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Great resource, am happy to have this. Thanks, Rob, for all the effort you put into this.

Following up on my own post here --

I emailed Helen Beausoleil (now at Zeta Violins), inquiring about Jean Swan. Helen replied, saying that Jean Swan was a final sander for Flatiron/Gibson...

Hi,

I wanted to post this to follow up on some older threads about the various luthiers signing Gibsons in Bozeman in the 1990s. My friend has a 7/29/1996 A-5G (likely to be posted for sale soon...

Googling " 'Michael Owens' mandolin" turns up this Linked In profile, which shows him to be a past luthier at Gibson:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-owens/57/751/5b6

(And unless I'm...

Count me in. Thanks to Scott and to V-Picks for the opportunity.

Tickets for Seattle show are at

http://www.chabaduw.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1317531/jewish/Chabad-UW-Benefit-Concert.htm

It is a benefit for Chabad at University of Washington. Info...

We are the MandolinCafe community. You will be Assimilated. Resistance is Futile.

Sheet music? Cat ain't no part a nuthin' ...

Okay, this is cross-pollination with the Limerick thread, but here goes:


My chart was all covered with feline
The chart was just treble - no bass line
This was the cat’s way of saying that ...

Paul,

Many thanks for your comments and insight, and thanks for the great links, too. There's plenty of fodder for me to geek out on there -- great stuff. Will let you know what happens ...
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Hi folks,

A friend here in Seattle is considering this here Santa Cruz H-13 Custom, listed on Craigslist for $3700.

Link: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/msg/1741482599.html

Essential...

a few more ...


Fiddle four, banjer five, guitar six,
Mando eight is the one that I picks
The big bass it rumbles
My home life it crumbles
As I practice more hot Monroe licks

Please throw my name in the hat -- always a pleasure to see Grisman. (And nice touch on that dawgy Tone-gard, David.)

Hi Folks, thanks for the nice comments. To answer the questions -- no it wasn't bought, Terrie and family made it themselves from paper mache, etc. Terrie is pictured in the second photo, below,...

Here are a few more. The final three show a couple more festival scenes, namely, swimmin' in the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River (better known as the Stilly), which flows right by the...

Well folks, this past weekend we had the pleasure of attending the Darrington Bluegrass Festival in Darrington, WA. It is certainly one of the highlights of the Northwest summer festival season. ...

For my (almost) six year old son, I have my old mid-missouri M-2 set up with just four (not all eight) extra-light gauge strings (there's a 9 to 34 set available). I have blue masking tape in the...

My understanding is that Salt River is the older name, but when Bill Monroe recorded it, he was also cutting Crossing the Big Sandy River on the same album, and the record company thought that two...

Well, the Centralia Old Time Music Campout is a week long thing is August and is excellent. (That is its reputation; I've not had the pleasure of attending yet, but I pick with alotta old-time...

... "The hotel underwent (as you are probably aware) a substantial renovation
and we are very proud of the facility.

We are trying to balance protecting the investment and our hotel with a...

It would be interesting to find out what percentage of Murano customers for that weekend are Wintergrass attendees. My guess is that it is close to 100%. It would not surprise me if the hotel...

I was only able to make it for Saturday night this year. I was lucky to be present at the Rialto (great venue!) for Choro Famoso with Mike Marshall and Danilo Brito. What a treat! They lined their...

My Neil J. Dean A-5 has a "German Spruce" top and I love it. I use the quotes though based on some googling I did, which said that "German" is really a misnomer, since little if any of it comes from...

Let's not forget Django's Cadillac out of Oregon. Very hot mando, guitar, clarinet, vocals. Google 'em.

Well, it's not exactly South King County, but Conor Byrne pub in Ballard has a Monday night open bluegrass jam that is fun and open to all levels. Everyone sits on the stage and plays, but if it gets...