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Welcome to the club!

To pick the proper instrument, learn the fundamentals, and learn the lingo, just look back in time at the thousands of postings by "newbies" in the 'general mandolin...

Allan

How about only "for profit"! Now that is FUN

I happened to find on MF a new listing for a Gibson "The Super Earl Banjo" @$55,505.60 "list", $49,956.00 selling price.
This banjo is twice their price for a top of the line Gibson DMM mando.

Is...

If they are holding your money I suggest that you send them a certified mail, return receipt demand letter, saying that you want to cancel any outstanding back-orders and refund of any prepayments...

I tried to search for a video "How to make a mandolin for fun and profit" but the search came up blank. (::(

This is not exactly the link that you want, because they do not have the actual video. However they published the text of DIY Network show

DIY Network how to make a mandolin

One of the problems with some of the Mel Bay classical series is that the renditions are over flowering. I hope that you can bring down your works to be playable for the masses (:

I am a life long lefty. Not having played a fretted instrument before the mandolin I started using a readily available righty instrument. My fingers never knew otherwise. From a practical standpoint,...

Forgive me for asking, but on Google Maps Gambell seems to be some sort of a baron military outpost with a runway between AK and Russia. What is it like up there?

Try this fellow

DIO Dinos Musical Instruments
2208 Crescent Street
Astoria, NY 11105
(718) 777-1373
(800) 570-3446 (toll-free)
http://www.diodinos.com

Astoria is in Queens, New York City

$170 (+gas) vs free (scenic free boat trip)

(:

nice price range:

$200 to $12,500.

I am saving up for the
"LIPPI, PIETRO, LABELED, Mandolin, An interesting early mandolin in good and playable condition, dated 1665. " @12,500

Unless you do not know, Bearfoot, the Alaskan acoustic bluegrass group, won the 2001 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition. They combine mandolin and guitar in their playing.

They will...

From my contact with the maker, the mando model is under development. I am keeping in touch with him and will advise results later.

From a devil's advocate position, I do not know if this product...

be aware of fake money orders, even if drawn on a "government post office"

Below is an article from the US Postal Service Inspector website
...

Remember the first new car you bought from a dealer. You went over every spot to make sure the finish was factory perfect. You bought the most expensive wax and polished it #until you had a mirror...

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http://www.nigelgatherer.com/index.html
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/mandolin-tab/mandolin-tab.html
http://www.thesession.org/

http://www.alltabs.com/mandolin_tablature_list.php
http://www.alltabs.com/bluegrass_tabs.php
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/barb923/links/Tablature.html...

Jim ... yes I indeed saw the article in the NYT and it reminded me of the players I had seem recently.

I will ask the guys in the Subway .. I usually see them on either end of the Times Sq - Grand...

As I saw it played, they use the fingers to pluck the nylon stings and use both hands for picking from both directions. I don't recall if they use a fret. Or, perhaps that was the technique of the...

I have seen these with lots of loose fish-line hanging out.
Somewhere in cyberspace there likely is a Kora-Cafe Message Board.

http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/bulletin/default.asp

"Flea Market Music Bulletin Board is an open forum for ukulele players"
Nice guys!

There are Kora players who play in the New York City subways, some are awarded positions in the Music Under New York Program for gifted musical artists. Some play traditional African music, often...

Does anyone know the availability of a kora (usually played by West Africans), a 21-string instrument. Made from a large gourd wrapped in cowhide with a wooden neck and handles.
Does anyone now the...

For transit it is better to use some bubble wrap around the neck to assure that the instrument does not rattle in the case; that is how the some makers ship. Another vibration reducer is to use a...