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Today, 7:03am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Recommendations for a great Jazz tenor guitar? in Tenor Guitars

I guess I was thinking of primarily acoustic archtop. I actually had an EST-150 From the 1930s with the CC pickup which I sold along with other CC...

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Yesterday, 5:18pm

Martin Jonas replied to a thread Mandocello solo and duo recordings playlist in CBOM

Here is another tune for my mandocello playlist. "Song Of The Chanter" (or "The Chanter's Tune"), Irish pipe march I'm playing the tune five...

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Yesterday, 5:16pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Song of The Chanter ~ Simple & Slow in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I had forgotten that we had so many past versions of this lovely tune! Here is mine, played on mandocello with tenor guitar and mandolin...

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Yesterday, 3:21pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Recommendations for a great Jazz tenor guitar? in Tenor Guitars

What is a Gibson 150? Not sure I have heard of that for a TG.

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Yesterday, 11:39am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Ten Penny Bit in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine steady playing, I’m still tapping my foot! Thanks Lawrence, this is actually the third or fourth tune years ago that I was unable to play......

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Yesterday, 9:44am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

For those interested, an interview with Sam Day Harley: https://www.unratedmag.com/astroturf-noise-more-then-a-name/

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Yesterday, 7:20am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

Back in my youth I listened to Frank Zappa and my favorite of his was Lumpy Gravy which was an album length composed piece influenced by modern...

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Yesterday, 6:58am

Simon DS replied to a thread NMD, But there's a problem in General Mandolin Discussions

The Suzuki method (classes that you both go to) is probably a great option now, it encourages cooperation between players of different instruments,...

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Oct-22-2021, 4:05pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Monel strings in General Mandolin Discussions

BTW for those of you who like D'Addario Nickel Bronze (NB) strings or would like to try them, Strings and Beyond currently has a special for Buy One...

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Oct-22-2021, 1:44pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #521 ~ Glory in the Meeting House in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Red Youtube button in ‘Go Advanced’, instead of pasting this: https://youtu.be/aqDX-vFcTvY You paste this: aqDX-vFcTvY

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Oct-22-2021, 1:26pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Memorizing a song in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

People have heard me play a tune on the mandolin and they’ve said, ‘oh, beautiful, how do you remember all those notes? I wish I was as talented as...

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Oct-22-2021, 1:10pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Recommendations for a great Jazz tenor guitar? in Tenor Guitars

This one just listed in the classifieds: Gibson Tgl-7 Tenor Archtop Guitar, 1934

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Oct-22-2021, 9:12am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Wonderful Tonight in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I love your slilky soft tone as well as your ease with relaxed fills between the melody notes, which never sound rushed or break the pulse. Those...

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Oct-21-2021, 7:26pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Recommendations for a great Jazz tenor guitar? in Tenor Guitars

Sounds like the OP is looking for an upper-end archtop, not a flattop or lower-end TG.

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Oct-21-2021, 2:22pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Mandolin playing mindset vs guitar playing mindset in General Mandolin Discussions

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Oct-21-2021, 2:04pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Workshop Topics Suggestions in General Mandolin Discussions

Matt: I bet it will be just great!

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Oct-21-2021, 1:56pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread New build, bowl back mandolin in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Very nice, Yaron. I do love the sound of that one. I tried to embed the video from Facebook but the BB code didn't quite work.

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Oct-21-2021, 1:52pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

And he plays everything on a Rogue A model. I am sure, though, that he had expert setup done on it. I love the ####### and kissing sax sounds.

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Oct-21-2021, 1:05pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Workshop Topics Suggestions in General Mandolin Discussions

Some indeas. More intermediate maybe... Tremolo. Most beginners want to play fast, so good practice habits is essential and teaching them to be...

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Oct-21-2021, 12:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes!! He is exactly who I was thinking of! Thanks!

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Oct-21-2021, 12:12pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

I actually like the claymation—delightfully insane!

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Oct-21-2021, 11:28am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Astroturf Noise in General Mandolin Discussions

There's a point early on when they sound like a composer whose name escapes me who I believe composed some frantic film music. I am sure it will come...

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Oct-21-2021, 11:16am

Jim Garber replied to a thread String spacing for 6 string to tenor guitar modification in Builders and Repair

I am not sure why you would need to replace the tuners to make it a four-string. Why not just leave the original tuners?

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Oct-21-2021, 11:12am

Simon DS replied to a thread Mandolin playing mindset vs guitar playing mindset in General Mandolin Discussions

Me too, definitely have to get some discipline, precision and memory into your pick hand in order to play mandolin. With guitar you can pick and...

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Oct-21-2021, 11:11am

Jim Garber replied to a thread A Gibson A3 in the white. In the white — get it? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I don't know... 1981 was 40 years ago. I was certainly into "vintage" instruments back then and would never have refinished even in those bad old...

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Oct-21-2021, 10:51am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Barbara in Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer

Full title is "Barbara in the Morning" for Andy's wife. Here are the credits. Marty Confurius was Andy's regular bass player in those days. I would...

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Oct-20-2021, 8:29pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Workshop Topics Suggestions in General Mandolin Discussions

All good and useful. Only thing I might consider for beginning abd intermediate students is for them to come away with a tune they can apply those...

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Oct-20-2021, 5:05pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Mallard Island Hymn in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

The motion picture version, well done Ginny and John, beautiful professional production.

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Oct-20-2021, 4:31pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #521 ~ Glory in the Meeting House in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice playing Mike, I really like that style of playing melody and then jumping into double stops/chords. For the vid, I guess you’ve already cleared...

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Oct-20-2021, 4:19pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Jack's Gone a' Shearin in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Christian, I didn’t use a click track on this one so I did slow down and speed up a bit throughout the tune. What’s interesting is that my...

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