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I don't know about the old original Buckeye brand mandolins...but the F-5 copies that are Buckeyes are wonderful instruments. I know of just a couple and they are fine..If you put up a photo folks...

To keep this discussion on lost and/or stolen mandolins, etc, going.. 1..In (circa) 1970 I had a 1962 model D-18 guitar stolen from my car while I was playing a gig inside (I know, dumb)...Serial...

Hey there Marvino...I'd venture to say that every one of those hot new young mandolin pickers you're talking about paid their dues sitting in front watching Mr. Monroe and taking notes. And would...

Don't panic, Willie...fifty years from now the jam standards will still be Blue Ridge Mt Home, Salty Dog, Blue Moon of Ky, etc...not these new ones with fifteen minor and dim7th chords that ain't "no...

Oh...and CES from North Carolina, congrats on your Siverangel..I have three, and now, even if I had the money to buy one of the "high dollar" instruments, I wouldn't...

The instruments available today, as compared to those available back when I began to play (early 60s) are so much better...I've had so many parents ask me "I want Junior (substitute any name) to...

Eight years in the Air Force 65-73. 2 1/2 years in Saigon, non-combat (but anyone there was subject to incoming rockets, VC sappers, etc.
I'd just been playing bluegrass three years when I enlisted....

Bernie, Jesse's son Keith McReynolds, died about ten years ago, after a long fight with MS. They still have a Keith McReynolds Memorial Festival every year, raising money for MS.

I would think that a deposit for a custom built mandolin (or other) would be like "earnest money" paid to hold a house in a real estate transaction...generally non-refundable, at the discretion of...

" is my Image of the Man WAY off base?? " Yes...and no. Read Richard Smith's "Can't You Hear Me Calling", to get both sides of Bill Monroe, the Man, The Myth, The Legend...

:grin:I reckon I'd be happy if they'd offer me one of the mandolins as a settlement.

I didn't see any mention of tone guard and arm rest. Those are two accessories that can add volume with their use.

Back in the mid-70s, the band I was in, The Mueller Brothers, became endorsers of the Aria Pro II line of instruments. It was through their importers, a company in Charlotte, NC (can't remember the...

One that has become a "cult classic" over the years..."Down Yonder" The Country Fiddlers featuring Wade Ray...What the title or the cover doesn't say is that it is Jethro Burns on mando, Homer...

The gospel LP "A Voice From On High"...IMHO, best ever of Monroe's music... Sharp, incisive mando breaks, beautiful gospel songs, Martin's driving rhythm guitar runs. This has it all. The quartets...

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=109&pictureid=900Now why hasn't the new F-7 long neck reissue been mentioned? This was less rare than the F-10, and there were some fine original...

Still trying to locate some old friends of mine. If anybody knows the
whereabouts of Charlie and Wesley Huffman, originally from Lapel, Indiana,
moved to Alaska (Fairbanks, I think). Father...

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