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    Love for Ovals

    I haven't posted yet on the Cafe but read it all the time.

    Just wanted to share my love for Oval hole mandolins. I have been playing two very good A style mandolins for years, and Ellis A-5 and a...
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    Compton playing my Heiden A5

    They had a mando tasting at Monroe Camp. Here's Compton playing my Heiden A5. Why doesn't it sound like this when I play it? :)

    https://youtu.be/B-aQoOSy2VM

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    The Yeller Rose of texas

    Who could be a better reincarnation of Homer and Jethro?


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUG0JqA7yc
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    New Album/Single by Sarah Jarosz

    Looks like a new sound for SJ. But she still has that Fletcher Brock OM out front!


    https://youtu.be/w8SuGm1aD-A?si=FGWL3IeE0BZh448g

    To be fair, she did warn us - at the mid-point of her pro...
  5. Re: Why do some higher end mandos return to the market so quickly

    There are plenty of players that many of us consider heroes that do it as well.

    The desire to learn about and play great instruments is its own thing. One does not need to just spend all of their...
  6. Article: New Music - Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Todd

    You can view the page at https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/content/968-New-Music-Darol-Anger-Mike-Marshall-Tony-Rice-Todd-Phillips-Live-November-30-2001
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  7. Ook'n'm (Marshall, Rice, Anger, Phillips) live release

    Hi all,

    Mike Marshall just made this live recording available to purchase on Bandcamp from a concert in 2001. Everyone sounds really great here and it's a killer setlist of New Acoustic tunes....
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    Re: Randy Wood Two-Point at Carter's

    Sam Bush playing the two-point.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5WgJU-Mvw&t=5s
  9. Thread: Nmd

    by Mike Buesseler
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    Nmd

    New mandola, actually. I own a Pomeroy oval hole mandolin that Don Paine built for me last February. It is the sweetest mandolin I’ve ever owned or played. So, I commissioned Don to make a matching...
  10. David Grisman - The Story of Crusher | Fretboard Journal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqk99EreeRU
  11. An afternoon picking w/ Andrew Marlin & the Griffith Loar

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    https://youtu.be/FqcVKoA6ZLs

    Thought folks might enjoy seeing photos from an afternoon picking session over at Matt Ruhland's place yesterday (and a truck...
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    The Waltz You Saved For Me

    I had to clear my head from that banjo-mandolin:grin:. Thanks for Listen'n:mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA41nQ3sAHM
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    Re: Ruhland Resale

    I think demand for Matt's instruments is completely justified. We are in a strange place across the economy where pricing for used items is nearing or passing some new items in some case. While it is...
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    NMD My Pomeroy A

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    https://youtu.be/QRke_96SnBw

    Just arrived yesterday. It’s the sweetest A I’ve ever played. Don Paine made this so easy and fun, I’m about ready to order a mandola from him. Total...
  15. Thread: Nmd

    by Mike Buesseler
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    Re: Nmd

    My nmd is actually predicted to be on Friday, but it’s shipping today!
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    It’s a Pomeroy, from Don Paine, modeled after a teens Gibson A-2, except this one is X-braced, and varnished. :)
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    Re: Ruhland Eye Candy

    Hey Reid, that A5 is going to be Matt's personal mandolin. Last couple of times he included a mandolin for himself in a batch, someone convinced him to sell it. He claims it won't happen this...
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    Re: Punch Brothers "Hell on Church Street"

    As Bill would say, "That ain't no part of nothin." Or we've all been playing it wrong all these years. :disbelief:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbqQ9ORVmec

    AbqQ9ORVmec
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    Re: A Ruhland A5 for sale on Matt's website

    Well I guess it's time for me to jump in, I'm the person who was fortunate enough to be able to purchase the Ruhland A that Matt had for sale on his website (thank you Evan for the heads up). Matt is...
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    Re: Here's my sad mandolin story...

    Well, here's a rough video. Not the best comparison since they have different age/type strings and the Gil is still setting in, but ask and you shall receive.
    https://youtu.be/OzC2lOZLu34
  20. Thread: Punch brothers

    by Ken_P
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    Re: Punch brothers

    For anyone who was hesitant about the title track, this will probably be a welcome relief:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPTl0KWHLJE

    No tricky rhythms, no unusual chords, just a great slow...
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    Re: A Ruhland A5 for sale on Matt's website

    You're right Reid - Matt got a call a few minutes after I started this thread and sold the mandolin. And true, Matt came over and traced Ella's headstock for your mandolin. Very cool - hope you're...
  22. Re: Is the Eastman 505 all that much better than the 305?

    The only thing I’m sure about is that the tuners on the 305/315 mandolins are not satisfactory to me. For 100.00 or less a set of grovers can be purchased and the problem is solved. I’d be interested...
  23. Thread: RIP Arthur Stern

    by Dawg
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    Re: RIP Arthur Stern

    I was deeply saddened and shocked to receive this news. Arthur was a brilliant artist and a true friend for over 40 years. His studio/home in Oakland was our playroom and hangout in the early days of...
  24. Thread: Ruhland A5

    by TAlex
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    Ruhland A5

    I was lucky enough to get on Matt Ruhland’s list for this latest batch of A5’s
    I have owned a number of fine mandolins including Gibson,Red Diamond,Ellis,and Gilchrist. My Ruhland was only recently...
  25. Re: New Bela Fleck Album out - My Bluegrass Heart

    That was a great interview Reid. She is such a monster musician. I mean just mind-blowingly good. Thanks for posting that. The NPR interview was interesting too with Bela, they spoke of Bela...
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