While researching books on the history of the mandolin in Irish folk music, I came across the book "The Northern Fiddler" by Allen Feldman and Éamonn O'Doherty from 1979, an extraordinary compilation...
While researching books on the history of the mandolin in Irish folk music, I came across the book "The Northern Fiddler" by Allen Feldman and Éamonn O'Doherty from 1979, an extraordinary compilation...
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Here's some of mine. Same model. Def a project. Repaired heel. Back was replaced by former owner, nice enough mahogany veneer, nailed on and (flat). Yep,...
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I wasn't sure where to put this since it's not technically a video of me. It's also both lutherie/builder content and a video. Hopefully this is OK.
Here's some pictures of the...
I now have three different Stromberg Voisinet mandolins, none of which have a complete set of functioning tuners. The nicer two have mahogany sides and back (laminate?) while the other appears to be...
https://youtu.be/JMKVCkVqJYg?si=iKkuwkuL_PD0UxFm
Saw this, thought it was interesting, as it's the three mandolins I'm considering for my "lifetime mandolin."
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Lately I’ve been listening to and playing Waynesboro.
https://youtu.be/D7N9qnFQU5E?si=DjT8CZzVgRiPTZml
I am pretty much finished with the rebuild if the 1660's Harmony/Regal tenor guitar. The process was a great learning experience, and I did make a few mistakes, but in the end, it turned out OK. ...
Nyckelharpa #1 complete. Failed to make a bow on time, so still don't know what it sounds like. Pretty pleased with the aesthetics, though.
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I quite often do some practise when I'm finishing my breakfast. This is a Scottish jig called The Lads O' Dunse, played on my powerful wee Collings mandolin.
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They had a mando tasting at Monroe Camp. Here's Compton playing my Heiden A5. Why doesn't it sound like this when I play it? :)
https://youtu.be/B-aQoOSy2VM
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I have been following Tuba Skinny (New Orleans trad jazz) through YouTube vids for years ; today I learned that Robin Rapuzzi, their washboard player, plays mandolin. His trio, Rapuzzi Glo Worms,...
I thought you all might enjoy this video we made about a really cool piece of Gibson history featuring a mandolin built and signed by Orville Gibson himself! We've got it hanging in our shop on loan...
New mandolin (well mandolins) day. One of Peter Coombe's Classical Flattop mandolins arrived today (and an Eastman MD304, MDA315 & MDO305 have also just arrived but haven't been opened yet).
The...
All that is just my cheap excuse for posting.
The best bit is three-quarters in (whole thing's only a minute.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZXTMuBDf4
Hi Mick, William,
Thanks both so much for coming back to me.
I've just spoken with my Uncle. So the story of the mandolin goes back to my Grandad. He got married to his wife in 1936. They...
Posting this on behalf of a friend of the family. As many of you are aware, Bob Page was a frequent name in the Classifieds and posted a lot of instruments and was a true friend to the mandolin...
Pour one out for this guy. I've never seen somebody admit they were wrong on the internet before. Hat off to you, sir!
I just stumbled across these guys, very nice....
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She really is good, you know.
Well, we all know that of course, but honestly, just watch how she covers the whole of the fretboard, watch how effortlessly she uses her pinky - indeed her whole...
Ah, just what I don't need, another mandolin. However as soon as I saw this in the classifieds from our friends at Elderly, it clicked all the boxes. Plus it looked too pristine to be true ... but it...
For a fiddle I wouldn't be bothered much about bridge height unless it is way too low to be able to play the outer strings cleanly (that's actually the main reason for high bridge, the tension effect...
This is my Oliver Ditson. I’ve had it for 30 years. Recently my house burned down but it survived. You can see where it was on the stand and the small spots on the back wasn’t effected! Still sounds...
The quartet has been strung up and making some very pleasant musical sounds.
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