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I feel like I've been cancelled! How about you?

Nice music, great road trip!

Best to you these days and may they be filled with as much peace as is possible.

As we all know, if you get a 5-string, and have it in standard G tuning for bluegrass, it will be a different experience for your brain. The brain craves novelty and learning new things. It will be...

I liken the Lloyd Loars to paintings by the Old Masters. You know they are old, you know the artist, there are only so many of them, and they hold a lot of meaning in the art world. Sure, you can get...

I wonder if you got a 5 string banjo, could you tune strings 1,2,3,4 to a tenor banjo tuning, and tune the 5th string to a note that would compliment the tenor banjo tuning. You'd probably get a...

If you wash you hands before playing it helps. You may think that you don't need to, but you may be wrong.

I've played three (3) Derrington F5 models, and there was a marked difference in tone and appearance. So I'm sure there are marked differences between Derrington and Harvey. There are marked...

If memory serves me well, there were six (6) Red Diamond "Replicas" made, plus one to the owner (John Reischman), so there are seven of them out there. At the Red Diamond website the Reischman...

In the classifieds, Lowell Levinger wants to trade a 1923 Gibson F-5 Loar signed July 9, 1923 for electric and solar installation work on his house. Man oh man, do I wish I were/was an electrician!

I may have missed it in the video, and it looks like it, is that Red Diamond the "Reischman Replica" model that was made specifically for John? Some years ago John Reischman told me he sold it to...

Has anyone done MORE for acoustic music than DG, regarding playing/performing, creating, preserving, and getting music to the world (Acoustic Disc company = CDs, etc. for sale to the public)? Happy...

"Dawg Pound," haven't heard that one before. LIKE! Same thing happened to me in the 1980's when I discovered Mr. G. in the SF Bay area. Nice picture.

Yes, there are many victims who "hear with their eyes." Just my opinion. Wonder who has that Dudenbostel now?

"Incredible" - Adjective: Impossible to believe. Synonyms: Unbelievable, beyond belief.
Adjective: Difficult to believe. Synonyms: Magnificent, marvelous, spectacular,...

Check out "Mandolin Mondays" on YouTube. Everyone plays solo.

Be grateful for what you have, and be grateful for what you are going to have....

Glad you are enjoying your Ellis Mike. What other high-end/well known makers of mandolins did you try before choosing the Ellis?

How about, "Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe," record/cd. You could do Bill's mandolin breaks.

Looks like #13 is for sale at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville.

It's a 2,333 mile drive for me....

"Be yourself, and be yourself the best you can. Everybody else is taken."

That mandolin has Punch brother!

Hang in there Michael, you've gone through a lot. You are one of the best, hope to see you around Grass Valley at the 2020 FDF Bluegrass Festival, maybe just as an attendee to take in everything that...

How does the F model compare to the A model regarding volume and tone?