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Yesterday, 9:36pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin In Elvis Songs? in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm SO gonna use that. Whenever someone says something about my tuning, or lack there of, I'll say i's on purpose, and here's why. Especially if it's...

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Yesterday, 9:00pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Café Women's History Month in General Mandolin Discussions

Trapezoid played at a church on the New Haven Green in the early 80s. They knocked me out. I chatted with Lorraine a bit afterward, Freyda Epstein,...

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Yesterday, 7:38pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Café Women's History Month in General Mandolin Discussions

Oh my! How delightful! My favorites are the first - what a trio of instruments, including the harp-mandolin - and the last one, the young lady with a...

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Yesterday, 6:48pm

journeybear replied to a thread Music Store Etiquette in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, sir. Of course. Just trying to help anyone who might have messed up in order to help neaten up any such mess, and may not know how to proceed....

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Yesterday, 5:50pm

journeybear replied to a thread Information about Harmony H35 Electric Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Ha ha ha! Was just about to post that. Oops! :redface: Got distracted watching this: and this, a bit more complete - @ 5:25:

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Yesterday, 5:40pm

journeybear replied to a thread Information about Harmony H35 Electric Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Thanks very much for that. I knew that the mandolin playing on IV was divvied up that way. I just wish "Battle Of Evermore" had been included in the...

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Yesterday, 5:31pm

journeybear replied to a thread Do You Have Too Many Instruments? in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Still you keep making more! :))

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Yesterday, 5:13pm

journeybear replied to a thread Music Store Etiquette in General Mandolin Discussions

Just a quick side note regarding the code for quoting. The ending code is and the beginning code is . I'm saying it that way because if I had done...

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Yesterday, 3:33pm

journeybear replied to a thread Do You Have Too Many Instruments? in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Right? And how many cars does Jay Leno own, for another example? Never mind Steven Wright (just this once), I think of George Carlin's bit about how...

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Yesterday, 3:24pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Café Women's History Month in General Mandolin Discussions

Welcome to the Café! :mandosmiley: Now, if you could just convince one of them to pick up the mandolin ... or is that your duty in the family band? ;)

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Yesterday, 2:16pm

journeybear replied to a thread Peter and Sam and Mike in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Fun, yes. For easy viewing:

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Yesterday, 1:08pm

journeybear replied to a thread Any Café Members in Northern Virginia? in General Mandolin Discussions

By the way, in case some folks are thinking I'm overthinking this ... you may be right. I am very deliberate when it comes to certain things,...

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Yesterday, 11:25am

journeybear replied to a thread Any Café Members in Northern Virginia? in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks, Tom. I've fielded a couple of offers from members - thanks very kindly - and while I am still on the fence, I'm leaning toward shipping it....

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Yesterday, 10:53am

journeybear started a thread Mandolin Café Women's History Month in General Mandolin Discussions

Congratulations and thank you to Scott and everyone at the Mandolin Café who had a hand in honoring women mandolinists during Women's History Month!...

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Feb-28-2021, 10:44pm

journeybear replied to a thread Information about Harmony H35 Electric Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I watched a 2005 documentary about the album, "Led Zeppelin IV." I think there were contractual difficulties regarding using the original recording,...

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Feb-28-2021, 10:26pm

journeybear replied to a thread Gibson mando date and model? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Speaking of Batwings ... I watched a 2005 documentary about the album, "Led Zeppelin IV." I think there were contractual difficulties regarding...

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Feb-28-2021, 9:54pm

journeybear replied to a thread What 7th Chords Go with What Major Keys? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

There seems to be a bit of overkill in this, as well as inconsistency. I'll try to sort it out. Bear in mind dominant 7ths are often, if not...

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Feb-28-2021, 4:32pm

journeybear replied to a thread Pros/Cons - 4 vs. 8 strings in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

The chat got to the notion of turning a baritone uke into a four-string mandola - and that was what you thought was weird? :))

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Feb-28-2021, 9:27am

journeybear replied to a thread Do You Have Too Many Instruments? in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Yes, this calls out loudly for a follow-up story as if by a ringing resonator banjo - or a hundred of them! :disbelief: I think this goes beyond...

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Feb-28-2021, 9:18am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin In Elvis Songs? in General Mandolin Discussions

Hey friends - I know this isn't the most fascinating subject, and most people won't have any input on it. But it would help me with my doubts about...

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Feb-28-2021, 8:46am

journeybear replied to a thread Does the mandolin world suffer much from fakes? in General Mandolin Discussions

Some people, such as many Café denizens, actually benefit from fakes, inasmuch as they produce a lot of chuckles when discovered, and provide the...

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Feb-27-2021, 5:49pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin In Elvis Songs? in General Mandolin Discussions

Member of the Wrecking Crew. Funny - his wiki bio says "he also played mandolin, ukulele, sitar and over twenty other stringed instruments." Wonder...

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Feb-27-2021, 5:31pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin In Elvis Songs? in General Mandolin Discussions

News to me. I know there's such a thing as a short neck 12-string guitar - and I do mean half the length, so it's an octave up. So a guitarist can...

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Feb-27-2021, 4:14pm

journeybear replied to a thread Music Store Etiquette in General Mandolin Discussions

A small room with 50 banjos?!? :disbelief: Yikes! :crying: Yeah, get out of there right quick!

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Feb-27-2021, 3:51pm

journeybear started a thread Mandolin In Elvis Songs? in General Mandolin Discussions

This came up in a discussion. Someone said there's mandolin on "Now Or Never." I say no, it's guitar trilled like a mandolin. Which fits, because the...

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Feb-27-2021, 2:43pm

journeybear replied to a thread Classified etiquette in General Mandolin Discussions

She, :whistling: and I assume MC Classifieds, with no other modifier specified. I'm very surprised at that. I've always assumed people here were very...

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Feb-27-2021, 10:08am

journeybear replied to a thread Gratitude in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm grateful for all my instruments. None of them is what would likely be considered an outstanding, museum-quality or performance-pride-providing...

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Feb-27-2021, 9:45am

journeybear replied to a thread New mando therapy in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Other than the homeopathic remedy, increased mandolin acquisition (IMA)? :confused: Must ... have ... more mandolins. Maybe just one ... just one...

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