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Welcome and congratulations! And Sharon Gilchrist is a great teacher, I've taken her class too. Good on you to be enthused to practice so diligently, it's great fun.

If you're not playing today,...

Welcome! Never too old to do anything! :))

The latest mandolin off my 'Barn Cat Mandolins' bench is something a little different for me. I've given it a slightly wider, rounder body shape than my usual Moggy model mandolin, and its ribs and...

I always travel with my mandolin, whether in trains, planes and busses. I carried it in a soft, padded case with shoulder strap. Airlines never question it. Sometimes I stow a sweater or a scarf or...

Well friends, I ended up with a mando rather ahead of my anticipated schedule! After playing a handful of Eastmans and Kentuckys locally, a Northfield Calhoun appeared on Craigslist semi-locally. It...

I'll give you an Eastman rundown because that's what I'm familiar with.

x05 Eastmans are A body with F holes. x15 Eastmans are F body and have F holes. X04 & x14 Eastmans are the same, but with...

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Thank you for asking. I put the tune together before I got the BM, so I did write it out.

The tab was barely intelligible to me the next day, so it probably wouldn't do anybody else...

Also a reminder that often crops up in these strings: a mandolin is not a little guitar played upsidedown. it is a separate instrument with its own history, technique, strengths, weaknesses and...

I am over the moon for this Morris A4! It's so beautiful to look at and listen to... the tone is sweet and warm... sparkle-y highs.

Mr. Howard Morris really does build a wonderful Mandolin :)
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Instead of going to the upcoming NAMM Show in 2024 decided to pay a visit to Northfield and Elderly Instruments. Northfield was yesterday and was a mind blowing experience getting to play all of...

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More than really, really clean. Impossibly so, even if never removed from that case. A time-traveller. Of course, it lost an E string, so it had to be retired brand new, but who had an inert gas...

i remember this lady and her group from a couple years ago-the octave is listed as an Eastman MDO 305(sounds great) I can't get the video to imbed-don't know why but here's the link:

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“The mandolinist’s octave mandolin”.

They weren't lying when they said that.

People have taken to generalizing the term "Flatiron" (like Kleenex or Xerox) to any pancake or army/navy style mandolin.

That's what's happening here. If you look further down the description it...

There's an exceptional octave mandolin build going on over at the Guild forum: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/ahg-octave-mando-build.216226/

The cruddy instruments a lot of the blues guys used, particularly in the early days, would shock a lot of you. Sure, B B and muddy used nice Gibson and fenders. But look at hound dog Taylor. It took...

Hello all, as it can, life got hectic and I drifted away from all things musical but I finally found my way out of the weeds and ended up at Waynesboro Music yesterday and walked out with an Eastman...

Of the 5 or so '20s Gibson oval A's I've played (never owned one) none of them have "spoke to me" or whatever. I like slimmer necks and radius fretboards. And the ones I tried just where not...

Old Gibsons are nice but the necks are huge. If you can locate a used Pomeroy oval, I would go with that.

Good luck with your search.

Hi everyone. Our new Wavelength octave is in production now. Our first batch is finishing up and is in the setup process. We got a little behind with all the summer festivals and the general pace and...

My interest in Irish traditional music began about 20 years ago, about the same time that I started dabbling in old-time music and clawhammer banjo. One thing led to another, and I discovered an...

This story was on the CBS Morning show today. I know that Sunburst has had a lot to do with helping the school.
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I would love a Big Muddy Mandola. I have had a similar experience to the OP. I have had too many mandolins in the ten years I have played, and most all have moved on through sale. I reduced my...

I just replaced the tuners on my 515 with Grover 409s. They fit really well with only a couple of additional small screw holes needed. I wrote a guide with some pictures in the equipment forum.
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