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I haven't run across too many of these mandolins, but we recently got on in our shoppe on consignment. It's a pretty cool sounding mandolin.

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This is a good suggestion that I really never thought of... I'm going to bring this up next filming.

I've been really impressed with the Hinde mandolins. I was critical of some of Steve's finish work, but the one we just got in the shop last week is leaps and bounds above any of his that we have had...

Though it is easier to file the slots down, if they get too deep, or you don't have the correct slot files, they can either pinch if too tight, or allow extra vibration if too wide causing unpleasant...

I have to admit he was a little scary when we took this photo when I was about 12. Every time I met him, he would try to pull me off my feet when he shook my hand. But he definitely inspired me, and...

I get asked this question a lot, and I feel like people get the impression that I'm "in the bag" for Eastman, when truthfully they are building the best A and F style mandolins in their price range...

I think you're really going to be happy with it. Having a good sounding and easy playing mandolin makes a huge difference when learning.

I honestly think the MD315 is the best F-Style mandolin in its price range as far as playability and tone. We did a video comparison on the MD305 vs Kentucky 150, we need to do one on F-Styles, but...

I haven't seen one in years. We got to know Melvin and Becky pretty well when we were touring a bunch in GA. Melvin let me take one of his mandolins on the road for a year or two. Great mandolins,...

If you're still having finger pain, I recommend the Bobby Osborn set from GHS (A260) to a lot of my students. They are 11, 16, 24, 38. So enough tension on the A and E strings to not splat, but...

I believe that is Alex Hibbits in the video. He played in Darrell's band for a while, but I don't think it ended well. He is a killer mandolin player, but spends most of his time on a couple of...

Here is our first review of the 1923 Reissue with David Harvey talking about why they included the Lloyd Loar reproduction label and what went into the new mandolin to make it closer to the original....

From the letter included with the 1923 Reissue, the July 9th label will be limited to the first 50 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary.

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We just posted a video where I played the 1923 Master Model Reissue prototype with David Harvey playing the Gibson Vault July 9th 1923 Loar. While we have different playing styles, I think you can...

Though I understand some reservations with the Loar label, (I personally would have also liked a David Harvey signature), the 1923 Reissue is similar to what the electric and acoustic guitar world...

We've got a lot of content scheduled this week for the two new mandolins from Gibson, and in all honesty, I think they knocked it out of the park with both models while at the same time lowering the...

And here I was hoping to get my new free Gibson guitar any day now...

But thanks for fixing my title for me Mike.

Thanks so much. I've got to give the credit to my brother Jason and our media team. They knocked it out of the park on this one, in my opinion.

It should be F5. I'm just in the habit of adding the "G" to new mandolins. Please update to F5 if you don't mind. Thanks

We have the final edit posted of our mini documentary about Bill Monroe's July 9 Gibson F-5 featuring David Harvey, George Gruhn and others discussing the impact of the world's most famous mandolin....

We have just posted the full documentary on Bill Monroe's July 9, F-5.
https://youtu.be/krAYYCJ3JNA?si=Uv-Jpo7Z-lZ2gGpv

We have the final edit of our mini documentary about Bill Monroe's July 9 Gibson F-5 featuring David Harvey, George Gruhn and others discussing the impact of the world's most famous mandolin.
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We also did a live unboxing yesterday of the new MD5-BK-LTD as well as two first-ever F-Style Bourgeois Mandolins, one in a blacktop as well....

We have a full set in the shop right now (MD505-BK-LTD, MD514-BK-LTD, MD515-BK-LTD) and will be releasing a review video with tone samples of each this weekend on our YouTube Channel...