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I know this metric isn't really applicable in my case, but just for giggles, my keeper has a perceived value to me of about $3500 and I spent about $250,000 to get it. So that's a QPR of .014.

#1 - Sunburst GBOM - (MB logo)
#2 - Sunburst A4 with Virzi
#3 - Natural top GBOM with Carp inlay for Dave Firestine
#4 - 2-point Piccolo for son James Black (JAMES inlayed in the fingerboard)
#5...

I'll help fill in the Early ones. :)

#1 - Sunburst GBOM - (MB logo)
#2 - Sunburst A4 with Virzi
#3 - Natural top GBOM with Carp inlay for Dave Firestine
#4 - 2-point Piccolo for son James...

Emory is one the greatest people we've had the privilege to work with and learn from. Such an original artist with a sensibility about music that we find very inspirational and innovative. He's truly...

Thanks for the refresher on your current holdings, Jim! My own progression looks like the following:

1998 Mid-Missouri M0 (sold to Dan)
1984 Flatiron 1N (sold to Rex)
2009 Redline Traveler...

Jim that's . . . uh . . . yeah, that's awesome!

I bought my first mandolin on a whim a couple years ago, a MarkStern taterbug, knowing nothing about mandolins, and found the cafe when researching...

Jim, you're my hero.

JClover, the fretboard has a 12" radius which is pretty flat compared to a compound radius starting at 7.5" at the nut and ending at 12" at the end. The nut is 28mm width. Nice spacing between the...

Music is not only the $ dividend...
Today I visited relatives at an old age home, pulled out my mandolin while sitting in the garden and played.
The joy, the smiles, along with facilitating the...

I've come to the realization that like most people I'll never make a dime playing the mandolin. I'll never play gigs and that I will never equal the ability of Sam Bush etc. I do not have a...

Here's a cool TED talks video on how playing music is particularly good for your brain. Lord knows I'll take all the help I can get! :confused:

Ha! That's brilliant, Jim! It's not just me, then (good to know!). This could take mandolin conosuership to a whole new level. Sounds like MT-O #3080 is of great vintage. ;)

Not related, exactly, but on the new season of American Idol, more than one woman in the crowds went out of her way to mention how good Keith Urban smelled! As a stinky, old redneck, I couldn't help...

If you like it better, it is the better mandolin for you. Forget the price, forget the name, play what you like.

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I am lucky to have one of the first M's from the good folks at Northfield, and it's great. I was about to buy it, and my wife intercepted the process and gave...

Here is my first all blonde A4. I think it turned out pretty nice.

Engelmann spruce top and one-piece curly red maple back.

Whatever I'm playing today. Tomorrow a different one. I just took my Weber Gallatin "sopranolin" out and played at our little Tunes By the Tracks concert series, so it's my favorite for this week....

Policy Wise , Rather than the Professional Orchestras , a restoring funding to budgets for music in schools should come first..

The article had this question:

" If more string players cannot afford good quality instruments, will UK and European orchestras lose their pre-eminence on the world stage, as more instruments...

I am helping a high school student restore a cheap banjo. It was broken and someone tried to fix it with gorilla glue and did a terrible job. We got it apart and are going to fix it for him to play....

Yep, I guess that's why everyone that doesn't play a Lloyd Loar Gibson sounds like crap - they just aren't spending enough and need a wealthy benefactor/bank to provide one. The preciousness of the...

The very idea of a music fund is itself elitist, and also a complete waste of money. As Shaun points out, they should invest in new builders - they would get much cheaper, better quality instruments,...

Saw this on Facebook from Ellis, thought I'd share it here:

http://www.themandolinplayer.net/pava-knesevic

Here's a new one I just sent to cafe member Mike, who was very patient during the first, second, and third finishing processes this instrument went through. Turns out ziricote is a finicky wood to...

I have been wanting an oval hole for a while. Got this Weber Gallatin A Oval delivered yesterday. More detailed review to follow when I get the time.

http://youtu.be/IRblaZuqCxc