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Never "got" the attraction of the scroll. The few times I have held an F in a store, I look down over that large hunk of wood obstructing my view of the fretboard and wonder WHY? From the front, I...

Let me guess, the merged company will be called "Coffee"? :))

MC is always the first web site to check on this notorious date! :))

Okay, my "What are the odds?" didn't involve a string but rather an amplifier.

I taught at a college in Malaysia (hot and humid) and was going to accompany a vocal music group using my guitar and...

I love the V neck! My first mandolin had the C shape, so when my hand crafted V neck was delivered, I first thought "What?!" But it took only a few minutes to get used to it. Now, I have a hard time...

I haven't played in a church band since the 1980s, but based upon my guitarist brother's experience, your post is spot on. There are a lot of electric guitar players out there looking for steady...

My experience is that contemporary church music has fossilized into a standard format that rarely contains a melody line of significance, and is geared towards keyboards, electric guitar, and...

Eric, on Steve's FB page there are photos of your mandolin during construction. Go down to 13 November 2022. That myrtle back is gorgeous! Hoping that you can post a video so we can hear how the pine...

I have used a Schertler Dyn-M contact mic that is attached with a green putty and does not mar the mandolin top. I zip tie a small 48-V phantom power box on my mic stand and send both vocal mic and...

The problem with that photo is that no matter how hard I try, I can't hear anything. :whistling:

Very interesting video, thanks for posting.

My choice would be "Whiskey Before Breakfast".

For sure. So come on Greg, write a song about wastin' away in Minnesnowda, searching for your lost tater tot casserole recipe, or something like that. :))

Yes I liked his songs; he was a true story teller.

And then I found one of his novels, A Salty Piece of Land, in a library book sale for maybe $0.50 or $1 and found it thoroughly enjoyable. He was...

I opened this thread because I was curious about what was being suggested "to bing" continuously. :))

I think you meant, "bingeing" as in "to binge" continuously (gerund).

Sorry, hard not to...

There are some "good, modern, progressive" players who more likely drew from the jazz and violin world: Don Stiernberg, Isaac Eicher, Jason Anick, Paul Glasse, and Aaron Weinstein, for example.

I...

One of my favorite songs to play is "Night in Paris", a Gypsy style tune written by Isaac's father Shelby Eicher. Just studying the chord choices is a lesson in gypsy jazz/swing.
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JB, this is the first calypso mandolin that I ever heard. And it is easily one of my favorite Dawg tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0lTd939Dd8

Or it could be the Heisenberg Banjo Uncertainty Principle: When one is playing the banjo, they shouldn't be observed. Conversely, if one is being observed, they shouldn't be playing the banjo.

So you're saying that 4 + 4 = 5?? :))

So, pheffernan, you didn't get blown away by Ian. Good to see.

You know, that's a lot of mandolins to keep track of. Just sayin'. ;)

1979 Givens A
2015 Black A2z

I sat next to Dick Kimmel at a jam session a couple of years back and he showed me his LaPlant. Nice mandolin. I also got to play someone else's LaPlant for a couple of minutes at a different...

I LOVE those line array systems. But, like dhergert, I ended up buying myself a Roland Cube Street EX which I was using in a trio (sometimes quartet) since everyone else had their own amplification....

I have only had access to a few mandolins to hold, so I will have to say that the Monteleone A-model Radio Flyer is at the top of my list for nice:
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I think you meant Django Fakebook, correct? Yeah, I downloaded that a while ago and it is good for the chords and basic melodies.

I would be surprised if Django had a Facebook page! :)) (Yes, I...

Use sweat bands on your wrists like the ones used by basketball players. I found that it keeps sweat from running down my arms and onto my palms and the instrument.

Even in the heat, I use my best...