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I email Mike and if I'm not mistaken they should have them in 9 months or so.

I just googled Skip since I have been wanting to get some of his mandolin-centric albums and looks like he has all of them available on his website! Gonna have to pick those up!
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I have been wanting a Gibson Distressed mandolin for some time and just waiting on the right one to come along. I know this is not the regular Distressed model, but the Ricky Skaggs Distressed. As...

Bill, thanks so much for the WAMA link -- Winlock will be quite a hike for me, but I checked out the website and it sounds like a blast, and a great learning opportunity. I'm hoping to be ready to...

I think calling what I had done to my Florida a 'mutilation' is a little bit extreme. I just had a few millimeters of 'Florskin' removed.

Nick,

I indeed remember Dasspunk´s post about his new Duff.

I have heard a very early Duff (maybe late 80ies) that sounded okay (Greasy Beans, Charley Brophey mand. on tour at the EWOB some 10...

Oh what would you pay? (In exchange), Oh what would you pay? (In exchange), What would you pay for a Gibson today...

Fiddler's Pastime is one that Vassar Clements and Monroe wrote together. It is on Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe.

Ask Frank Wakefield about roasted wood.

I used to enjoy calling out Stairway to Heaven at the bluegrass jam, and then playing the Ralph Stanley song by that name. It's a sweet gospel tune and easy enough for folks to learn on the fly....

Jams where certain songs are banned seem odd to me; if someone had suggested Foggy Mountain Breakdown or Rocky Top, would the answer have been the same? I resurrected Fox On the Run at a join-in...

I would be the complete opposite. It's interesting how subjective the perception of tone can be.

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The action on Bills' Loar was a great deal higher than most folks are used to.

"Off to California" is actually one of the handful of Irish tunes I can play. It would be funny to incorporate it into the Led Zeppelin song.
I have some friends up in Charlottesville Va, who...

When I was playing in a duo, mostly classic country, we got a lot of requests for this when the movie was out and for ever after. The request was most often phrased, "Hey, play 'O Brother.'" Every...

Fantastic video example. The difference illustrates exactly the difference I typically hear. I think both of those are straight braced guitars, so that factor may be removed from the equation.
The...

Hi this is my new Gibson Sam Bush Fern '34 Limited Edition arrived last thursday. It is a great mandolin with incredible chop! It's a "Hoss"!!!

I like to know other owners of this fantastic...

This is a story of luck, generosity, and how I have become a happy Givens owner again. In 1978 I bought a Givens A. I'm not sure what model number it is. I sold the mandolin to a friend of mine about...