It always amazes me how these guys (and others) remember the arrangement to tunes like this. Lots of practice before performing, or do they just have that good of a brain and go over it a couple of...
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It always amazes me how these guys (and others) remember the arrangement to tunes like this. Lots of practice before performing, or do they just have that good of a brain and go over it a couple of...
The English language is so confusing....
Most people on their death beds don't say, "I wish I would have spent more time at work." Einstein was working while he was in his death bed, so there are exceptions to everything. Yep, if you are...
Just don't ever sell it, then it's not a problem. If it's a Red Diamond then it's a keeper....
I feel like I've been cancelled! How about you?
Nice music, great road trip!
Best to you these days and may they be filled with as much peace as is possible.
Spotted a Kimble 2-ponter at The Music Emporium with a video today. NFI because I don't have any money....
What's the point? Oh, I see. Two of them.
As the original poster of these threads, it's clear to me that I should have included banjos! ( and zithers?)
Thanks Roland. Couldn't see the headstock in the first video, but can in the second one. Great sound on that RD, especially for a new mandolin. Never heard a RD I didn't like.
Why is it called "Red Diamond?" I must have missed something....
Speaking of two finger style banjo playing, Nick Hornbuckle with John Reischman and The Jaybirds plays an amazing two finger style bluegrass banjo. Others probably do too, but I've never heard about...
As we all know, if you get a 5-string, and have it in standard G tuning for bluegrass, it will be a different experience for your brain. The brain craves novelty and learning new things. It will be...
Wondering if folks in general aren't buying mandolins and guitars as much now as in so called "normal" times? Because, festivals and jams have been cancelled, and often folks will be more motivated...
I liken the Lloyd Loars to paintings by the Old Masters. You know they are old, you know the artist, there are only so many of them, and they hold a lot of meaning in the art world. Sure, you can get...
I wonder if you got a 5 string banjo, could you tune strings 1,2,3,4 to a tenor banjo tuning, and tune the 5th string to a note that would compliment the tenor banjo tuning. You'd probably get a...
Let time do its work. We never know what's around the next corner....
For a little perspective, Carter Vintage has 3 Loars for sale. Two for $150K, one for $90K.
If you wash you hands before playing it helps. You may think that you don't need to, but you may be wrong.
Yes, Grisman's Loar(s) would be a hefty price, just because HE owned them. Wonder what John Reischman's 1924 Loar would bring? Guesses? He once told me he's had some offers, but that was some years...
In today's Café classifieds there is a 1924 LL for sale for $120K. Not too long ago they were hovering around $200K, some higher, some lower. Is a significant drop in pricing occurring with all the...
Laugh of the day! (so far)
John Baldry writes a monthly "Welcome Column" for the California Bluegrass Association's main page website. He is still active doing that.
A few years ago I was at Grass Valley, CA, at the CBA's Father's Day Festival. There was a Vessel exact Loar copy for sale in the luthiers' hut, and if I remember right a copy of the label signed by...