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  1. Current state of the art flat top mandolin

    This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...
  2. A customer playing a baroque mandolin I built

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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...
  3. Mandolinist wins Celtic Connections 2024 Young musician prize

    Calum McIlroy, the winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2024, performs G Iomain na Gamhna for crowds in Glasgow’s


    https://youtu.be/JFTqiVEjK-Q?feature=shared

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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    Demo by The Pickpockets' Dante Giacobassi

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  5. Re: RECOVERED: Stolen Gibson F-4 Mandolin Serial #66824

    Last week the top brace repair was completed by Tom Crandall and I went back to the city and picked it up at the shop. We raised the action a bit and it sounded and played great. I asked Tom what...
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    Re: RIP Tom Smothers

    The Smother’s Brothers were an incredible influence my life. The hard part of getting old is seeing the people you love and respect leave this world. They were as good as it could get.
  7. RECOVERED Re: Stolen Gibson F-4 Mandolin Serial #66824

    My lost 1922 Gibson F4 mandolin has been found, here is the story…

    Last week I received an email correspondence, through my website, from a operations supervisor of a retailers distribution...
  8. Re: Waverley Bar session, Edinburgh, December 2023

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWx4SBHYQls


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1xX1t3oNf0


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dPg8XL_tg
  9. Waverley Bar session, Edinburgh, December 2023

    A few videos from a regular session, led by top Scottish singer/guitarist George Duff, where ex Tannahill Weaver/Ossian/Easy Club fiddle maestro John Martin can be heard. And the legendary Cathal...
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    Odd mandolin

    Happy holidays, everyone. I noticed this very odd mandolin in a vintage photo for sale on ebay. The headstock looks like a Gibson; maybe the body is not original. Any thoughts?

    Here's the whole...
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    Re: What's GDAE and audible in a session?

    That's not fair maxr - the bodhran players always know it.
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    Re: What's GDAE and audible in a session?

    It’s basically very easy Max. For your benefit atnd that of our American cousins -

    You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when...
  13. Re: My visit to Northfield Mandolins and Elderly Instruments

    One more observation about Northfield before commenting and a few pics of Elderly Instruments. Of all of the NF mandolins I played I really fell in love with one of the Artist series models. But the...
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    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

    This will probably be my last Christmas-related recording for the year. Here's a frantic version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed on my Weber octave mandolin.

    Thanks for listening and...
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    Re: Why is bluegrass played so fast?

    Some of us only play it half-fast.
  16. Free irish Session Tunebook Out For Community Comment!

    Hey All,

    My music teacher and I developed an Irish trad tunebook that we're putting out here for all to use. I know there’s already a few out there, but this one’s ours! It contains tabs and...
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    Re: TSA mandolin incident

    It's nice to have an instrument that looks good in black & white. :))

    https://cdn.artcld.com/img/w_1920,h_1920,c_fit/1328eoj90scnpzjdo9ie.jpg
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    Re: TSA mandolin incident

    After having my carry-on luggage strip searched a few times a kindly TSA agent pointed out that my harmonicas in their case look just like gun magazines on the x ray. Now I pull them out and keep the...
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    TSA mandolin incident

    Was flying today and had one of my mandos with me, an f-style, in a soft case.

    After it went through the X-ray machine, the TSA agent operating the X-ray said "Sir, what kind of guitar is this?"
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    The Folksmen - Start Me Up

    So in the spirit of something you don't see everyday...:mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGqo_yFQoU8
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    Re: Antique Photo of a Mandolin of the Day

    Jim, let's see if the quote sticks this time...
    I don't recall how a search for some songs led me to your post of the New York Herald news clip, but that's what I sent to the Library of Congress...
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    The long road back begins at last

    In late September last year, I nearly chopped off the index and middle fingers of my left hand with my table saw. The blade cut cleanly through the tendons, bone and nerves,leaving only some skin and...
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    Re: Sinéad O'Connor

    No one compares to her. What a fabulous, thrilling, emotionally charged performance. One for the ages. Now she's for the ages. :(

    Rest in peace, restless soul.

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    Re: Post a pic of your cat sleeping in your case

    RIP Smudge, the best cat I ever knew and champion sampler of catnip mandolins. 4/1/06 - 6/6/23

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  25. Clip of Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) from our full gig video

    A fun gig was had last week, here's a short clip of us playing Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

    You can click through and see the full video, as well (song names and timestamps in the...
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