I was blessed to see Doc Watson three times in small venues, once sitting 6 feet away. Truly amazing. His playing was effortless. A one of a kind who left his mark on so many in the music world.
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I was blessed to see Doc Watson three times in small venues, once sitting 6 feet away. Truly amazing. His playing was effortless. A one of a kind who left his mark on so many in the music world.
I have rheumatoid arthritis and the functionality of my hands and fingers (along with other joints) have varied over the 6 years since I've been diagnosed.
Over the course of several years my...
Yes it is. I've been wearing it proudly! 212268
Last fall I bought a Bighorn, which is a great instrument. I wanted the Florida scooped and sent it to Bruce and asked that he add his logo. Worderful work. I couldn't have been happier.
Was just checking new mandolin listings on Reverb and Fuller's in Houston has over 160 Eastman mandolin family instruments listed!
It's been many years since I've visited them, north of downtown...
The Music Emporium claims they are the largest Collings dealer in the country and they sure seem to cycle through quite a lot of them.
The seller had it all of 3 days and said he flipped because of a financial problem (?) and he purchased it used from a music store on Reverb (I've found the ad and same strings) so there is no...
These strings are not wound, just metal - unless I'm missing something. I've had TI guitar strings long ago and these don't resemble them. At least with guitar strings, it seems the wraps were each a...
I recently picked up a mandolin that was a "catch & release" from the seller and it has some strings on it that I like, but not sure what kind.
Appears to be monel and they are wrapped at the top...
You're going to get a lot of responses, but based on your guitar collection, you might find a used Collings MT of interest. It will cost about $2,600 to $3,000 for the most basic one and probably...
And here's Sierra's video on improving tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCoGGcsi0I
He and other performers - artists of his day were mostly from rural, hardscrapple backgrounds. Even with some noteriety, constantly traveling and playing was not an easy living and they didn't...
I've only had mine for a few months and it's quickly become one of my go to instruments. My avitar is a Girouard 2 point with a cedar top and the Collings is giving it a run for the money. I'm not a...
Nice one here. https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/211543#211543
I've got a twin to this one, a couple of hundred serial numbers older. Wonderful tone and sustain.
I'm a life long guitar player and went down the rabbit hole of mandolin about 2 years ago at the age of 67. I'm a mediocre to fair 6 string player and hope to reach that same proficiency on the...
Long ago I flew into Savannah on a small flight from Atlanta, so everything went underneath. For bag retrieval my approach is to stand back, half way down the carousel and wait till my suitcase...
You might run it past Bruce Weber at Montana Lutherie. I'm sure he would be glad to give some feedback and a quote.
As they say, buy the seller along with the instrument.
I would make sure up front the seller is willing to accept a return for any reason. Personally, over years of buying and selling instruments,...
Plus one on an older Breedlove. Solid wood, USA made. Although some of the F styles are funky looking, but they did make A styles too. These are a lot of fun, easy to play and sound good. I purchased...
OK, must of misread. $77.72 is the shipping to me, in Oregon, cost.
Listing says "local pickup only". In New England.
McClungs from Doug at Hill Country String Works are my favorite. I've sent him pictures of instruments and he's offered ideas from what he has in stock. Here's my Girouard with a nice complimentary...
Not that I will ever build either one, I'm curious as to how these two instruments differ in there makeup and construction. Seems I've read of a few luthiers who started on violins and eventually...
Mighty fine! Congratulations.
And those are starting to shut down too! Craft beer market is down and in the valley, here in Oregon, quite a few have shut their doors in the last few years. But your right, mandolins are few and...