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Heh heh - In honor of this event I may just have to subject a certain someone to some trashy mandolin music for her birthday! :):mandosmiley:

Dang, that swaangs. I could listen to more. :)

CONGRATS !!! We need video ! :mandosmiley: :grin:

He left us a lot of great music. Glad I got to see him a couple of times at the Frankfort Bluegrass Festival.
I've also enjoyed many of the videos he and Diane made together. God bless them both.

Happy Birthday Dawg - our world is a better place for all you've shared with us!

Gotta love a guitar/mandolin duo, and these guys are both top notch.
My order's in. :)

Got CD from BN. :)

I saw a Gibson 5G one time where the owner had a single fret removed from the extension in his preferred sweet spot. Apparently that gave him sufficient clearance to avoid the clicking.

Would've been nice to have a continued supply of those Z mandolins.

Nice! My order's in.

Hank, thanks for reporting back on what you ended up doing and how it worked out. Glad this is a success story!

I like the candle wax trick much better than putting oil or some such near the top...

I couldn't agree more - and to further quote Timbofood, "I love this place!"

To Scott and the gang: my gratitude, and a little something via paypal. :)

Some of those baseball bat necks are surprisingly comfortable to play. Seems counterintuitive, and I have small hands to boot. I'd certainly love the chance to find out how playable one of those L&H...

Don't forget these auctions usually have a "buyers premium" (I think that's what it's called) - a percentage you have to pay above and beyond the bid price.

Also - from the photos it looked like...

Me too, Allen. They are fun as you said. I find you have to learn to play them like they want to be played - they are not bluegrass machines. Mine had the neck falling off, but was put back together...

For those of us who are notation challenged, Chapter 4 and Appendix B of the Dummies book are particularly useful.

I actually just ordered some more of these, and I have a couple of comments:

The ones I received are a little gummy/sticky - you definitely want to keep these off of the finish on your mando.
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Here's the info you want, and in classic Cafe style, an entertaining thread to boot!

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/54120-Rubber-Grommets-for-the-Mandolin

Those low tones caught my attention as well - gotta love it. Hope we get some more contributors in these last 4 days!

OK, you guys asked for it...

I actually think this whole video great fun, but I'm linking directly to the part most (im)pertinent to the meanderings of this thread: :grin:
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Having listened to some samples of the music, I agree with Mr. Cafe that this would be a nice project to hear completed. I'm on board, hoping some more of you will agree so my pledge doesn't go to...

It's all of that! Great playing, tunes, tone and recording. Heck, I'll even go along with muscular. :) It's easy to hear why these guys have such fine resume's in addition to their day jobs. This...

Well I for one had not heard this tune or the album, so I am glad you posted! What great music. Just sampled the rest of the LP & bought it. Thanks!

You're right about the John Carlini guitar as...

Never got the chance to visit in person, but I certainly enjoyed reading Stan's fantastic instrument descriptions. I'm sure meeting the man would have been as special as being able to browse his very...

You can hear Frank, literally "alongside" several of those artists, on a great version of Dusty Miller, and he also does a couple of his own tunes on this album, which is great fun:

Bluegrass...