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Joe Walsh's Mandolin Jazz course teaches the classic solos, Django on "Minor Swing", I think Lester Young on "Lady be Good" I haven't really gotten very far with it because its very heady for me.
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I used to have his #254, also dated 1981. He must have been a fast worker.

Looks like an A5, but I'm not sure if he used Gibson numbers to identify his models.

If you want to sell it, put up...

Give Greg Boyd a call www.gregboyd.com. He's been dealing Givens mandolins for years and always has a few.

I have a Givens A style. I bought it used a long time ago and I have absolutely no info on it. Looking online it looks like a A5 probably from 1981 (serial number in pencil inside says #227).
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Couldn't agree more with you. Thankfully there are many gifted players and there's a ton of things to admire about Mr. Grisman, but the shear volume and remarkable variety of his compositions is...

I'd get one just for the day pass!

Matt, That is one of the most unusual things I have ever heard! I want to add that once when I was doing a performance as the entertainment for a banquet, I switched to my twelve string to play a...

Changing strings on my mando this afternoon. New E-string slips out of my hand and falls perfectly into the tiny narrow space between the plug of my electronic metronome cord and the wall socket. ...

If Mandolin Cafe were ever to offer t-shirts for sale V-Neck should certainly be an option.

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/content/1019-New-Music-from-Acoustic-Disc-Dawgnilo-Danilo-Brito-and-David-Grisman

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I have Rubners on my last build and find they hold tune just fine. 26:1 is a huge ratio, I've never heard of mandolin tuners with that ration.

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This thread reminds me of something I’d not thought of in many years. My wife and I got married very young and I started attending her church. I was 20 and had been playing (owning, really) guitar...

The harmonic avalanche is indeed a Grappelli trademark -- so integrated into his style that when another violinist suddenly playing a "harmonic flurry" in the middle of a solo, it so rarely sounds...

While we do have 12 or so natural harmonics available on the mandolin, I haven't heard them employed as freely as violinists use them in swing jazz.

Grappelli in particular (e.g. 1.00 to 1.04...

Been playing in a church choir with mandolin, mandola, mandocello & guitar for years now. Only complaints I've heard were about not enough mando__ (fill in the blank). Advice: Sit in on a couple of...

A funny, fitting anecdote:

I only get invited to play Mandolin for service two times a year… Christmas and Easter.

Bass on the other hand…. Has brought me all around the State and filled my...

I'm going to echo that sentiment. Just because I have a mandolin and can play it does not mean that I should automatically be included in any group, even if I or others think I should be.

I...

I am the pastor of a very conservative Lutheran church. As you could probably guess, most of our music is older hymns with an organ as accompaniment. I love that above statement because some...

Well... I play mandolin, fiddle and guitar in my church band. No one in the congregation has complained about my mandolin renditions of hymns or the grassier tunes that come in for "specials". Maybe...

Dan, we probably have an average attendance of about 150. I've played 2 or 3 solos with piano accompaniment, which seemed to go over well. Several members have asked why I don't play with the...

When I was attending a Southern California mega church the contemporary praise band was acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, lead male singer, lead female singer, backup male...

Half a lifetime ago I read an interview with drummer Carmen Appice, who consumed large quantities of bananas for muscle support against cramps. Could be a connection there.

My DH and I went to this concert Friday night at the Groton Hill Music Center in Groton, Mass. (This is the second show I've seen at this venue, the sound is superb).

Here's a few pictures from...

Hey Fretbear, thank you for posting my YouTube video of the Don Brown Loar. I hope you liked it