Context is everything. Beginner jam? Anything goes. Whatever gets people playing. Jam at my house? I really can't stand the Grateful Dead (sorry!), and I'm tired of hearing Wagon Wheel. Traditional...
Context is everything. Beginner jam? Anything goes. Whatever gets people playing. Jam at my house? I really can't stand the Grateful Dead (sorry!), and I'm tired of hearing Wagon Wheel. Traditional...
I have played Wagon Wheel probably more than most of, if not all, the people in here because a singer I used to work with loved it and sang it constantly. That being said, there is a time and a...
Here's a beauty by Buck White. Thanks for the Listen!!:mandosmiley::mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOfojVAUb0s
It is for this reason that after about 7 or 8 mandolin builds, that I decided to not completely finish the back of my necks until the day of delivery. If, of course, the new owner is within a...
These move pretty fast, but look for a circa 2002-2004 Gibson F9 or A9….these are fantastic instruments and have just the neck profile that you are looking for.
Have you held a Duff? Love those mandolins and their smaller necks.
:mandosmiley:
I always rather liked the 88 to 93 Flatiron and Gibson mandolins. The 1 1/16' at the nut may have you having one built to your spec. Good luck in your search. R/
I just wanted to give a shout out about a course that I finished on Peghead Nation. The course was "Playing By Ear" with a section on Picking Up Tunes on the Fly. It is taught by the violinist Lissa...
So does mahogany back and sides. A-50's were maple, I beleve.
Natural color top indicates A-40.
A couple of pictures would be helpful.
Gibson re-used serial numbers, so two different years correspond with 58214: 1920 and 1962.
If the number was impressed on the back of the peghead, that would point to 1962.
And if the mandolin...
This is what happens during social isolation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sYYgPGmx1M