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Hey guys!

Here is the official EPK video for the duo record Mike and I put together. It comes out this Friday, and I hope you guys dig it!




Also here are the other two videos:

A live take of the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WerBUj-FYw
A live take of another tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaR6sEvB4Q

Tristan Scroggins is with us this week for a solo mandolin rendition of a Bela Fleck tune on his power house Stellings S-5 mandolin.



Based in the mid-west, Tristan is one of the leading young, creative voices on the mandolin today. He plays full time with the prolific Jeff Scroggins & Colorado band—they have been called one of the hardest working bluegrass bands on the scene. And when he’s not too busy touring, Tristan ...

Re-top on a 2012 Gallatin F that was damaged in shipping. Always a good idea to insure, even though it doesn't happen often.

DeArmond Pickup Mandolin

These pickups were heavily used by country mandolinists

These pickups are portable. And excellent for electrifying your acoustic mandolin.

So... I may or may not have been obsessed with the Dave Matthews Band as a kid... Here's a mandolin mashup of a few of my DMB favorites: "Grace is Gone," "Tripping Billies," "Rapunzel," and "Ants Marching.”



You can now get a tab/notation transcription for this video, and all of my other personal solo Mandolin Mondays arrangements on my Patreon site here: https://www.patreon.com/davidbenedictmandolin ...

THAT THING YOU WANT TO DO TODAY. YOU CAN DO IT!




*casts inspire courage*

Here is the second video off of the new record! Another original, titled Droplet.

Next Tuesday I'll be back with an EPK video explaining the record a bit, so stay tuned!

Hey guys! I posted over in the jazz forum as well, but I thought I would throw the videos up here.

I'm putting out a duo new record on May 5th with the incredibly talented Mike Gurrola on bass. Here is a live take of the record's title track!

Mandolin Mondays #67: Excited to have the great Marla Fibish with us this week playing a couple of favorite hop jigs on her trusty 1922 Gibson oval hole mandolin.



Based in San Fransisco, Marla Fibish is a vanguard of the modern day Irish mandolin. Over the years, she has helped establish the mandolin's place in the Irish music tradition through her innovative approach to stylistic embellishments, right hand technique, and ...

Guitars / mandolin. Double or triple neck are great for combining guitar and mandolin techniques


This is a model of guitarmando mosrite.

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