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Hi Pete, I just discovered this thread (late to the party, I know) and was wondering what your thoughts are on absorbing your work here.

I have studied jazz guitar in the past and worked on lines...

Sadly this one is not mine! I have a beautiful A5 of Peter's and a 2nd generation flat top. I am pretty sure yours is a 3rd generation and is a bit louder than mine.

There is a difference, even...

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Peter Coombe has somehow improved his flat top mandolin design further, today I got to play #305, and I have serious MAS.
This is now the 4th generation of his classical flat top model.

Engleman...

Fascinating program Richard. Will it be streamed or recorded?

Hi Nick. Here are a couple of photos of my 2 Coombe mandolins.

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Just had a good blast on the A5 after two weeks away, it feels and sounds great. It's definitely my main...

Just found this. I can't decide what I enjoyed more, the wonderful playing or the "creative" editing.

This is The Wedding of Lachlan McGraw. I've heard him called Lochan as well.
I don't know it's origin, maybe Graham McDonald does?

Taught to me by Mike Martin after hearing it on a Collector...

I thought it would be good to have a thread dedicated to Australian tunes, so here we go.
Maybe it should be "Australian" as our combined repertoire is a mix of bits and pieces from other countries...

Nice tune, well done!
We have a Bear Dance tune commonly played in our area called Berendans (Dancing Bear/Dick's Pig).
I wonder how many different tunes share the name?

Congratulations mate on your new Coombe. I'm sure you will have much musical joy with it.
Interesting to learn about Alexander Laing. I will have to add him to my "tunes to learn" list.
We play a...

Peter is unlikely to ever sell that Gil! He just put up a post with the mandolins from our picking session today, we had these three plus a new oval hole A he made, and some vintage beauties.
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Thanks acharman! I'll post some more pics of my A5 soon. The back is claro walnut with lovely figuring, and I asked Peter for a slightly wider (32mm) nut.
It is still a very new mando so we are...

Hi archaman. What style of music do you play? Unless you are purely bluegrass, a Coombe flat top could be just the thing, and in your budget. I have one of his 2nd gen models (just came home from a 3...

Dressing up a bit for the gig is great. Though suit jackets do sometimes get hot. I have heard of people tearing the liner out to minimise the sweat factor.

Well done. And a bonus to play this with your son.

Today I had the chance to play my new Coombe A5 with both Peter Coombe and my mate Bruce on their Gilchrists. This doesn't happen often in rural Australia!

Bruce just picked up his new F5 from...

Hi Eric, congratulations on your new mandolin. I too am a very proud owner of a Coombe flat top mandolin. Peter's choice of timber combinations, knowledge of traditional mandolin construction and...

Everyone will have their own take on it..... here's mine.

Check out the classical methods, particularly Bickford, who advises people don't attempt tremolo until they have done lots of work on rest...

Nice! Thanks for sharing this. I haven't explored medieval music yet, still working on Bickford! Will start looking for earlier music to play.

Hi Bron, good to see a fellow Australian mandolin player here! There is great mandolin community in Australia though we are fairly widely dispersed.
I think there may be a mandolin ensemble being...

I can heartily recommend Peter Coombe's mandolins. I have one of his 2nd generation flat top models, which is based on the outline of a Lyon and Healy style C, but is a flat top with certain design...

Hi Paul, I am definitely interested in anything you have to share. I am particularly keen to work on improving classical ornaments/grace notes etc!

I have had it a couple of days now and still can't wipe the smile off my face! It is a thing of beauty. It's lightweight, precision made, loud and has great sustain.

It's one of Peter's 2nd...

Just discovered this thread, what a fantastic learning resource. Thanks for your work Pete!