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  1. Mandolin Mondays #417 w/ Special Guest Luke William Wright

    This week on Mandolin Mondays we're joined by Australian mandocellist Luke William Wright and his gorgeous Paul Duff mandocello, playing an equally beautiful original piece called "Vinnie."



    Luke William Wright is a Mandocellist from NSW, Australia. He has recorded and toured Australia as well as being featured at some of Australia’s premier music festivals. Luke has released his first solo album ‘Chasing Tangents’ - 10 instrumental ...

    Updated Jan-01-2024 at 8:12am by dbmandolin

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  2. Mandolin Mondays #359 w/ Special Guest Mike Marshall

    The one and only Mike Marshall returns to Mandolin Mondays this week to share an amazing performance of the Prelude from J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 on his incredible Monteleone Mandocello.



    Mike has just released a new album of the entire 3rd Cello Suite--a beautiful project and another pioneering step in documenting Bach's cello music on the mandocello. Be sure to check it out here: https://mikemarshallf5.bandcamp.com/...ite-3-bwv-1009 ...

    Updated Nov-21-2022 at 11:11am by dbmandolin

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  3. Mandolin Mondays #351 w/ Special Guest Jake Eddy

    Have you ever heard a mandocello played quite like this? Flatpicker extraordinaire Jake Eddy is with us this week to burn this Monroe tune "Tallahassee" on his new 1921 Gibson mandocello.



    Jake Eddy is a bluegrass guitarist born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He began his music career and lifelong addiction to the road by playing banjo professionally at the age of fourteen with bluegrass-legend Melvin Goins. ...
  4. Mandocello K-Style build progress

    For a very long time I have been wanting to build a Mandocello, and I wanted to make a Florentine Style one but with apertures instead of K-4 with soundhole style.


    Over the years I've gathered information as for original dimentions of the K4 and research pro and cons. I have to be honest.. I've read a lot of treads right here on Mandolin Café (if not all). I then started on my first drawings draft and re-tweeked them quite a few times whenever changing my mind about, for exemple, ...
  5. Bitterroot F Guitar-Cello

    I posted this on FaceBook and I thought it might be of interest here, too. Sorry if it's a repeat- although probably not as it looked like they used mandolin sized back-drop- sheesh.

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  6. Weber mandocello plays Bach

    Quote Originally Posted by trevor View Post
    A customer of mine (Tosh Marshall) lent his Weber mandocello to Joel McDermott;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnreQkekzg

    It will also be on the Weber website.
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