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Trying the various brands and styles of strings is a fun and relatively cheap adventure. Enjoy it!

Understood. I felt weird even asking, and in hindsight see I really shouldn’t have.

Charley’s acoustic room is really great. Last time I was in there I stayed about an hour and struck up a...

Here's an update on my recent pick-geeking:

Nik is still making the Apollo picks I ordered, and he was kind enough to help me with a last minute change I made with the gauges.

The BC is still...

This morning I've been messing around with The Golden Slippers. Fun tune!

I noticed a while back that the headstock on my MT is getting beat up due to using a guitar string winder. It bugged me at first but now I think it looks kind of cool. YMMV.

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and am curious as to where you bought it (though if you're uncomfortable saying so, that's ok). I've been to pretty much every shop around here that sells...

I ran across one of these and alluded to it in an earlier post: 2009 at the late great FQMS in Louisville, KY. It was a very plain MT and the most amazing mandolin I’ve ever heard or played. We had...

I’m having the work done by Bruce Weber. I’ll post a pic when it’s done. Very excited!

Murphy’s is a good shop ran by good people. I’m down the road in Euless, not many exits from there.

If you ever want to try someone else, I highly recommend Kerry in Hurst.
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I see you’re in Irving. I’m curious what luthier you use?

Pretty wood might not always sound better, but it seems to me that most people paying top dollar for a good mandolin expect it to look beautiful.

https://www.stringsbymail.com/la-bella-880m-mandolin-strings-medium-11-38-16934.html

^^^ These are what I use: La Bella mediums, but they are lighter than traditional mediums and somewhere between...

https://youtu.be/8qhUtHqRbJk

^^^ His song ‘Lydia’ has some tasty mandolin in it too.

https://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Side-Collection-Fiddle-Tunes/dp/B00TKJVQLY/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=On+the+scottish+side&qid=1611163734&sr=8-2

^^^ Recently happened upon this (older) album and...

I’ve been following Collings’ work for a long time and they don’t do anything halfway. The instruments themselves show this, but a tour of their shop (around 2010 in my case) would quickly remove any...

Very impressive!

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Yeah, $115 in picks today. That's insane. :disbelief:

PS: I also ordered a CT55 from Banjo Ben's site today. I got 10% off by signing up for his newsletter. Pretty much paid for my shipping. NFI but just FYI.

I also ordered a new Wegen and Golden...

Dang! Into the rabbit hole I go! I just bought two: an H Casein 1.5 and a PEEK H 1.5, both with speed bevel. Will report when they come in!

I'd like to have a name inlayed into the truss rod cover of my Collings MT. Can you recommend someone who does this type of work?

I just recv'd a pack of the 1.3 rounded picks and like them a lot. I ordered some 1.5 picks (same shape) today because I'm apparently back on a pick experimenting kick. I used to have a nice stash...

https://www.stringsbymail.com/la-bella-880m-mandolin-strings-medium-11-38-16934.html

^^^ I've tried just about every type of mandolin string on the market and have settled on these La Bella...

https://youtu.be/9d9BlAhyVl4

^^^ Have not attempted to play it yet, but I’ve been enamored of late by this waltz: The Georgiana Starlington Waltz by Tom Morley. One of the most beautiful pieces...

Back in the day I had an original Intellitouch and it worked better than anything I’ve had since. Even the smaller (square) versions they made were great. Not sure what happened to the company.
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