Really what it comes down to for me is tone per $. The simple math is that in most cases you can move up the chain of builders if you get an A. The idea being that the more expensive the builder the...
Really what it comes down to for me is tone per $. The simple math is that in most cases you can move up the chain of builders if you get an A. The idea being that the more expensive the builder the...
Bluegrass today just released a statement saying Jesse McReynolds is under hospice care and isn’t expected to live much longer.
Sad news, one of the greats to say the least, that just leaves Bobby...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bO-dTVdk0w
An anniversary so important in the history of mandolin it has few equals, so we celebrate today.
March 2, 1984 - Mockumentary This is Spinal Tap released featuring the hilarious mandolin-themed...
some might say neither can I...
I liken it to Piazzola , its in its own genre and while widely respected its not played as much as other contemporary forms, the die-hard listening and performing...
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I'LL ASK YOU JUST ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BYRDS. TELL ME HOW IT FELT WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD SONGS LIKE "PSYCHODRAMA CITY" AND "IT HAPPENS EACH DAY" CRAWLING OUT OF THE VAULTS...
RIP. I never had any correspondence with Bob, but I always enjoyed the instruments he posted in the classifieds. Some cool and obscure instruments.
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...
No problem. I’m just glad I didn’t have another L to have to cut out on the inlay.
Couldn't detect the hand injury-- but you know how you played prior. Sounds great! Sorry about the accident and here's wishing you continued healing. Your playing will surely help, Old Growth. That...
You can view the page at https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/content/890-New-Music-from-Acoustic-Disc-Dave-Apollon-Complete-Recordings-1960-1965
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I'd say mission accompilshed! You and that Pava sound wonderful and and inspire us all...:mandosmiley:
A little Bach anyone? My humble effort despite Parkinson’s causing my coordination gradually to degrade. I had fun working on this and the video was a goal I made for myself several years ago. ...
Ashokan Farewell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZbPGovMOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZbPGovMOI
More foot-tappers. Hope you guys all enjoy this Northumberland tune as much as I did playing it.
Lot of traffic in the background but the recorder, a Zoom H6 seems to have reduced it quite a bit.
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Bob....I don't know where you heard that I had plans to retire. That's NOT my plan. I have stopped taking custom orders but will continue to build what I want on my own schedule, then offering them...
Unfortunately, nowhere to purchase either, although you can stream AIA on Take's bluegrass channel.
https://youtu.be/67LNck_WB90
Arrggh! You're reminding me that I haven't listened to it 10 years, maybe more. So now its something ELSE that I have to find around here!
About 30-40 years ago we began seeing instruments made in China arriving at a music store near you. They were poorly made and the wood was terribly green when they used it. They did not cost much,...
Who cares??? An item as personal as a musical instrument should be evaluated on its own merits, regardless of its country of origin. If you were offered an original signed Loar (USA) or Stradivari...
Yup. Stan and Lily Werbin were just on the Mandolins and Beer podcast, and they talked about that mando. Apparently, quite a few former Elderly repair people are now working in Northfield's...
My Gibson 2003 Gibson DMM. I will never own another mandolin. Hard to believe we have been mates for nearly 20 years.
I have two. The first is a mandolin I built in 2001 based on a combination of a Lyon & Healy bell shaped tiple and style A mandolin. The second is a Girouard F-5 #83 built in 2014.
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