mandolin setup walkthrough videos. Long, but hopefully engaging. Not saying this is the right way, or the only way, to do things. But it's the way I do it. Today, at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdSpfLJDOc

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Except I do remember and spent a few minutes trying to figure out if you knew something I didn't. I won't tell anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUSnRXz3rwo

So I snapped a pic of my mandolin and then a couple pages from the assembly instructions. I was 15 when I put it together. Made a brass truss rod cover and the strap was from an old purse of my...

That link is dead. Here is "Louie Bluie" now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apimV_-Jo7Q

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I started to read this, but I couldn't tough it out with no paragraphs.
More than 4 lines without a break have become difficult for me to read, even if it might be interesting.
Hope I didn't...

Ethanol aka ethyl alcohol aka grain alcohol has to be one of the most misunderstood common chemicals on the planet?

Ethanol is completely miscible with water -- that is a forms a homogeneous...