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I made my debut as a triangle player with a local community symphony orchestra yesterday. If I do reach the point where I can't play mandolin or violin family instruments satisfactorily, I hope I'll...

Johnny used pretty light gauges for his CGDA tuning.

I have a 4-string Steve Andersen mandola hanging on the wall right now. Traded a Lyon & Healy for it. 'Tis the bomb.

Jay Ungar and Molly Mason do in fact play on the soundtrack, although Bobby Horton is the bandleader.

"The most beautiful song" on the soundtrack? Of course that's highly subjective. The one that...

Par for the course with GC.

I've bought both a vintage Gibson snakehead and a Lyon & Healy Style A from GC and had them show up with neck cracks.

I see there's a Sawchyn Beavertail mandola in the Classifieds for <$1K. I'd be seriously considering that one.

Big Muddy is the winner in that bunch.

You might be able to find an Eastman 315 or a vintage Flatiron in your price range.

Hjalmar Anderson's mandolin was indeed a Bohmann, per a conversation I had this weekend with my researcher pal Jim. He has Seattle archival material concerning Hjalmar, but I don't know if he has...

The photo at Emando.com is more than a decade old ... the pseudonym sounds like something from Guliver's Travels ... who am I to judge?

I did find one of his Reptile Palace Orchestra CDs at the...

This is the lad who bought that Mosrite on eBay; presumably he performed all the mods and is now the seller.
http://emando.com/players/Biff.htm

I'm aware of only 4 Mosrite e-mandos; the other 3...

Aaaaaaand now it's in Alabama
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/In-Store-Used/Used-Newmad-MIXA4K-Carbon-Fiber-Mandolin.gc

1) Are those real instruments or just PhotoShop mockups? They look more like the latter.
2) To be strictly accurate, those are Portuguese guitarras, not mandolins.

Good one! I've had 4 or 5 Risa instruments through my hands including a couple of the mandolas. They are not easy to find but they work pretty well and they're in the right price range. They may not...

I and 2 billion other people are on Facebook too.

There just aren't a whole lot of options, especially in that price range.

if you are not happy with the Eastwood Airline, you can look for a vintage Kingston, Kent, or Bruno; these were made in...

Are those really Waverlys? I thought they were Grovers.

Yes, it did seem like some writer was trying to tip a hat to the Bennings. But you'd think if Eric were asked to supply a prop, he'd supply one that might actually be taken for a high-end violin.

I have a bad habit of watching CBS cop shows while I'm doing something else, partly because most of them are so dumb that they don't require my full attention. One sign of lazy writing on a cop show:...

The story behind the theft of the Lipinski Strad from Frank Almond is pretty bizarre ... I'm sure you can Google it if you want details.

Just noting that Almond has since appeared in two...

If you don't have time for Kym's book, it turns out that she was interviewed for the "Case Notes" podcast on ClassicFM: ...

"Children's electric guitar" indeed!
https://shopgoodwill.com/item/142585868

A little chewed up on the back, but if you need a cheap MandoBird, this might be the one.

There are a couple of Rick Turner Renaissance mandocellos out there somewhere, and he was always quick to generously share his knowledge with us on the Cafe.

Davy Crockett played one of those! I saw it on TV!
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I've sold a lot of these but never for that much. Maybe that's just for a lack of trying.