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As for me, I've been up there to Donner Pass, and into Truckee and the surrounding area, many times looking for a Donner Burger. I have yet to find aone, which I would have thought would be a...

Yes! That is exactly it. Thanks very much. Now, to find the tab.

Nice! Would love to own this one.

It's been years since I've seen this - it was Jim Richter playing a slow shuffle on an A-model mando. This was mando only, no voice. He alternated between the high tones and hammering away on the low...

Just happened to notice this thread after a long, long absence from this board. I own MT 1168. Man, the thing is a wonder. I don't play it much but every time I do, I'm really pleased that I came up...

Oh, two I really like are "Wild Bill Jones and "The Ballad of Jack Dringo."
Peace - JFT

I find that try as I might, I seen unable to stop dragging my little and ring fingers. The result is wear on the finish of my mando. I'm thinking pretty seriously of applying a sheet of clear,...

The hygrometer in my office/studio reads 33% today. The temp here in my part of the Lost Angeles area is 97. Took my mando down off the wall to play it a bit, and found that it was a full half step...

I'm finding that my pinkie flails around when I play, and that it's wearing through the finish on my instrument. I bought some stick-on stuff from Stew-Mac to put on the wood. I just maee a pattern...

A Maine Coon? Cool! Mine, his name is Marty, is now 14, as fine an example as I've ever seen, but is very clearly getting old. A real character. He tolerates the mando, but when a guitar or banjo...

I'm a journalist. I currently am an editor at the Los Angeles Times Community News division, but in past have worked at such diverse enthusiast magazines as Cycle World and Four Wheeler, as well as...

Clawhammer frustrating? Maybe. But it's also way fun, once you master the basics.

Not that I have, by any measure. In spite of many years with a banjo in my mitts, I remain flummoxed by...

I use an Audio Technica 4033 and - aw, heck, I've forgotten the name of the preamp, but it's a small one with a tube in it. Can't beat the difference a good mic makes, that's for sure.

Peace - Jon

I've purchased three instruments from Elderly and each experience was exemplary. A very professional outfit, with knowledgable people you can talk to on the phone. They've been willing to go put...

The other solution to keeping the mites at bay, whether we're protecting horsehair bows or TS picks, is sunlight. Bows kept inside cases can go away quickly, but those in kept out where it's light...

Yep. My fiddle has "Amati" on the label inside it. Not a chance. It was built in Germany. What I think is cool, though, is that somebody - maybe the original owner, I hope - scratched his name and...

Shot a few photos at SuperGrass this weekend. I thought I might post this one, taken Saturday night during the Jaybirds set. It's John Reichsman playing his Loar, a '23, I think he said. Great fun...

Having one of each is fine; I certainly wouldn't argue with Mr. Richter. But for me, it's great to have different types of instruments. There are times, for instance, when only an open-back Tubaphone...

Oh, man, I love the carving at the top of the backs. Nice job.
Peace - Jon

A new pair of shoes for her for every new instrument you buy? That sounds like a screamin' deal to me. Wish I could get away with such an arrangement. I've pretty much managed by supplying jewelery....

My Collings MT is a pretty nice mando, but it sure does seem stiff to me, particularly on closed chords. I'm wondering, what's a proper strong height at the 12th fret (assuming that that's a good...

Jeeze, man, who cares? I don't buy records for their art. I buy 'em for the music they contain. I mean, look at Laps in Seven, fer instance. Great record, pretty mundane packaging: Ol' Sammy playin'...

"The Mountain," Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band
"Howlin' at the Moon," Sammy Bush
9th Symphony, L. van Beethoven
"Goin' Places," Kingston Trio
"Bluegrass Boy," Peter Rowan

Honestly,...

Mando came late for me - it wasn't until a pal twisted my arm until I bought a Sammy Bush record a couple of years back that I caught the fever.

Unitl that happened, I was engrossed in guitar and...

I used to worry a lot about my playing, to the point where it seldom was fun and I was rarely satisfied. Then it dawned on me that it's a journey, not a destination. Since then I worry about my...