Okay, What Did Santa Bring?

[MiG-19]

It's already Christmas morning here on Okinawa. Merry Christmas everyone! Mandolin-related gifts included a new set of Elixer Nonoweb light guage strings, a Lakota Leathers strap for my Goldrush, and the book "The Mandolin Case" by Tom Bibby. How did you do? What kind of mandolin or musically inspired gifts did Santa bring you?

[George R. Lane]

Even though it isn't Christmas yet here in Montana, I do know that I am getting 3 months of the Mike Marshall Bluegrass Academy. I picked that present out for myself.

[MiG-19]

Great gift George!

[CES]

Still the Eve, here in NC...I don't see an OM shaped object under the tree, but we'll see...

[Paul Busman]

Not really Mandolin specifically, but Hannuklaus brought me the hardware connector for this iPhone app:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ampli...373309342?mt=8

Both of my mandolins have pickups so I'll be able to play them through here, with effects which should be fun. Metal mando anyone?

[Phil Vinyard]

Got "The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness" by Gerald Klickstein. Gonna take my practicing up a notch this year!

[Al Hagensen]

My Wonderful Wife gave me 3 months subscription to the Mike Marshal Bluegrass Academy! Hopefully this will help me to improve my playing
Everyone here on the Cafe,Have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy,Healthy New Year!!!
Al

[Barry Wilson]

I got 5 sets of ft74 strings and a violin. oh and a G harmonica. I can play the violin better with a pick than the bloody bow. That's going to take me until next Christmas to figure out LOL. I'm jamming this week with the fella that bought my Epiphone mando... should be fun and the animals will be howling at 2 rookies....

[Jeff Budz]

Got me a snark and a capo... ooh... and a copy of "Antifogmatic" and "A Love Supreme" on vinyl.

[Willie Poole]

Santa must be trying to tell me something, just about everything I got was related to my golf game, no musical stuff....Maybe he thinks I am as good as I`ll ever be, could be too....There is still one person that hasn`t came for dinner yet and she works at a music store so maybe I`ll get a "musical" present after all....

Have a great Christmas....Willie

[George R. Lane]

Willie,
I got 2 dozen Titleist ProV1X balls, a Bushnell Golf GPS, a Frogger golf towel and several shirts. I think my family wants me on the course and not playing my mandolin around the house. Are they implying something?

[catmandu2]

- one cat with a badly broken tibia and a thus far irreparable abd hernia (surgery again tomorrow)
- twin 6-year-old foster children
- a new R&B band to gig with (horns & percussion)
- promises of "getting together more in 2012" from my bluegrass cronies
- new business software to implement Jan 1
- a new office room...to accomodate another bedroom for the new kids
- so far, no partridge in a pear tree...but the day is young

...haven't opened presents yet...hoping those are generally less life-altering than the ones given me earlier this week...

shopping for my gift to myself (bari sax)

[mandroid]

Just going out , some food , drink,etc..

[Randi Gormley]

Strings, a new choro book and sheet music for a workshop this spring. Although there was this odd, worn black medium-weight guitar pick sitting on my dining room table that no one will acknowledge they left there...

[Lukas J]

I got a Mandolin Store tee-shirt and the oft-mentioned Bluegrass Stage Performance Guide.

Jeff: That is an insane album! A Love Supreme.... A love supreme.... a love supreme.... a love supreme.... a love supreme.... a love supreme.... a love supreme.......

[Ed Goist]

* Morley Power Wah pedal
* Two-button foot-switch for Fender Super Champ amp
* A new music stand
* An aluminum "Mandolin Dr." street sign to be hung above the door to my practice room.
* A collage of photos of me playing my mandolins & guitars suitable for framing.
* A couple of months of Skype lessons with Don Julin

I've been playing my '08 Telecaster through the Morley and into the Super Champ all day. Sounds fantastic! I'm really looking forward to hearing the new Ryder e-mando through this rig.

Needless to say this was an awesome Christmas for me...I'm very thankful, and I hope all my fellow Mandolin Cafers received everything they desired!

[jrutledg]

My wife treated me to:

A Flatiron 3K bouzouki (1991)
A Peterson StroboClip
A book (The Chinery Collection) on 150 years of American guitar history and
A Gibson L-Century (1993)

Wonderful. I have been playing all afternoon.

[catmandu2]

Nice. I remember when I got my first electric guitar and amp under the tree christmas morning when I was 12 years old...played all morning and afternoon...

These days, all I want is a little serenity..

[flipb]

A Merry Christmas from Kagawa-ken! Well actually it is already Boxing day here and I'm on my way to work. Anyway I am just getting started and I got a Big Muddy M0 for Christmas. One of the best Christmases in recent memory. Can't wait to get back from work mad get to work on my scales and basic chords!

A Merry Mando Christmas to all!

[Nick Triesch]

A Porsche ball cap and a coffee mug that has 8 strings on it from large to small G D A E!

[houseworker]

My violin found a Musafia case under the tree. One happy fiddle!

[Charlieshafer]

My violin found a Musafia case under the tree. One happy fiddle!

Very sweet! I got some strings, and a Boss looper for my electric mandolin, which has proved to be a very nice tool in making sure I keep dead-on time when I lay down a rhythm track.

[pekoe1111]

A 1945 Regal-made Mel Bay archtop converted into an octave mandolin by Antebellum Intruments. Here is the before:

http://antebelluminstruments.blogspo...op-guitar.html

[Brent Hutto]

The reason I have not been playing much mandolin lately.

[Brian Ray]

A kitty...