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There is one in Normal, Illinois

I can't speak about Thomann, but I can about Wishnevsky. I have had a Wishnevsky mandocello for quite a long time (getting it, like Jim Imhoff, to have something to travel with instead of my Gibson)....

Another wonderful piece of mandolin orchestra history. I've always enjoyed your presentations, like at CMSA, so thanks so much again ...

I second here all the positive things said about Matt and the octave mandolin course. I'm doing it again, too. And yes, the New Acoustics class looks too good to pass up (... so I'm not! Wish me...

This thing is TERRIFIC! Thanks. The community owes you one ...

I have a late 80's or 90's Japan-made black Kentucky KM 140 oval hole (a poor-man's snakehead). It was my first mandolin, and I still have it. It sounds and plays great, and looks terrific, too....

But it's gone now ... I wonder who got it?

Absolutely go or it! There really IS something different about their sound. I love mine, in spite of its crack on the top. The only trouble is, the color IS a giveaway to a spouse (e.g., in my case,...

Just in passing, I think the price from the Mandolin Brothers post was an older one ... maybe 1985? If you have been watching K-4's coming up in the Cafe the past couple of years, they have been...

I want thank everyone again for all their advice and suggestions. You've given us a lot to think about. Maybe in the end a trip to the UK would be the easiest -- and most fun! -- option.

Actually, it is sort of an intriguing instrument. Do you know how it is tuned? There is very little about it on the web, or in any books on Asian instruments that I've looked at. And unlike the pipa...

Hello, again, everyone!
I am still interested in buying a certain mandolin from a private individual in the England (roughly in the $600 ballpark). However, as we all know by now, last Fall saw some...

Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate all the responses and help. You all gave me some great advice and tips. I'll let you know how it all turns out!

Has anyone had any instruments shipped over to the US from England lately? I was thinking about getting a mandolin from a private individual there, but wasn't sure about customs and duty and that...

As a fellow KM Dawg owner, I know you will be happy forever! Congratulations. Just in passing, did you have any trouble with customs? I am thinking of getting an instrument from England, but was...

Had the privilege to once play a dance with him ... never met a more humble and gracious gentlemen (and patient, playing with the likes of me!). Indeed, a folk icon who will be truly missed.

Actually, you don't need to get all that fancy. For our Gibson mandobass I went to the local music store and bought a regular bass gig bag for about $70 and it does the job just fine. A little loose...

Just got back from the Marshall Mandolin Summit. They were big hits. EVERYONE was blown away by them. They sound better live than in the clip. I wanted to buy one on the spot, but couldn't (you have...

Hi Brick,
First, good luck on your surgery! I would say the biggest thing is psychological more than physical. Four months ago I got out of the hospital after a month in the ICU. To make a long...

Interesting post and interesting comments. Just in passing -- and I do not mean to distract from the original post -- but Pops1's comment above about a jazz guy tuning his bass is 5ths is also...

Finally, a group of people who will appreciate my MB-4! Most everyone in the band, and definitely everyone in the house, scatters to the winds whenever I open the case ... Should I take it...

Well I have: my wife. But that's maybe because I play so badly. Or because I have so many instruments around the house. Or both. But I do have a (tone-deaf) dog that believes I am Bill Monroe, and...

For what it is worth, for an older Gibson F4 (and probably the A's, too), I've found that Presto cases fit well. Cost-wise, they are less than a Calton and I think give better protection than a TKL...

furu ike ya kawazu tobikimu mandorin oto

古池や蛙飛こむマンドリンおと

The old pond -- the frog jumps in -- the sound of the mandolin ...

(with apologies to Matsuo Basho, and my making on bad pun on...

Yes, that Monroe copy on Gary Vessel's site sounds VERY close to a Loar. I've heard it played next to two Loars and a '26 Fern, and you'd be hard-pressed to tell any difference. Of course, it was...