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Everything is free now
That's what they say
Everything I ever done
Gonna give it away
Someone hit the big score
They figured it out
That we're gonna do it anyway
Even if it doesn't pay.....
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Tommy seems to be on a mandolinist collaboration thing lately. This is nothing but beautiful.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlEbEBId9CQ

As far as I'm concerned, SJ will always be 'one of us' with a special place here at the Cafe. What a privilege to watch a talented and groundbreaking young musician mature and grow musically, try new...

NC and CT are always conversation starters here. Since they are never just repeating the same sounds that can either invigorate or dismay listeners. I really enjoyed watching the video where Mr....

Great album.

The Story of Isaac, in particular, is an incredible song.

Isn't that kind of a low bar to clear?

Bill Monroe At 0:08 .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkR_DYAlYSQ

Just came across this jam session video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU52XDSqBGM

Thanks for the list of songs to check out. I have a couple of PB albums, but only listened to them once. This will give me a more targeted exploration of their music.


I agree about the new NC...

That was mine up until last winter. I bought it new, so I had it for most of its life, twelve years. TME sold it for me after I acquired another Heiden. Not sure to who, but I think another Cafe...

Canada strictly enforces the rules about importing ivory and other materials from endangered species, not just to stop the present harvest but to eliminate the market completely. The idea being that...

The online music journal where I work, San Francisco Classical Voice, mostly covers classical music, opera, and jazz, with occasional forays into folk and traditional music from around the globe.
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I read this thread before the blind test, so I went in knowing which was which. To my ears, you have two very nice sounding mandolins! Your Eastman proves (once again) that they are not just...

Reina Del Cid are my favourite Patreon project. Well worth an explore
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReinaDelCid/videos

excellent covers and original material too. Good sense of humour too.
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Late '21 and '22 had all the Loar era improvements except the thinner necks and snakehead headstock. My '22 A2 has a paddle head, truss rod, adjustable bridge, and sounds great. I had an earlier A...

I think '22 saw the introduction of the truss rod .. starting at the top A/F4 ..

My A4 has but the brown A 0 does not.

Press F10 to get to the mixer and select whatever instrument you want. My experience is if you set the instrument to the mandolin at the beginning or use the mandolin template I think somebody...

My observation is that how the instrument has been kept for the last 98 years seems to have as great if not greater impact on the sound than the differences the models had 98 years ago. Has it been...

I've always thought that on the average, the teens mandolins are a bit more responsive, as long as you find a good one. Others may not agree with me.

Generally speaking, snakeheads have smaller...

So, here are my answers:



The introduction of the truss rod in that era allowed for more narrow “modern” neck profiles.



I have read from luthiers I’d trust to know that graduations of...

It. Is. Finished! The world's first recording of the complete Bach Cello Suites on mandolin is done! It's not perfect, but it's complete! If I had tried for the perfection of Chris Thile, or Carlo...

Sorry... fell a little behind posting my recent recordings! This one wasn't as fun for me. It's really hard to get the different melodic lines to come through, and the fingerings and playability of...

It could be because people have been listening more with their ears than their eyes, so to speak, ;) and have come to the realization that ... A models sound fuller than the flashy looking F models....

Now it's just a matter of teaching the culture that intelligence, aesthetics, humanities . . . matters. :popcorn: