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Thanks to all who offered suggestions and advice. Here's how I ultimately solved the problem:

I ran a lamp-cord wire (12 or 14 gauge) from a screw in the Rockpals 250w lithium ion generator to the...

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The one I was looking at has two XLR/1/4-inch combo plugs, plus a third stereo 1/4-inch plug for keyboards (with no tone controls). We plug in the mando with an XLR, the guitar with a 1/4-inch and...

dhergert, I looked at the Roland Cube Street and wondered how it handled acoustic instruments, since it includes settings strictly for electric guitars. Your post reassures me this is a solution to...

Thanks, NDO. I'll check out the Gemini. A friend recommended the Bose S1, but it has only two channel inputs. We need three. A battery operated mixer? Hmm.

Fascinating. I just read over the posts. I may need my EE brother to help me on this, but certainly worth looking into. Thanks!

Thanks. This at least points me in some directions. I'll poke around on the ground idea.

My cello-playing wife and I play weddings, usually using a Bose L1 compact or a 30W UltraSound if only the classical guitar needs a boost. Sometimes, power is hard to come by in outdoor locations....

Congratulations, Doug! You give me (and the rest of us?) hope:

I miss the Bass Pro mandolin. What was it called, the bassolin? Maybe next year the Bass Pro banjo, the ultimate bottom feeder... Hat's off to the MC folks. Brilliant launch.

I saw her at the Phoenix show as well. I love the energy of a full bluegrass band, but the sparse arrangement of mandolin and bass, with the occasional banjo or dobro, better fit out the...

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Old Wave: turquoise inlay on ironwood.

Thanks for your assistance. This is good info. I'm intrigued by the idea "Reinhart" could be the original owners name. I checked with my friend, and that is not a family name. Maybe her father bought...

A friend of the family (she's 93) asked if I could find any info about a mandolin that belonged to her mother. Her mother brought it with her from Tennessee through Amarillo to southern New Mexico by...

Thanks, foldedpath. It's just my wife (on cello) and me, so band noise is under control. But we play outdoors a lot, using wind protectors on our stand-mounted mics. They help, just a little. .......

I just stumbled over this string. A question: What does that AT 35 clip on attach to? We sometimes play receptions in loud rooms, or outside in the wind -- will this pick up that noise?

There's an Americana band in my old hometown in Missouri that paired a banjo with a cello. It's not something you hear everyday, or would want to, but in the song it works. So these folks paired...

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Bill Bussmann sent me pics of my almost-ready-to-deliver mando today. I could not be more pleased. Redwood top, mesquite back and sides, ironwood fretboard, turquoise inlay. I told my...

If you don't mind, Bill, I'll add the link for #527 (also seen in post 7139 above). The pics and video have me feeling like a kid on the day before Christmas.
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Free is good.

105480 Bill Bussman sent me this photo of the Southwestern mandolin he's building for me. Mesquite back and sides, redwood top, ironwood fingerboard, Arizona sycamore binding, turquoise rosette and...

CharlieShafer: Thanks. I'm not too worried about playing in a church. Most will have a sound system I can plug the classical guitar into, and the cello and mando will take care of themselves. We're...

Thanks for all the advice. You've given me plenty to chew on. The idea of a powered amp is intriguing, though 1,000 watts seems excessive. Or do I need to think of watts in a different fashion that I...

My wife and I are starting a side business providing music for weddings and small gatherings. She plays cello. I play mando or classical guitar, depending on the song (clips at ocotillomusicaz.com). ...

The tune is "A Place in the Heart," from Butch Baldasari's album "New Classics for Mandolin." I first heard the tune when he played it with the symphony orchestra my wife belonged to when we lived in...