First up and its hitting on all cylinders ...
Auspicious Beginnings..
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Type: Posts; User: mandotool
First up and its hitting on all cylinders ...
Auspicious Beginnings..
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Those are some powerful mandolins you are building there Vernon...I just had a look around on your page and videos etc..Nice playing !
and your from Timberville Va. no less.. i just passed thru...
Might be helpful to have feedback from some Luthiers and Tonewood providers ...and those in the know..
Here's a 20's A-4 Back with some nice figure for instance.. I find this particular figure shows...
... The 1920's Gibson A-4 Snakeheads with flame maple backs are my
personal Holy Grail... of course i am biased..
and they are extremely scarce... only 1/2 dozen or so known from the same log..
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Here's another "version" ...
One of the wildest Monroe performances to be caught on film..
Especially love the moment after Butch's break when Monroe gets a little sideways and Wayne jerks his...
Young Mike Marshal w/ the Sunshine Bluegrass Boys interview for posterity ... must be early 70's... bunch of young guys just starting out .. classic..
probably going to need a little help with the...
By any chance is this near the 11759 Fon# Batch ? I may have one of its siblings ...
you are one Lucky fella Glassweb... me too... ive been meaning to share this 2022 Duff 17" scale H-5 build with the folks here and i'll post a tread on it at some point ..
But here's a couple pic's...
3pc Banjo Neck / Graft..
Appears to be a case of "Random Hippy Sanding"..
Thread here identifies MT's as being subjected to such..
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...hippie-sanding
origin story of the "Technique" ...
I have a A-1 Sheridan brown Snakehead fon#11759 batch w/ tortoise binding on the back .. super clean ..I may be moving it along sometime soon btw..
Do Tell… how’d you get access to the secret ETSU underground bunker ?
Nice group of Snake siblings sharing a seat ..
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Lots of good info about Shutt mandolins here...
https://www.harpguitars.net/history/shutt/shutt-non-members.htm
Sorry for the delay .. got myself hijacked on a work project...
Where was i.......
So..Im currently using an "early" 2014 Macbook air
comes w/ a Thunderbolt and a couple of usb ports..
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Putting together a basic home recording setup i can plug into an old macbook and do some Mandolin+Voice recording and be able to add some mando+Voice harmony tracks etc..
I'm a rank beginner at...
Happy Birthday to Mike Compton.. and thanks going out to Mike for the extraordinary effort and risk taken to bringing these new recordings to us...folks dont know what a big leap of faith it was to...
Mike Compton at the helm of a world class bluegrass machine...
2-1/2 years of waiting for this to get released...
The long wait is over and you are not going to be disapointed..
Here's a Shutt mandolin in action.... as played by Maestro Compton just a couple weeks ago..
Playing a Shutt that once belonged to you Bradley..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMe-E7xGrM
My findings as well...
Here's our current base line.... pun intended..
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It would be great if one of you Jazz theory literate folks would share a video that illustrates these shapes..
or if you can post a link to a video that illustrates them... that would be helpful...
For that matter ...I'd be interested in hearing about any and all Mandolin related goings on in this part of the North Appalachian.
Thanks in advance..
Ken Parker is a Luthier known to many for his uncompromising and innovative approach to the design and construction of archtop guitars.
He has agreed to be the subject of a video series that...