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That's my A model in the last video, recently retopped, and on it's way back to Tennessee!

Hello all,
I'm searching for a quality A style oval hole mandolin, for the kind of folk/old-time that I play. Any suggestions of builders, brands, etc. that I should check out?
Thanks!

hello fellow music lovers,
I'm a freshman at ETSU and majoring in bluegrass. any tips for the johnson city area/etsu?

Got my grooveshark on Fox on the run, next up is Say I Do by LRB and Then You are by Punch brothers

Hello esteemed experts,
I'm having troubles you may be able to help with, I can't seem to get any volume from my mando,(an 09 silverangel) I find myself easily drowned out in jams and recently had...

The Webers are great and I'm sure you would be happy with it, but something about them has just never done it for me

Blue Highway-A week from Today

I don't have one but I liked the MK OM I've played, they're not professional quality by any means but if all you want is a new toy to play with, than i dont think it would be a bad purchase

Hello Friends,
Just a question. What is it about the mandolin that started your appreciation/love/obsession. I know all it took for me was seeing the "This Side" music video and Chris Thile's...

I'm playing some music in my Sisters wedding, a non-traditional wedding march to be sure

beatiful work Ken, I don't think you get enough credit for your mandos, just as good(if not better) than any of the Gibsons, Webers etc. I've played

Thats great, I'm sure your elated to have it back, what have you been playing until Sully's return?

I love having the whole band in front of a condenser mic, it has a very raw sound, but a 57 works when I can't do that

Hello friends, recently I found a pick that I had parted ways with for almost 4 years, a gift from my grandparents, It's metal and stamped on the back it says Sunrise sterling. for some reason I...

Hey everybody, having read At last, a Loar to play I was wanting to ask the esteemed experts of the mandolin cafe message board a possiblly irreverent question. What is truly the difference in sound...

Hey everybody, I'm not a builder nor do I claim to be one but recently I have been lookin for a fretless bass and was just curious to the possibility of a fretless mandolin. I've certainly never seen...

I don't see why a mandolin can't fit in to any band. but I would encourage you to give bluegrass a chance

I don't know about that particular DVD but those are usually a decent way to start. However, it's been my expierience that private instruction and playing at Jams or with other people are an even...

Sam Bush is awesome live, enjoy

Bill Monroe should be left to have his chapter in Bluegrass history. He was a pioneer certainly but let's be honest, he has been far surpassed in skill by Skaggs, Thile, Hull, Steffy, and many of the...

I just use Dunlop 1.0 but i can tell the difference between them and the bluechips just not a $50 difference

Well hey, I'm from gastonia. There's a jam the first Monday of every month at Scruggs opry house (scruggsopryhouse.blogspot.com/) in belmont. There's a weekly jam at The Coon's den hunting store in...

How exactly did you end up in the hospitla from playing an A?

I'm sure that they're have been many threads about this at certain price points or brands. but just total preference, regardless of price, let the debate rage: A or F?

Pick guards are ugly, always remove.