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Thanks all. I decided against buying without playing first and drove a little over an hour to a brick and mortar store ( https://jakesmainstreetmusic.com/ ) an spent about an hour playing 7 different...

That jack is curious for sure. And I agree that it will indeed go up in bid$. Those auctions are fascinating to me.

Caveat emptor!!!

Mr. Cranky's musicality has remained a touchstone for my guitar and mandolin playing for decades, I stumbled upon this today. I had it mostly right!

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What an amazing community, and no small coincidence that my case has a Cafe sticker next to my Mandolins and Beer sticker!

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Much better; I was voicing the first double stop using open low...

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Gig was last night and "Daughters" went very well. The three motifs (guitar intro, short guitar break and short piano break) are very mandolin friendly.

For the bridge, I played the first chord...

Here is my cheapie:
https://www.facebook.com/rob.dreamworker/videos/10157933854144692/?t=67
Rover solid top mandolin with case: $70
Dual stick-on transducers (used): $30
Missed cue by vocalist...

Old topic, dead horse, etc. alert.

I have been in different Guitar Centers maybe 4 times in my life, all 58 years of it. This past weekend I was on a business trip to City Of Industry and visited...

A truly great version of a truly great song:
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I am working up this version to bring to the guys. Who is the mandolin player on this, anyone know?

Wow, I had completely forgot about the harp!!! 2 of the older guys tried to describe it and I wish I had video taped it as it was truly hilarious. They spoke no English and I no Italian, we resorted...

Beanzy, Martin and David,

It's folks like you that make the innerwebz great. Off to check out your recommendations.

Thanks again!

Spent an amazing afternoon this past Sunday with my friend's extended family, most of whom were born and raised in Calabria Italy. After much (much) home made wine and a feast, 2 "organettos" (sp?)...

NFI

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/1970s-kasuga-f-style-custom-mandolin-burst-flame-finish-ohsc.1641980/

(the following nonsense was written by a guitarist who plays mandolin poorly)

Adding an arm rest helped me greatly because I was picking at a weird angle; when my arm hits the rest my hand moves...

Heads up to youse guys (this is Jersey talk);

http://www.mandolinorange.com/tour/

Some very, very fine music is headed your way...

Cant say enough about this band, I am a huge fan to say the least.
Here is a new track from upcoming album:
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The story continues; I just bought this mandolin on ebay from David (aka badliver) who listed it while posting in this thread:


Caveat emptor, indeed. Next mandolin I (can afford to) buy will be...

More of a zinger than banter, and the genre is all wrong:

"That concludes the musical portion of this evenings show."
Jeff Beck at the end of his opening set...

I have the MM; is there an better aftermarket bridge available? BTW, I attempted to play it yesterday with a slightly out of tune 12 string guitarist; I threw up in my mouth a little. He wouldn't...

I am still binge listening to them. Trying to get my daughters to watch some of the video on YT (in my on going quest to show two young girls that women can and do make music that doesn't require...

Don,

You are very correct. Nut to 12th fret is 9.5", adding 9.5" to that puts me almost exactly where the bridge pup is, making the scale 19". Now that I see what an awful idea this is, I am truly...

I love playing Dead Flowers so much, I feel like I am overplaying on it. I do everything but a heavy metal pick scrape on it!

Hmm, no not yet, but I am sitting in with some guys later today. Do you try and cop the sitar sound (searches memory...was there a sitar...)? Great tune, I will call it at the session and see what...

Since I had only just met her that night, I am unsure if she is always so quick to answer, but she said no.
She may possibly be thinking it over; God knows whenever I see her, I do!

ATTENTION: The following message is from a guitar player, no actual mandolinists were involved.

This just in: Epiphone MM30s made in Japan in the 70s had a SOLID TOP. To prove this, look very...