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  1. Thread: How to humidify?

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    After having Rigel retop my A-plus because of...

    After having Rigel retop my A-plus because of some winter-related cracking, my new top is now starting to crack slightly on each end of the top f-hole. Needless to say, this sucks. I had taken the...
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    It means that you could go to the minor second...

    It means that you could go to the minor second (is that what its called?) chord between those bars of the fifth chord. For example, play Am in between consecutive D's if you're playing in G.
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    Well, this kind of exceeds a "ding story", but...

    Well, this kind of exceeds a "ding story", but listen to this.
    My Rigel A-Plus, my most prized possesion, developed a small crack on the top this winter, most likely due to humidity. I was planning...
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    So... my mando's kind of out of commission (see...

    So... my mando's kind of out of commission (see the builder/repair list), but I'm playing guitar in a bluegrass band and just took up the fiddle. so I'm thinking that as long as I do plenty of both,...
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    Yeah, I'm going to take some pictures and email...

    Yeah, I'm going to take some pictures and email them to rigel tomorrow, and see what they think. I took it to a local well-respected instrument repair guy and he looked inside and thought he saw a...
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    I'd been noticing an area at the end of my A plus...

    I'd been noticing an area at the end of my A plus where the finish on the seam of the two-part top had sort of come off, but it looked fairly minor. Just yesterday I realized the seam has come apart...
  7. Thread: Monroe

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    "If you want to hear and study what turns peoples...

    "If you want to hear and study what turns peoples props
    about Monroe, you need to listen to the 1950's live
    recordings"

    Funny you should write that, I just got my hands on two of those from...
  8. Thread: Johnny Staats?

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    tig- that's funny, he played a show at the...

    tig-
    that's funny, he played a show at the riverside ampitheater up here last summer too.
  9. Thread: Johnny Staats?

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    last summer at a riverbank amphi-theater...

    [QUOTE]last summer at a riverbank amphi-theater in my home town (with the Delivery Boys).

    Hey Tig, you in Mo-town too? i missed that show, but I've caught him at the purple fiddle.
  10. Thread: Frank's tone....

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    Frank baked his mandolin in an oven!?!

    Frank baked his mandolin in an oven!?!
  11. Thread: the mammals

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    Just saw these guys play, they're pretty wild,...

    Just saw these guys play, they're pretty wild, definitely breaking new ground, like old-time rock or something. I got to jam with them some after they came down to an old-time jam at a bar down the...
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    Old Crow Medicine Show

    Old Crow Medicine Show
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    I know the first line of this-the "same old cow...

    I know the first line of this-the "same old cow always eat hay..." but then the part that ends "reckon I tried it didn't do no good" I can't quite understand.
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    I originally heard "Drive" on a tape made from...

    I originally heard "Drive" on a tape made from the lp, and there's a part at the end of a particularly intense jam (I'm not sure which song) where Sam Bush plays Rawhide for a few seconds. I got the...
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    Frank George's wife used to say he'd rather...

    Frank George's wife used to say he'd rather fiddle all day than work; when Frank was asked about it he said he'd rather play Angeline the Baker all day than work.
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    I guess Jenny Lynn was the "greatest of all"...

    I guess Jenny Lynn was the "greatest of all" according to Monroe, at least when he wrote Uncle Pen
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    Possibly, how much do you want for it?

    Possibly, how much do you want for it?
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    Has anyone played one of these things? they look...

    Has anyone played one of these things?
    they look pretty cool, for an electric mando.
    I wonder why fender doesn't make mandocasters anymore...
  19. Thread: cuckoo's nest

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    Hey, I have been playing it wrong! I've been...

    Hey, I have been playing it wrong!
    I've been playing both the first and second parts with pretty much the same changes, but it sounds much better with the A after the D on the first part.
    And I'm...
  20. Thread: no name band

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    I have a copy of that, its completely ridiculous....

    I have a copy of that, its completely ridiculous.
    The Wooten bluegrass slap bass solo is awesome.
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    I saw Johnny Staats last summer and he sprayed...

    I saw Johnny Staats last summer and he sprayed his mandolin down with the stuff before he played a set.
  22. Thread: cuckoo's nest

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    I've been playing this tune now for three years,...

    I've been playing this tune now for three years, and always with a C as the second chord. Someone told me that it should be an Am, and I just can't tell for sure. Putting an Am in a tune in D makes...
  23. Thread: boiling strings

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    I've heard that boiling old strings can make them...

    I've heard that boiling old strings can make them sound new again, I guess because it takes off the gunk on 'em. I was was wondering if anyone's tried this.
    mandolin strings cost too much money for...
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    Yeah I've noticed there does seem to be a diffent...

    Yeah I've noticed there does seem to be a diffent way of picking when you're going really fast. I seem to play more like I do when I play tremelo, just a kind of fast back-and-forth that comes from...
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    dang, I don't think its any of those songs,...

    dang, I don't think its any of those songs, definitely not "All the good times" or the New Lost City Ramblers song. I guess I'll just keep singing the one verse.
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