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Jan-13-2021, 5:32pm

Joe Mendel replied to a thread Harmony H1201TG - $68 Tenor Guitar on Craigslist in So. Illinois in Tenor Guitars

It will be a while before I get to it, I'm buried under repairs. I will get to it though, and I'll post pictures.

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Jan-10-2021, 6:27pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Dr. K Bubble in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

The headstock looks like it ran out of design after the body... I think I like it a lot.

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Jan-08-2021, 7:42am

David Lewis replied to a thread Young Sam Bush A5 video in General Mandolin Discussions

Didn’t Lonnie later accuse the new grass revival of selling drugs to children?

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Jan-07-2021, 3:08am

David Lewis replied to a thread Young Sam Bush A5 video in General Mandolin Discussions

There’s an interview with mike Marshall where Sam talks a bit about those mandos, I think. If I can spend five uninterrupted minutes here, I’ll see...

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Jan-04-2021, 4:49am

David Lewis replied to a thread Old mandolins versus new a conclusion in General Mandolin Discussions

I suspect that most instruments today are made better than most instruments of the past. The exceptions are famous. But how many 1934 gibsons, say,...

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Dec-31-2020, 9:18pm

David Lewis replied to a thread The Mandolin - a history publication update in General Mandolin Discussions

It really is a superb book. I have the download, but will upgrade to a print version.

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Dec-30-2020, 9:38pm

Joe Mendel replied to a thread Harmony H1201TG - $68 Tenor Guitar on Craigslist in So. Illinois in Tenor Guitars

I picked this one up today. The owner had an appointment in St. Louis so we met. It's very clean and structurally sound, but does need a significant...

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Dec-30-2020, 6:24pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Mando-inspired Haiku in General Mandolin Discussions

A Gibson Lloyd loaf Costs more than we can afford PAC rim will be fine.

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Dec-30-2020, 4:38pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Mando-inspired Haiku in General Mandolin Discussions

Eight strings and two hands Unlimited range and style Unless you like bass

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Dec-30-2020, 4:36pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Mando-inspired Haiku in General Mandolin Discussions

Monroe had the chop And with earl scruggs on banjo Changed the whole wide world.

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Dec-30-2020, 4:35pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Mando-inspired Haiku in General Mandolin Discussions

Sam bush. Chris Thile The dawg and jethro burns No peers on mando

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Dec-30-2020, 1:50pm

Joe Mendel replied to a thread Build a mandolin in four days in General Mandolin Discussions

Rick is a fantastic resource, he's helped me many times.

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Dec-29-2020, 8:28am

David Lewis replied to a thread RIP Tony Rice in General Mandolin Discussions

Here’s an article I wrote a couple of years back on tony. One of my favourite player. My dream band - tony, Sam, jd, Edgar, Alison. Nfi ...

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Dec-26-2020, 6:31pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Negative harmony. in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I think the simplest thing is to use the parallel minor. If you take the Cm chord scale Cm dhalfdim7 Ebmajor Fmin Gb min Ab min bmaj ...

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Dec-26-2020, 4:45am

David Lewis replied to a thread Negative harmony. in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

@explorer. Much appreciated. Thinking chromatically help, doesn’t it?

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Dec-26-2020, 12:31am

David Lewis started a thread Negative harmony. in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I’m currently working my way through several high level theory books. We already discussed slominsky. Levy on negative harmony though, is...

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Dec-25-2020, 8:24pm

David Lewis replied to a thread John Paul Jones F5 in General Mandolin Discussions

I was thinking ‘I bet it’s a fylde’. Glad I didn’t post that. (Although I would have qualified it with ‘don’t knows and just a guess etc)

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Dec-21-2020, 7:05am

David Lewis replied to a thread Slonimksy's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

This is, I think, great advice. In perusing the contents the pentatonic and heptatonic scales catch my eyes.

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Dec-20-2020, 9:01pm

David Lewis replied to a thread Slonimksy's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Thank you to all. I must say the introduction is not a light read. I was hoping davidkos would see this. I was wondering what his take was. ...

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Dec-20-2020, 7:17am

David Lewis started a thread Slonimksy's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Just picked this up. It is of course the book that Coltrane, Mingus, Zappa, and Jaco, among many many others studied. Has anyone used it? Is it...

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Dec-18-2020, 6:37am

David Lewis replied to a thread Mandolin player crossing over to guitar in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

In a reverse of what I usually say - 'It's not a big mandolin'. Its responses are different, its capabilities are different, its tone is different....

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Dec-16-2020, 5:23pm

Joe Mendel replied to a thread Slotting a nut in Builders and Repair

What Adrian said.

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Dec-16-2020, 12:49pm

Joe Mendel replied to a thread Looking for great mando teacher in the Asheville NC area in Jams, Workshops, Camps, Places To Meet Others

Bryan McDowell lives in Ashville. Great player, and a nice guy. Played for a good while with The Claire Lynch Band.

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