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    Re: Church Praise Band Question

    I haven't played in a church band since the 1980s, but based upon my guitarist brother's experience, your post is spot on. There are a lot of electric guitar players out there looking for steady...
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    Re: Church Praise Band Question

    My experience is that contemporary church music has fossilized into a standard format that rarely contains a melody line of significance, and is geared towards keyboards, electric guitar, and...
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    Re: Christmastime is Here - NMD

    Eric, on Steve's FB page there are photos of your mandolin during construction. Go down to 13 November 2022. That myrtle back is gorgeous! Hoping that you can post a video so we can hear how the pine...
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    Re: Clip-on mic vs Removable Pickup

    I have used a Schertler Dyn-M contact mic that is attached with a green putty and does not mar the mandolin top. I zip tie a small 48-V phantom power box on my mic stand and send both vocal mic and...
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    Re: Sighting of Our Fearless Leader!

    The problem with that photo is that no matter how hard I try, I can't hear anything. :whistling:
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    Re: 30 tunes you should know!

    Very interesting video, thanks for posting.

    My choice would be "Whiskey Before Breakfast".
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    Re: R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett

    For sure. So come on Greg, write a song about wastin' away in Minnesnowda, searching for your lost tater tot casserole recipe, or something like that. :))
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    Re: R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett

    Yes I liked his songs; he was a true story teller.

    And then I found one of his novels, A Salty Piece of Land, in a library book sale for maybe $0.50 or $1 and found it thoroughly enjoyable. He was...
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    Re: Binging

    I opened this thread because I was curious about what was being suggested "to bing" continuously. :))

    I think you meant, "bingeing" as in "to binge" continuously (gerund).

    Sorry, hard not to...
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    Re: seeking modern bluegrass suggestions

    There are some "good, modern, progressive" players who more likely drew from the jazz and violin world: Don Stiernberg, Isaac Eicher, Jason Anick, Paul Glasse, and Aaron Weinstein, for example.

    I...
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    Re: Isaac Eicher teaches gypsy jazz

    One of my favorite songs to play is "Night in Paris", a Gypsy style tune written by Isaac's father Shelby Eicher. Just studying the chord choices is a lesson in gypsy jazz/swing.
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    Re: Calypso Mandolin

    JB, this is the first calypso mandolin that I ever heard. And it is easily one of my favorite Dawg tunes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0lTd939Dd8
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    Re: Physics and not-banjos

    Or it could be the Heisenberg Banjo Uncertainty Principle: When one is playing the banjo, they shouldn't be observed. Conversely, if one is being observed, they shouldn't be playing the banjo.
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    Re: Do I need a mandola?

    So you're saying that 4 + 4 = 5?? :))
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    Re: Mando repairs near St.Pete?

    So, pheffernan, you didn't get blown away by Ian. Good to see.

    You know, that's a lot of mandolins to keep track of. Just sayin'. ;)

    1979 Givens A
    2015 Black A2z
  16. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    I sat next to Dick Kimmel at a jam session a couple of years back and he showed me his LaPlant. Nice mandolin. I also got to play someone else's LaPlant for a couple of minutes at a different...
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    Re: Small PA setups

    I LOVE those line array systems. But, like dhergert, I ended up buying myself a Roland Cube Street EX which I was using in a trio (sometimes quartet) since everyone else had their own amplification....
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    I have only had access to a few mandolins to hold, so I will have to say that the Monteleone A-model Radio Flyer is at the top of my list for nice:
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  19. Re: Resources for learning gypsy jazz / dawg style music

    I think you meant Django Fakebook, correct? Yeah, I downloaded that a while ago and it is good for the chords and basic melodies.

    I would be surprised if Django had a Facebook page! :)) (Yes, I...
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    Re: Temperature and Outdoor Gigs

    Use sweat bands on your wrists like the ones used by basketball players. I found that it keeps sweat from running down my arms and onto my palms and the instrument.

    Even in the heat, I use my best...
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    Re: guitar returned after 45 years

    Wow! Amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

    "You ain't seen nothing yet ...."
  22. Re: Best places for live traditional music in Dublin, Edinburgh

    I had the good fortune of spending a week in Edinburgh one August back in .... forgot the year. Anyway, it was during the Fringe Festival, and I was in an apartment motel in the the Holyrood area...
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    Re: What's in public domain these days?

    Charlie, you should check on some of the W.C. Handy tunes. If I remember correctly, both "St. Louis Blues" and "Beale Street Blues" are off copyright, for example.
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    Re: tuning machine ratios

    I have a couple of mandolins. The 1979 Givens has 26:1 ratio which allows me to fine tune the pitch of each string. The 2015 Black has 16:1 tuners, which I find I have to mess with a bit more often...
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    Re: Introducing the Sorensen Electric AXE

    What, no scroll?

    ;)
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