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Tasty! Very nice.

So very very sorry to hear this. Peace to all the Statman family and friends.

Happiest Birthday Mike! Wishes for a great year. I'm very partial to your picking.

For whatever reasons I have always been aggravated by abbreviated words to describe things or places, although I am ok with them as nicknames for people, go figure. Many years ago I went on an all...

Also a long time Tuba Skinny, and Trad Jazz fan generally. Have always loved Robin’s washboard playing but wasn’t aware of his mandolin playing, Thanks!

So sorry for his family, and us all. I only knew Bill from this site, but he brightened up the world.

It sure is a looker! Nice!

Excellent! Great work

It’s been more than a few years since I had contact with Dix but originally met him back in the days of Mandolin World News. He’s just always been there and now his passing will leave a big gap. Rest...

Happy Birthday Scott! Thanks for being my mandolin enabler! Have a great day.

Roland was a wonderful person, a kind and unassuming human being who was able to share his knowledge of the mandolin simply and graciously. I had a workshop with him maybe 15 years ago that I still...

Don't know if the mandolin would be easier than the guitar because of the smaller neck size but on mandolin there are a number of chords where your thumb is at the back of the neck. I'm a long time...

Happy Birthday Mike! Sure glad you're on this planet and playing the mandolin!

I wear bifocals but when I know that I’ll be looking at stuff at a consistent distance ( computer screen, in the shop, or reading music) I just use drug store reading glasses so I don’t have to tilt...

A very happy birthday, and a thank you for this great site!

I also recently came up with trigger fingers, the middle finger on both my right and left hand (and what was I doing with those middle fingers to cause this you ask :-) ). I did get the cortisone...

Pretty active acoustic music scene in Southwest Michigan. Includes a lot centered around Kalamazoo, Brian Oberlin out of Grand Rapids, Wheatland music festival in September in Remus, also stream...

Happy Birthday Scott! Many best wishes, and Thank you!

My first three mandos built in 1980-81, had carved Doug fir tops. Also made a dulcimer just prior to those with a carved Doug fir top. I still have one of the mandos and the dulcimer, no problems...

My five year old granddaughter is a lefty. I have taken care of her (and her sister) since shortly after she was born while her folks work, so we have a lot of time together. She has always enjoyed...

Congratulations and Thank You! Your efforts are sure appreciated by this mando maniac.

Wonderful! Thank you.

I also like lighter strings on my Mandolins. Usually either GHS A 250's (10 - 36) or D'Addario J 73's (10 - 38). I feel I get a richer tone and a little more sustain, and yes, even a little better...

Happy Birthday Mike! Thanks for building such wonderful mandolins. Not even close to being in the same league but my current mandolin, one of my builds, is a black topped A model inspired by Tim...

As I've mentioned in another thread I've only had mandolins that I've built. My first mandolin, a stop gap while I was starting to build was a banjo uke, peghead holes filled and re-drilled, skin...