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I'd save a lot of $ and buy a Hogan F5 and get an accurate copy of a Loar F5. If I did buy one, I'd dig the name out of the headstock with a pocket knife just for their constant lawsuit threat...

I saw them at Telluride soon after the album came out, and I was completely taken by their music. Went right to the CD tent after their set and bought the CD. Amazing music that sounds as fresh today...

OR ... There's a simplicity to them that makes them elegant.

I’ve been working my way through David Benedict’s beginner video series and accompanying PDF book. Here’s his basic double stop version of “Worried Man Blues” that I messed around with and added a...

These two need to release a duo album!

I was lucky enough to catch Saturday and Sunday at the Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival, and what a gem of a festival it is. Set in the beautiful Green Mountains outside of Manchester VT,...

This tiny picture is the best I have of the cherry mando I made in the early '90s. It sounded very good.
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I never felt that cherry stinks when working with it. I have built many instruments out of cherry and always thought it had a sweet smell.

Well cause he's Sam Bush.......

I put some suggestions on the first page, but adding a couple here:

Mountain Grass Unit: a very young trio, played mostly covers but had a couple of originals. I had hear OF them before, but...

Congratulations Sam & David!!!

Here's my ivory Bobalock Arrow case with a sheet of white paper lying on top. This was taken with a iPhone under 5000 kelvin temperature LED lights, and then color corrected using photoshop elements....

There are so many small, high quality, builders in the USA these days. They are eating "Gibson's" lunch. If Gibson mandolins go to the wayside, it would be sad but not unexpected. Happy owner of a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RymKTHUyU-4

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I just posted another free song breakdown on my site today for Big Mon. The lesson features a few voicing options for the standard melody, harmony, and chords.
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If venues want to use TicketMaster, they have to sign an exclusive deal with them--they can't have any music events that don't use TicketMaster. That along with their merger/acquisition of LiveNation...

One more for the Ladys !:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDEbnd4QA0

No. He's Bill Monroe.

I know I once saw a photo of Bill showing Tony Rice how to play guitar. My guess is that took some real Brass?

Forget the strap. It would be better to buy a nice suit.
Even with 1000 dollars of lessons most of us still wouldn’t sound like Jethro.
At least with a nice suit you could look like him.

I was looking at the Music-Go-round site last night, and noticed that they had a few "used" Lakota Leathers Mando straps available, though they still seemed to have the original tags on them.
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Sierra is perhaps the most musical creature in the know universe.

Another quick update: The honeymoon phase with The Buckeye is still going strong. It's got tone that always makes me smile and continues to inspire me to play it every chance I get.

If anyone...

For me, it appears to be this weirdo. Finished it 10 years ago, and haven't really felt the need for another acoustic mandolin since.
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Yeah, all you have to do is have someone disassemble it, re-work it and re-assemble it for whatever that costs. Or maybe find a good sounding mandolin of which there are plenty of.
That was the...