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There's no simple answer other than, "I turn knobs until I'm happy," but I know how annoying it is when I read people saying that in response to an earnest question. I have a fair amount of...

How much time do you have? :D

My main amp at the moment is an Ampeg Jet II that I bought new at some point between 2004 and 2008. I recently had it cleaned up, and it sounds great, though I...

Forgive me Mandolin Cafe Forum for I have sinned and recently purchased a used Derrington MM. Weird though, I don't feel guilty.

With that thought I'm bringing this back bcuz it's so damned funny....

I don’t know if he is still having Bovier’s made. I bought a used Bovier a couple of years ago. I emailed Jeff and he gave me all sorts of info on it

There are so many great players. Not yet mentioned, but definitely should be on the list are: Jesse Brock, Michael Cleveland, and Skip Gorman.

Not much to add to this but this is why I like listening to electric mandolin, when there's someone that really knows how to get one set-up correctly and has the right kind of musical sensibilities...

I could say that it's because it sounds good, but lots of instruments sound good.

Maybe the real reason is because I sound good. :cool: :mandosmiley: :)

Stew-Mac used to sell F-5 kits, but I noticed recently that they were no longer being offered. I wonder if something similar happened with that?

With all the copies being built of instruments that...

It (Gibson) is a triumph of branding, like many companies in many industries that fail to innovate.

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Ahead of his time.

Love that mandolin, and obviously, I love Mike Compton.

Something that often gets lost in conversations on this board about mandolins, technique, theory, etc., is the importance of musical...

I agree completely. All types of music for different likes and dislikes. Mike is one of the best at his style of playing. I appreciate his playing even though I prefer crystal clear notes, chords,...

Thanks, everyone, for your responses. I'm going to keep a list of them all and try them all. I have a feeling that this is one of those injuries that is going to recur even after it gets better.
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Here's my anon. French mandolin, likely from the first half of the 19th c. It's only a little anachronistic, and I still apply the historic stringing from the 18th-c. method books to it. Not easy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOptU-3N_Sg

Solo at 1:10

Heard this song on random and the mandolin double stop accompaniment is very sweet. Discog says Sam Bush is playing but I that’s the only source I found, and they called the song The Great Day. I’m...

Had an itch to get something different. Nothing fancy, just an Eastman MD404 I found used on Reverb. I was immediately struck by how different it sounds from my 2 F-hole mandolins. Sorry for the...

Really enjoyed this video, thanks for posting!

One of my fav songs Alternating Current/Direct Current is Trinitrotoluene.
It’s fab.

Rapid eye movement is another one.

Agreed 100% ... I play very regularly at a jam and have played both an F hole and oval hole at said jam. What I have found is that while an oval has a place in one's arsenal, it typically gets lost...

Ted nailed it. That's why I own both. Like why so many guitarists have different guitars as well as banjo players and fiddlers and dobro, well wait, perhaps not dobros.

I’d rather the plane crash than to have listen to a kazoo

-incorrect Dave!

Have you not considered aircraft accidents? Yes, they do happen.
A flimsy mandolin is obviously out of the question but a Kazoo would be an intelligent instrument to learn.
It...

Based on that thinking we should all be playing the piccolo:))

There is no need to ever check a mandolin. That's why we selected that instrument: Because it will fit in the overhead compartment of any commercial aircraft