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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq6OJcz_Wv0
  2. Re: What is your favorite Chris Thile quote?

    "Volume is overrated."
  3. Re: Are Those Old, Pre-Gibson Flatiron Mandos Really Good?

    I had a Steve Carlson-signed A5 that was just killer. I regret selling it, although it went to a good friend who loves it. It was a total banjo killer and had a big, fat chop as well as clear mids...
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    Re: Bluegrass Jam…just kidding.

    It could be that it varies from week to week or that the original bluegrass focus just got diluted over time. That said, "bluegrass" as a specific idiom isn't well understood by the general public,...
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    Re: white rabbit / molly tuttle

    Here's Wake the Dead doing an acoustic version at the Colorado Irish Festival in 2009. As I recall, it was about 98º at that festival and we were feeling a tad droopy during that set. We've done...
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    Re: David Lindley, RIP

    206467

    For anyone interested in hearing more in Mr. Dave's own words, Acoustic Guitar magazine just reissued my 2000 interview with him as Remembering David Lindley.

    I also did a companion...
  7. Re: Can someone please identify/share info on this Mandolin?

    Looks very much like a Brazilian bandolim in the style choro players tend to favor. If it plays well and sounds OK, seems like a bargain.
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    Re: What is the story behind the "scroll"

    At the time Orville Gibson was developing his innovative mandolin designs, Art Nouveau (aka Jugendstil, Stile Liberty, Modernisme, Modern Style) was still prominent and considered very modern....
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    Re: Mando repair East Bay SF?

    Ditto on Lewis Santer. He does great work on mandolin-family instruments, builds gorgeous OMs/CBOMs, and is a certified Martin repair guy.
  10. Re: Sad, Melancholic, Forlorn Mandolin Tunes/Songs

    Not sure you can get more sad, melancholic, and forlorn that Sotiria Bellou singing Vasilis Tsitsanis's Σαν Απόκληρος Γυρίζω (San Apokliros Gyrizo). Tsitsanis was a great bouzouki virtuoso and...
  11. Re: instrument listed as African mandolin on fb marketplace

    It's not a kora, but it is a harp.

    Four- or five-string (or more) bow harps are common in numerous central African cultures. This could be a adungu, domu, kundi, or something similar. My go-to guy...
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    Re: listing of rock songs w/mando

    The current iteration of the Jayhawks features a lot of (mostly rhythm) mandolin. Here's a recent track that opens with a mandolin lick on what looks like an A-4. Personnel aren't listed and I can't...
  13. Re: Is there something off with this Vintage Gibson F4?

    Here is a thorough photo documentation of a pretty pristine 1920 F-4:

    https://www.dreamguitars.com/shop/1920-gibson-f4-mandolin-maple-spruce-565421.html

    Without seeing the instrument in the OP...
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    Re: listing of rock songs w/mando

    I saw Hillman with Manassas, and he definitely played mandolin in that context.

    This concert footage shows him playing an F-5 (possibly the Loar that Still bought for him) on several songs,...
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    Re: Yay or nay to a strap button

    YAY on the strap button -- if that's the right way for you. I can't get comfortable with the strap tied around the peghead or attached to the scroll, so that's not an option for me. I get the...
  16. Re: Best Mandolin for Traveling From Sea Level to High Desert?

    Hey Bill!

    If you can find a Mix, they are pretty great for worry-free travel, and they'll withstand being left in the car trunk better than any wood mandolin will. The ones I've played sounded...
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    Re: Is the Event Calendar Gone?

    Yes, I used it, too, but I reckon we weren't using it enough -- even before the gigs all vanished two years ago. C'est la vie, indeed.
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    Is the Event Calendar Gone?

    Now that gigs are slowly returning, I thought I'd post an upcoming event on the trusty old mandolincafe calendar, but it seems to have vanished. I found it via a Google search, but there's no way to...
  19. Just ordered my copy.

    Just ordered my copy.
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    Re: Slow down software

    I find the extra features with the Amazing Slowdowner worth the modest investment. The various EQ options and fine-tuned speed and pitch controls make it easier to isolate parts for learning than...
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    Re: Women with Mandolins

    Here's a dandy cover of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" by AJ Lee and the Brothers Comatose. AJ is a great player and singer, and the BC provide superb backup and harmonies.

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  22. Re: David Crosby comments on tuning in Fretboard Journal

    It's an interesting and endless conversation. While I do do a tiny bit of tempering on the guitar depending on the key I'm playing in, I've found that, in general, I spend a whole lot less time...
  23. Re: Do you take your best or most valuable mandolin to gigs?

    I rarely play anywhere with any risk factors these days -- no rowdy bars for me -- so I want my favorite mandolin with me, especially if that's the main thing I'm playing on a particular gig. I have...
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    Re: Essential David Grisman

    Thanks for the comments, all. Good choices, too.
    Both Hot Dawg and Muleskinner were semifinalists, as were records with Earth Opera (Great American Eagle Tragedy), Red Allen (County 710) and Don...
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    Essential David Grisman

    Here's a piece I did for the San Francisco Classic Voice for our "Essentials" series of great recordings. It was nearly impossible to choose just a dozen Dawg selections, but it was fun to try. What...
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