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Our bluegrass Gospel band was asked to do a wedding and reception a few years ago. We've started the wedding processional with Canon in D, and then when the bride and her entourage began coming in...

Mine is an endoscope. Uses bluetooth to connect to a pad or phone; requires charging (permanent LI battery). It came with a 25' cable which of course is way too long, but it works fine as long as I...

My F-9 came to me with its original V-profile. My left thumb ached every time I played it, and for hours after. I put up with it for a few years, then I got my MK mandolin which has a C-profile, and...

This is a wonderful quote!

As anyone who jams regularly knows, the toughest thing is to be first in line to take a break after a new song is started. :grin:

One must learn how to listen, and...

Regarding trying to keep up with anyone playing anything, everyone is at a certain level in their playing, so there's that; yes, keep practicing.

But the other thing is what arrangement of a...

On my main playing mandolin (F-9) I use a Cumberland ebony armrest. It matches my ebony fingerboard, ebony bridge and ebony pick guard.

On my travel mandolin (MK) I use a Cumberland rosewood...

Since this thread is still active and the furor has died down, I'll defend my thoughts in my earlier post, just a little...

First, I would never suggest that someone who likes the sound of new...

For an instrument with such a small neck joint and 8 high tension strings, it scares me to think of using a strap connection anywhere on the neck, especially when there's such a good place on the...

My first mandolin experience extending from the mid 70s to the mid 80s was not very satisfying. I didn't get along with 5ths tuning at all -- I am not a violin player and really have minimal...

As someone who has one, if a beater mandolin sounds good, plays easily and has the setup you like, you'll probably still feel bad if it's lost or destroyed. Being inexpensive or easy to replace...

For those waiting to make a decision one way or another about trigger fingers, you might notice that the triggering affects gross movement more than fine movement of the fingers. For instrument...

Just as counterpoint, as a pick guard lover, if it were me I'd put it back on, but I'd make sure that it was mounted higher so that it won't sink back into the top, short of having the pick guard...

I use nylon strings on a ca 1889 SS Stewart American Princess 5 string classic banjo and it sounds wonderful. I would expect the same result with a mandolin banjo strung with 4 nylon strings,...

Very good question. To some the answer may be clear and absolute, others not so much...

Here are some advantages of not looking at any hands while playing...

1) You can watch the people you...

Maybe this applies, maybe not... If it doesn't apply, sorry for the disruption.

We live in an arid environment in Southern California and sent my wife's 1989 D-41 to a prominent Martin Certified...

I've actually had a number of D'A plain string loops slip, right out of the box, and as mentioned, the sideways string hooks do tend to help with that. I'm no longer using that kind of tailpiece...

I agree, great article!!! Thank you for posting!!!

About what would've happened???

There would have still been bluegrass, but you can bet people would have been playing different mandolins.
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As someone who has watched Gibson's somewhat historic banjo production and their Dobro production reduce to a dribble and finally end with the 2010 flood, it wouldn't surprise me if Gibson stopped...

Yup... Forum texts are forever. Media clips come and go with the wind and the tides.

I think we were pretty lucky to be able to participate in that sale. It seems like that kind of thing only...

You're very welcomed. (If you've read it in only an hour, it's time to re-read it again more carefully.) :grin:

I can't give you a complete history, but if I remember correctly, at one time they retailed for just under $1K(US).

In 2016 a number of us here got in on a $199(US) blow out sale from Musician's...

Sorry I didn't catch this post earlier...

I'm still hosting and administering a Wernick-style JamKazam bluegrass jam at 4pm Pacific Time daily. This jam has been active since the onset of the...

Yes!

My 2002 F-9's nitro finish is either extremely soft or extremely thin, or maybe both. It (or the underlying stain) has a nice dark tea color which I like (no sunburst), but it mars,...

I'd say measure what you want to accomplish.

If you're playing music with your daughter and she is reading music to do so, you would do best to also read music. On the other hand, if she cannot...

Chris Cerna, a dear friend of ours. We just caught him, his wife and his drummer playing jazz sets at Eddie V's in Palm Desert last Sunday night. Bluegrass, jazz, classical, Gospel... They always...