You might check out Mapes Strings. You can order the specific string gauge for each course.
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You might check out Mapes Strings. You can order the specific string gauge for each course.
Pete Hart ((Buckeye) is still building. I communicated with him via email recently. His email address is hartwoodside@aol.com.
Here’s a good one: Glory in the Meetinghouse” - Hot Rize
https://youtu.be/w6WQApDcjK8?si=0AR5btbz6cl60dVk
I have used them on mando and guitar, and like them a lot. Good tone (comparable to or better tha DAddario), and long lasting. I like being able to order custom gauges, too.
Plus, theyre cured...
“Glory in the Meetinghouse” - Hot Rize. Tim O’Brien on fiddle, Nick Forster on mandolin. The rest of the band joins in but on their album, it’s just Mando and fiddle.
https://youtu.be/w6WQApDcjK8
Very cool! I agree with all of your comments. I was surprised by the A’s tone and volume. Really suits old time, Celtic, etc. tunes, which are my favorites. I also have recovered from MAS as a result...
My F5 is #63 - eight years old. Getting better all the time, to paraphrase Paul McCartney (well known mandolinist, among other accomplishments).
Thanks, Charles!
OK, OK, I’ll post pics and a sound file as soon as I can. I’m in the middle of a move, so it may be a couple of days. Check back in a few days.
(Also, I’m not very adept technologically, so can...
I think I have a transcription for “El Grillo” somewhere, from Swannanoa with John Reischman a few years back. I’d have to hunt for it, and I’m currently away from home, probably until August. If...
Pete Hart has started making A models. I have a pretty significant birthday coming up, and I contacted Pete to ask if he would build an A for me. (My loving wife asked what I wanted for my birthday,...
+1 for a Buckeye by Pete Hart. I have #68, an F-5, from 2012, and the tone is remarkable. I have a ‘51 D-18 and a ‘57 D-28, both exceptional guitars, but I find that I usually pick up the Buckeye. He...
The Buckeye built by Pete Hart. He will customize according to your requests. Usually builds about 5 per year, over the winter. Consistently great mandolins for the price.
I would be interested
Thanks
Jim Mullins
Congratulations! You’ll love it. Working with Pete and owning a Buckeye have been some of the best experiences in my life.
Lynns a pretty credible source of information (understatement 😎).
I have a Buckeye, built by Pete Hart, who used Carpathian spruce (which would qualify as Eastern European, I suppose). Pete...
There's a Loudbox Mini posted in the Classifieds today
I've had a regular Loudbox, which I liked a lot.
You might also look at Roland amps; they have a variety of sizes, wattage, features,...
I'd like to start an informal jam session in the Ellijay/Blue Ridge, GA area (actually, Cherry Log, if you know where that is).
My thought would be to play a variety of tunes - bluegrass, old...
Big John McNeill
Big Sciota
Molly Bloom
Blackberry Blossom (playing the A part on the E strings)
The other thing you could try is playing tunes without using your index finger. Somebody told me...
Hey, Don,
I didn't read your message as whining; I'm sure we've all gone through that - and I am now (again) after not playing much for a while.
I think the whole thing is like any other form...
I apologize for the double posting; I posted this in the equipment and repair forum, but thought more people might see it if I posted it here:
"Does anyone know of a good luthier for mandolin...
Thanks, Scot - I had talked to Jim Grainger several years ago, but did not realize he had passed. I'm sorry to hear that, but glad to hear that he passed on his knowledge
Does anyone know of a good luthier for mandolin and/or guitar within driving distance (i.e., 2 hours) from north Georgia? I live in Cherry Log, between Ellijay and Blue Ridge. I have a couple of 50's...
You might try a compressor/sustainer pedal. Overdrive and reverb will also extend the sustain, but overdrive in particular changes the tonality. I like the Wampler Ego Compressor. ...
So far, the Buckeye I have is the best one I've ever played - meaning that I haven't contracted an acute case of MAS from playing any other mandolin. Of course, I haven't played them all - yet.