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At 67, with 50 years of mandolin playing behind me, I'm glad to be counted among the "young people who misunderstand the mandolin".
Fortunately for me, I stopped worrying about other people's...

thanks journeybear. It's so simple when you know how! Signature corrected.

I have a very similar view on your definition of ignorance. I am a strong proponent of being a lifelong student in everything I care about, so that's a title I can genuinely carry some pride in. From...

Found one for me too. Might make a good band name too if it isn't taken. :)





Gotta look at it the positive way: uniting the online mandolin community under a common banner!

Worth either or both trips.

"So am not dictating what makes a mandolin, was just aware of reading here of crass ignorance of what a mandolin actually is to sum it up. Not what many here would agree, but if they have never been...

The Victorian era ended in 1901. In that time, they also recommended cigarettes for asthma, chloroform for hiccups, cocaine for toothaches, and strychnine as a nice energy booster.



"I am...

Imagine someone shredding on his eight-string in front of a crowd when suddenly one breaks. There are only seven now. The crowd starts screaming.

"What the hell is that?!" wails an old bluegrass...

May I humbly remark that, when using other languages for comparison, one should be careful not to confuse grammatical and natural gender; they are not necessarily identical. A number of grammatically...

In most languages it is feminine.

In Spanish it's feminine - la mandolina
In French it's feminine - la mandoline
in German it's feminine - die mandoline
in Dutch it's feminine
In Russian it's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4

^^^

About 15 years ago I got asked to play the music for the wedding of my wife's friend. She really loved the melody of the above song but the...

I'd get one just for the day pass!

Thanks,enjoyed the videos.

Adam

Interesting. That hand shaper for the neck was like one I worked with raising door panels, friction clamped knife head, not for an unskilled hand or the faint of heart. And the lack of respirators...

This is mainly a guitar page, but he has recorded several very good bluegrass backing tracks.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIkRWuEjn3VK6hdmRrovJdCKX5r7UlEz_&si=v1yDUZHB0CXGOcYE

Tune in question: https://youtu.be/1Ys1Ewa555s?si=u-OKbIC11lI-FLyn

Yes I get confused on up down in out left right these days, it’s pretty neat

When I was young, people would ask what kind of music I played? I would say "contemporary music."

Now, they ask and I say "oldies." Of course, they are the same songs I've played since the 60's!...

Wishing him the best birthday from probably the worst student he ever had.

To take this even further off the beaten path, a friend of mine whose last name is Wolf worked with a number of Mexicans on a landscaping crew who referred to him as Señor El Lobo. So it seems in...

Agree with jb, failed or unfulfilled love inspires more of my songwriting than happiness -- because when you're happy, you're too busy having fun to write a song. :cool:

I've introduced songs from...

Got my ebay Strad-O-Lin today and although the case, alas, doesn’t fit my 2-point SOL (the impetus for bidding), the new mandolin is a nice one. As such, my SAS has quieted slightly and I’ll not be...

FYI, we are not the authors of this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MD4HbKYK8

We'd entertain a batch of khaki in the same unstructured style, just because it's a popular color. Those probably won't get here until we're closer to selling out the black ones which are about 60%...

Great song. Sexton is Dylan and Costello's lead player. A true master of the guitar. That song Sunday Clothes is from circa 1995 on his brilliant solo record Under The Wishing Tree.

"We were...