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Michael Wolf replied to a thread post a video of yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Farewell Trion with some twin mandolin later. As I´m recording tunes mainly to try them out and to find second voices, I usually have no video of...

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May-14-2022, 10:50pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread I Just Bought A Violin in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I started fiddle and mandolin at the same time I my twenties having played guitar since early teens. I got more and more info old time music and...

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May-14-2022, 8:47pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread I Just Bought A Violin in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I started fiddle and mandolin at the same time I my twenties having played guitar since early teens. I got more and more info old time music and...

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May-14-2022, 11:52am

Jim Garber replied to a thread The Australian Mandolin Quartet in Builders and Repair

I am fascinated by the Australian timbers. Can you speak of the choices you add tonally for choosing the woods you chose? How do they relate to the...

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May-14-2022, 11:44am

Jim Garber replied to a thread The new ‘ukelele’ in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I am away from my computer but my guess would be Stridente. IIRC they usually have round labels. I love those darkish brown buttons on the tuners. My...

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May-13-2022, 8:47pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread I Just Bought A Violin in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Well I have been playing fiddle for almost fifty years and I can say it is a very demanding instrument. I can let mandolin sit in its case for a week...

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May-13-2022, 7:29am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bartok and Schubert Lieders .abc files (or vids) in General Mandolin Discussions

Happy birthday to you, Simon. I am a bit confused by your first post. Are you actually looking for that music? I am pretty sure there are lots of...

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May-12-2022, 5:26am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Four-string acoustic mando in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Just another flavor to savor. :)

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May-11-2022, 10:08pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bowlbacks of Note in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I am guessing that he is posting images from their website: https://strumentimusicali.milanocastello.it/ or he could be there:...

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May-11-2022, 3:40pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Should a beginner buy electric mandolin? in General Mandolin Discussions

Mr. s111… seems like he needs to state his position to every post on these forums including some threads that are very old. Mores likely he is...

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May-06-2022, 8:20pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Upright Electric Bass Build in Builders and Repair

Not electric but GAL has a couple of simplified upright bass plans listed here ("Savart-style Upright Bass" and "Low-Cost Bass Viol"):...

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May-05-2022, 5:43pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread "Noodling" at Sessions in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

I agree with Eric, however, to me the most annoying noodling occurs at a workshop and generally one in person (you would not hear the noodling on...

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May-05-2022, 2:28am

Michael Wolf replied to a thread What has happened to Elixir mando strings? in Equipment

I think D'Addario XS are a very good alternative for archtop instruments. But it looks like they offer no light set of XS. I used Elixir lights on my...

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May-02-2022, 11:26am

Michael Wolf replied to a thread What has happened to Elixir mando strings? in Equipment

I wrote them some weeks ago. They told me they have resource problems. So I think guitar stings are more important for them to produce, since they...

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Apr-30-2022, 4:23pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread An Dro 'The Wren' - Breton name? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

AFAIK the Bretons speak their own language so French would be just as foreign to them as English at least back when this tune was composed. some...

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Apr-30-2022, 4:20pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Mosrite Electric Mandolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Maybe Martin who owns the Emando site will chime in here with more info. I had the privilege of hanging with Tiny Moore some at Ashokan camp in...

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Apr-29-2022, 3:26pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread An Dro 'The Wren' - Breton name? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Different key but is this the same tune? https://thesession.org/tunes/2828 I am not sure what you are asking. It looks like it is called by both...

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Apr-29-2022, 6:51am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Asturian, Gallician ABC site/collection? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

These are vocal music? Are you able to read it?

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Apr-28-2022, 6:48pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Asturian, Gallician ABC site/collection? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

My friend in the UK who plays and dances for all these kind of world music linked me to this jota. I love the crazy hyper beat and dancing. I want...

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Apr-26-2022, 4:08pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread NMD - Brentrup Model 23 in General Mandolin Discussions

I just checked the nut width on my A4C and it is also 1-1/8". Like I said a little chunky but no worse than teens Gibsons. A little heftier than...

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Apr-26-2022, 8:00am

Jim Garber replied to a thread NMD - Brentrup Model 23 in General Mandolin Discussions

The scratch out on the label is curious. Maybe a second owner brought it back to Hans and gave him a hard time? I have to measure the neck on my A4C....

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Apr-26-2022, 6:26am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Asturian, Gallician ABC site/collection? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

The videos still work. I found some newer ones of Begoña Riobó playing with this hurdy-gurdy player, Anxo Pintos: I probably downloaded a...

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Apr-25-2022, 6:07pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My new Embergher in General Mandolin Discussions

I was curious if shipping to a luthier in other European countries was at all an option. Lorenzo Lippi in Milano is one option:...

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Apr-25-2022, 4:14pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My new Embergher in General Mandolin Discussions

I know it gets crazy expensive for me in the US to ship and find someone in Europe to do the work but is it reasonable to ship to one of the known...

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Apr-25-2022, 3:02pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My new Embergher in General Mandolin Discussions

I think the complications here are a lot more than any guitars and ukuleles and working on a fluted back, would add even more complications. My N.3...

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Apr-25-2022, 1:51pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My new Embergher in General Mandolin Discussions

I assume you know that you scored one of the most desirable models that Embergher made. And I also assume that you have to skills to properly restore...

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Apr-24-2022, 8:35pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Interesting Artwork on Mandolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Those are Portuguese guitarras. 12 string instruments larger than mandolins. I am not sure what they have to do with the Neapolitan School of music...

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Apr-24-2022, 8:28pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread NMD - Brentrup Model 23 in General Mandolin Discussions

Hey, Eric, welcome to the Hans Club. I still treasure mine. I guess at that point Hans just has that B on the headstock not his full name. Best of...

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Apr-24-2022, 8:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Compulsive purchase- Flatiron 1N in Looking for Information About Mandolins

My ‘83 2K mandolin has a sticker on the neck block with recommended string gauges. Did they do that in ‘96?

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