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The last post was about the Lyre-shaped mandolin.

I'll bet that neck never warped.

I bought one of those back in 1989 from JC Penney. It came complete with a chipboard case, and the price at the time was $79.00. It is all pressed plywood, but it was a great instrument to learn on.

Every time I bought a new mandolin, I would ask an expert friend of mine to play it back to me. He asked me why I did that, and I told him that I just wanted the instrument to know how good I...

My Weber F Prototype just keeps on sounding better and better. There comes a point in life when you can stop looking for something better. You already have it.

Who says things never change? Previous threads on the capo have mostly been negative, but seems a change has taken place, a common sense attitude that making music is the point, capo or no capo.

An amateur plays because he wants to. A professional plays because he has to. Which is the most apt to be happy?

Eighty-seven years and tendonitis have made my STE lonely, as it sits quietly in its case, wondering where the old man went. I gave my Takemine guitar to a nephew's daughter, who now has a new...

The post mentioned was on this forum, not ebay. When I asked the poster to email me directly, was I breaking a forum rule?

Key of D. chord changes were posted, but they got all mashed together.




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Exception, please. I saw a post requesting info on mandolins for $1500 or less. Having one, myself, and not wishing to violate forum rules about posting adds or links to adds on this forum, I asked...

I have always thought that the narrower the grain of a spruce top, the better. Yet, I see fine quality mandolins, some with fine grain and some with very course grain. How does the grain effect the...

Uh, I went down to the village about nine tonight, and saw quite a few loons.

Amandolin shows up on Celtic Thunder Heritage. They are one talented bunch!!!

Mark, email me at brianf@vermontel.net

That's the way I've always played it. You mean that's not normal?!?!:confused:

When you hear the non-reflected sound, it is coming straight up to you, and is at right angles to the direction of soundboard vibrations. Your ears are, in effect, in a null zone. When you move it...

Thanks, Guys. I played one about fifteen years ago, and have never found one to equal it.

Can anyone tell me when the last Montan-made Flatiron Performer was made and signed by Bruce Weber? I see a couple here in the classifieds, and the date seems little late.

What?!? No maple syrup???

Since I turned 87, my Weber doesn't like me anymore. It just sets in the corner and sulks. Guess I'll have to find it a friend.

A couple of points: Some people are limited by physical problems such as arthritis, or age. Some haven't reached a stage where they can play in all keys without the capo. I have seen the look of...

Labels, labels. Monroe is Monroe, Thile is Thile, Scruggs is Scruggs, and they have made their mark. The music they play, and the individual styles they use are the goals of immitators, goals which...

A true drone is a string which, due to its identical or harmonic relationship to the note actually being played, vibrates without intself being played. I have seen violins which had one or more...

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