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Years ago I had a Breedlove OO that I loved. Traded it in for a Collings MT-O. I’ve had 4 MT-O’s since then, liked everyone of them so much that I decided to stop playing the catch and release game...

You’ll get about an hour of play out of a wood pick, substantially less if you do the slightest bit of tremolo. And you’ll fill the windings of your strings with sawdust.

That being said, the...

Is this A-style case new?

https://crossrockcase.com/product/fiberglass-mandolin-case-a-style-a-body-mandolin-fiber-case/

Collings ovals like heavier A and E strings if you want stronger treble. I personally like GHS Pure Nickel and Monels from various makers. The wound strings in those sets brings out the dry, woody...

An insanely kind soul and a wealth of knowledge the likes of which we may never see again. RIP, Frank.

“The mandolinist’s octave mandolin”.

They weren't lying when they said that.

I'm with Scoot Stichenheimer on this one - The Collings case was the most significant case to debut in our (my) lifetime. I know - "it's not a flight case, why's it so expensive?"

This thing was...

Count me in, I love the oval sound. '24 A Jr and and Collings MT2-O here. Owned plenty others also. The Gibson is loud and cranky and sonorous and a finicky little thing - a true joy, the pinnacle of...

Maybe that’s part of the reason they are closing. Just to power the CNC for that one board probably cost 4.80.

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Looks like they might be callin' it a night, so to speak. Is that really true?

Legend has it that that fingerpick was never seen again.

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I've got a '24 AJr Snakehead and I could have sworn it had the old spacing, thats why I asked. I'll have to check it out today.

Will the Rubners fit?

Make sure you look at the necks, the Eastman is a bit narrower and more of a 'V', which didn't agree with my hand. The Kentucky I had around the same time (years ago) was a bit wider and more of a...

And only one remains.

Theres a Honey-topped Special at Elderly that sounds absolutely unreal. From the quietest tremolo to just flat out stupid loud bluegrass. Just goes to show the best can keep getting better.

Just use the blue or (preferably) the orange mandola strings.

Or, you know, it sold again.

This is an interesting one.

My lawyer told me not to comment.

What if it acts like an external virzi?

I have a 1/16, a 1/8 and (2) 3/16. The only one I can tell I’m playing is the 1/16th (‘24 AJr). I get hand fatigue quicker with that one, but it’s not terrible. One of the 3/16th is a Collings MTO...

This guy never ceases to amaze me, as far as I'm concerned he has one of the best picking hands out there and also never really got the attention he deserved.

Appreciate you posting this, thank...