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Hi Everyone,

Update on the 6-month young John Hamlett two-point: it's awesome, lol. That's the update. Just restrung it with Mangan 11.5s, straightened the truss rod, and tweaked the bridge and...

Great stuff Guys! Here's some Freddie King I did this morn'n. There's little bit of SRV in there, because that's where I learned it:grin:.:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-CFGkKjWo

Gots another for ya’. This is Jimmy Reed’s “This is the Last Time.” The trick to this one was converting the guitar string bends to single mandolin notes. Plus, there is a lot of instrumentation...

Here's another one: Watson Blues!

https://youtu.be/qVOl0S60cHc

Good stuff Sam, I’m embedding it here for you

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Blues Grateful Dead style... Dupree's Diamond Blues

https://youtu.be/wfJU4xbHuNM

So happy about all of this chatter. Thanks again to Marc for providing so much great material. You're a true stylist, Marc!

Here's "Done Somebody Wrong," an Elmore James song. I recently listened...

Kevin, where I’m living now, internet is spotty, plus I’m lazy … I’ve been immersed in the blues recently and hopefully will find time to post new stuff; in the meantime here are a few I put up in...

Hi Everyone,

Hope you’re well. :-)

This is a clip from a gig last Saturday night. We played at Pine Grove Hall in Pine Grove Mills, PA, a great little place with a stellar sound system complete...

Hi All!

I am on the tail end of my first build (from a stew mac kit) and I finally made an account so I could pop in to thank this community for all their help. Lurking and searching on this...

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Sitting on the deck playing my Capek A5. And looking North .....
We have all had some trying times but don't forget to look up!

Just remember that when you first saw a guy in bib overalls dancing with a racoon, the music was Aretha Frankin...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwyuXI-5QIQ

It's doubtful that anyone here would remember this one. I Think I posted pictures of it back in the early part of this century when I finished it. Serial # 007.
(My sense of humor slips right past a...

Hi all,

I'm so excited by the new mandolin I just received from genius luthier, Oliver Apitius. In my opinion, there is no mandolin that is better suited to Jazz. And it plays like a dream. I...

I won't ever play at a level where anything I currently own hinders my skill. Desire for some other mandolins as objects still grips me from time to time but, I have my signature line for a reason!
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This is the "Jeanette Greene" mandolin. It was purchased in over 100 years ago by Meredith Green in San Diego, CA, and went to her daughter, Jeanette, when she was in her 'teens. Jeanette stopped...

Nothing Shaking on Shakedown Street

Love any excuse to play these D minor 9 chords. Thought I'd share them.

I didn't include the C or dominant 7th but you can throw them in there but I like...

While we're waiting, here's a delightful performance from Maurizio Vitagliani, a member from Italy, with an intriguing pickless technique, or mixture of techniques. I don't even know what to call...

I understand the problem. I have an inexpensive pair of diagonal wire cutters in my mandolin kit, that leaves a little burr as you describe. Diagonal wire cutters may be slightly better than pliers,...

Good one...even better - what if he never stopped playing his first bowlback mandolin?

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/132380-Bill-Monroe-Bowlback-Challenge

"In the wonderful...

After initiating a thread on Stiver mandolins when I ordered mine one year ago and now having had in my possession mine after nearly three months I thought a review was in order. I would like to do a...

I recently purchased a Collings MT2-V. During the purchase process I played the same instrument with both TI's and EJ74's. I am a very big fan of TI flat wound strings. I preferred them on a Flatiron...

You forgot mandolins opening up/waking up :))

I'll take a look! If it's been done and the community has access to it, then saves me time to not duplicate any effort :)

I'll offer my opinion anyway (without recordings). Setup is a Silverangel...

I never cared much about reading notation, until I started learning things that tabs were not readily available for.
For example, I got into some Brazillian Choro thanks to Mike Marshall. He tabbed...