Thomann don't make cases, they are a large scale distributor. The cases I have bought from them have been good quality. They also have great customer service, so they will advise you what case is...
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Thomann don't make cases, they are a large scale distributor. The cases I have bought from them have been good quality. They also have great customer service, so they will advise you what case is...
AI generated Frankendolas? And do you drink green beer from jam jars?
If you want to hear what one of those can sound like in the right hands you should check out Kevin Macleod, who plays one in his Edinburgh pub sessions and posts videos regularly on Facebook and...
I have a Mozzani, almost identical to the Maccafferi one above. Mine is branded with 'Mozzani 9' rather than Maccafferi but Maccafferi did not deviate in any significant way from the standard Mozzani...
Paul Shippey has great taste in his finishes as well as top level craftsmanship. I have two of his mandolins. I now feel I need an f-hole model!
You should certainly end up with an outstanding mandolin for that budget. Personally I would go for one of the top Northfields, where you are guaranteed great playability and tone, well within your...
On this side of the pond the traditional A shape still dominates and not many GBOMs can be found on the trad scene. Maybe we are more value conscious and we get more 'bang for buck' sound wise or it...
The bridge does not look far "north" to me; much further "south" than on, for instance, the latest Northfield oval hole mandolins.
If you have access to BBC iPlayer you can see a performance by Scottish mandolin hot-shot Calum McIlroy, playing his Taran in the BBC Scotland Young Musician of the Year competition 2023. His playing...
I like this stately, ragtime strut-influenced small band music, from a time just before commercial recordings, radio and amplification arrived to shift popular music away from the home-grown,...
I recently came across the early 20th century American trio Vardon, Perry and Wilber (aka 'those three boys') who featured Gibson and Knutsen harp guitars and mandolin in their act, which toured...
If you have access to BBC iPlayer it is well worth checking out Ale Carr's cittern playing alongside Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen....
You seem to have answered your own question by posting that image. It states the source as Playford.That would be Playford's Dancing Master, a book of tunes for English country dances, first...
The same seller in Cambridge is also selling the Davidson, from the same auction sale. Fast work!
I got the Eastman DG2, a match for my original Bacon Professional mandolin. The finish on the Eastman has not been assaulted like the Collins has been, but the ex-owner was evidently not bothered...
I love this Buckhannon Bros tune but no-one else seems to play it and I have never found a transcription. Can anyone point me to the dots?
You should have no trouble upgrading from an Eastman mandolin in the UK - plenty of good mandolin makers at decent prices (Paul Shippey for instance). You should be able to find a decent used Shippey...
This is a rare Frankendolin, assembled from the corpses of a cheap Italian mandolin and a cheap English banjo mandolin (probably a John Grey). Likely to be unique because that kind of corporeal...
It reminds me of the lump-scroll Gibson f-style copies made in very small numbers by the Windsor banjo company of Birmingham, England. They were probably experimenting with diversifying into...
I knew Comenius was an influential Czech thinker and educator in 17th century Europe but I did not know he also composed music. There is an interesting summary of his life in a BBC Radio 4 'In our...
I found the Wegen TF 100 to be the best commercially available picks for mandolin. I got hold of some special order thinner 0.85mm TFs which I like even better, but have never seen them advertised....
It is good to hear that some Brexit-induced stress points can be eased, and at a reasonable-seeming cost. It would be even better if individuals had access to this kind of service not just...
I love the Buckhannon Brothers good-time music. Is there a source for the dots for their tunes?
TAMCO is a big loss and there is as yet no equivalent retailer in the UK and probably never will be. Your best bet might be to check the second hand offerings of retailers that sell mandolins and...
I have a Paul Shippey 'tone' mandolin with the Stealths fitted. UK makers seem to nearly always install the standard individual Gotohs which add weight and unbalances the mandolin, rather than the...