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Excellent stuff - saw them live in North Wales a few years ago - great band.

thanks guys - I got lucky :)

I have to move house soon and there will need to be a 'cull' of my collection - this will NOT be involved in the cull, nor will my Breedlove, Buchanan or Stradolin -...

My recently acquired Fylde is now 'ready to play' .. and it is sounding sweet :)

I bought it from a friend who frequents the same Folk Club as I do. He originally bought it from Roger Bucknall...

Ditto what Spruce said.

I take it to the pub and play in public every now and then, but it hasn't yet made to the proper live gig stage yet.

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In action at Rhyl Folk Club Xmas party.

I am playing my Resonator Mandolin, made by Stuart Wailing.

There was an element of fate involved in its acquisition.


I saw it in the...

FWIW, I have been collecting as many ABC format tunes as I can from old 'dance master' manuscripts.

I wrote some code that turns them into MP3 files I can listen to, which helps me identify which...

What a shame - I bought my much-loved Buchanan Mandolin from there :(

I second that - I have a Blue Yeti and it sounds great

Absolutely - I have an old Reverse Scroll Regal - it is my 'playing on the sofa' mandolin, and when not in use spends the rest of its time as a pretty wall hanger. My partner says it is a keeper, if...

Thanks Allen - seems possible.

I have scoured the Internet for anything similar and found just one instrument with a similar carved scroll - and that was a 1910 Lute Mandolin on Pintrest without...

Great videos - I can't wait to hear it.

This old Banjolin has been lying around in storage for a while, waiting for me to fix it up.

Apart from a ripped vellum, a terrible action and a decade or two of dust, it seems to be in reasonable...

Rust Gulley (as performed above) is one that plays well on mandolin.

I love the 3/2 Hornpipes, and have collected just about every one that I could find in the ABC archives.

FWIW, these are not...

What Paul said.

I can't reach at all - I can force my fingers there, but everything is under tension and there is zero chance of me actually 'hitting' that accurately from another position due to...

This is my old Antoria - it has a made in Korea sticker on the back of the headstock, and another sticker with what I assume is the model number 'HM6AM'.

Not sure of it's exact age, but I have had...

Not sure if this is useful or not, but have you tried recording yourself playing and then comparing with what you hear whilst playing?

I have one mandolin that sounds odd to me when playing, but...

I agree 100%

FWIW, I was taught how to dance the 'English old-style' hornpipe (not a 'thing'. just the only way I can think of to describe it) about 40 years ago. Think rough and ready sailors on...

It is the javascript that is the issue - works Ok-ish on Google Chrome, not so well on Firefox.

Also, it is normal practice to have each menu item change color, or be 'highlighted' as you...

I have a KM180s and have just ordered a Breedlove Crossover OF VS after trying it out (as discussed elsewhere on the forum). I played it for best part of 40mins in the shop going through a range of...

A proper F-Style is just too much for me too.... not so much the weight as the styling... I think they just have 'too much' style going on (yes, I know that isn't a good reason).

It's just...

My Kentucky 180s was my second ever mandolin - had it over 25years if my memory serves me right. Plays good, sounds good, never let me down etc.

Ordering the Breedlove was a bit of a dilemma, as...

Just bought a Breedlove Crossover OF VS ... wasn't at all what I wanted when I went in....


I was SO wanting to order an Eastman MD605, but as per the advice given out so often here, decided to...

I reckon a mandolin has two values - the value you get from playing it, and the resale/replacement value, and it is the gap between the two that would make the decision for me.

Like many here, I...

yes - that's true for me too :)

Thanks for all the plating advice - much appreciated.

I think I will follow the path of least resistance - a damn good clean first, then decide if 'further distressing' and/or 'painting black' is...