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It’s great that you tried (& tried!) them all so now you know they are not for you. But you sure can still appreciate when others play them well! I also love the lower mandola sound but don’t own...

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I think once you play it for awhile, it leads you to pull out what ultimately sounds best. That happened with my Northfield. When i tried it at the shop i loved the sound and played a bunch of...

I’ve got a feeling that Paganini could have squeaked out a fiddle tune or two if so inspired, and with his own original twist! And Itzak played some pretty serious klezmer without any previous...

I remember watching Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicki on the tonight show, so we must be from a similar era. Once you have heard Tiptoe Thru the Tulips, it can never be forgotten!

This kid might the Hendrix of uke players.


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This is great to come across! I was just out of high school on the road with the Platters in some hotel in New Hampshire i think and Sam and Newgrass and Leon were staying at the same hotel. Sam...

That’s one young Silver Tongued Devil there! Great pics. You took all these?:disbelief:

It really depends how well you know your fretboards on guitar and uke. For instance, if you know immediately what note is on the 9th fret of your D string on your guitar, then you know what note is...

The Northfield octave is a really lively and resonant instrument. I have the mahogany model and it has a bell like quality and great sustain in all registers. Picking near the bridge you can even...

The Indian way is upside down from the cello position. The pegbox is on the players foot. 174699

I think the South Indians have the right idea. They sit on the floor and put the fiddle between their chest and one foot. Fully supported so the left hand is completely free for slides and ornaments....

Hey Jill, how does Janey Mack like the tone of the newest member of the family?? My cat purrs louder when i play his favorite instrument. That’s how i can tell!

Has anyone played the 10 string...

When your fingers are too sore to play, or you just want to practice when you don’t have your instrument, picture the fingerboard in your mind and ‘play” the chords and the melodies you have learned...

Great! Would love to hear everybody take solos! The John Cage piano solo was perfect! Thanks for posting this.

Not Bluegrass? No apologies needed. You might as well say it’s not jazz, it’s not klezmer, it’s not classical. Who cares. It’s nice mandolin!

Funny, i have a song i wrote a long time ago that i...

Imagine putting a banjo under your chin!

Yeah, i never realized how extreme it was! Hope you bought the speakers dinner first!

Today, just for fun, i put my mandolin under my chin in violin position and plucked a few notes with my thumb and the clouds lifted on the whole violin/crooked neck/must be in pain to make beautiful...