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Sounds like Dawg to me!

I had one of those 3 point ovals…excellent in every way, VERY loud. My main ax is a BRW two point that I got brand new several years ago and is also an excellent mandolin. High quality build, top...

Just seeing this. I’ll look for the quote but I remember it clearly because it is a strong statement and Kind of Blue is an all time classic regardless of genre.

I saw Punch last night at the...

I’m inspired by their talent & hard work on their craft and respect the need to create the sounds they want to hear…but…other than Cattle in the Cane, Jerusalem Ridge & Pride of Man not much drawing...

For sure Dan. I can easily see this being like musical Vegemite: you like it or you don’t, not a lot of in between. It is, to me, a bit like listening to “A Love Supreme” or Gould’s interpretation of...

I was curious who the “Unknown” mandolinist was on those tracks (I don’t have the cd), he plays some tasty stuff.

This album has me thinking of the first Quintet album: barriers knocked down and...

Got to see the Sam Bush band for the first time this past weekend in Georgetown, KY. Man Sammy puts on a show, tons of energy (for a guy that's, I think 69 years old, he brings the heat), he put an...

I’ve used a tone guard for years. It’s comfortable standing or sitting, don’t even know it’s there anymore.

Backwaters is one of my all time favorite albums of any genre.

Nice! Uh oh...I need an oval hole mando now.

The only “B Natural” song I know of is by Grisman and Ronnie McCoury on the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza cd.

It seems the theatrics are part and parcel of Vulfpeck’s schtick...people having fun for fun’s sake...imagine that. Such gall to not treat every piece of music as if it were Barber’s Adagio for...

I love Dawg’s take on “hardcore” bluegrass. Songs like this and albums like Home Is Where The Heart Is, Bluegrass Reunion...awesome stuff. For my money it’s the perfect, if there is such a thing, mix...

It’s the same with any hobby...be it (for me) fly fishing, fountain pens or watches...you come across a new interest, learn a lot and buy a lot of new stuff (the Internet is all to happy to help you...

I thought this might be about a Rime of the Ancient Mariner mandolin cover.

C'mon now. That break by Bill in the first video is blazing fast and as full of notes as Chris' version...it's no different. If Compton played it like that it'd be hailed as genius rather than the...

Ain't no money in the middle frets.

To paraphrase Wake Frankfield: I been whoopin' these strings like a mule for a week or so. Descriptions of tone and sound are always so difficult due to the specifics of each situation: tonewoods,...

waxin' chumps like a candle.

Vanilla Ice in a CT thread. YES.

10,000 for some folks is play money, for other folks it's a huge chunk of their income. All of these discussions are relative. If it's not taking food off the table, dipping into your emergency fund...

Who is hosting a national radio program? Who has won grammys? Who has won a Macarthur Genius grant? Who gets to travel the world and play the mandolin for thousands of paying customers?

None of us...

I love it when Thile "goes there" if for no other reason because it gets a certain % of this forum riled up and/or scratching their heads.

Fatt-Dad mentioned the really important part: is that a...

I believe it's the first movement to Bach's G minor partita.

So does this mean we all have to get oval holes now?

That's fine but lots of people can't imagine playing ONLY bluegrass all the time. I can't, it'd drive me crazy. For some it's about playing the mandolin and for some it's about using the mandolin as...