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It has taken a long time with my extremely tight schedule, but the results are worth it! The Martin has a some minor fret buzz higher on the neck on a couple of strings, but they both sound and play...

I also ordered one from him a couple of weeks before Christmas. His work looks great and I'm sure it will be beautiful. He finally wrote back and explained the situation, I also wish him the best...

Here is a thread that speaks directly to this. A few years ago I refinished my Legacy O model. It is an earlier instrument made in Korea so I'm not sure what finish they are using now but this older...

My Bass playing Dad, Harry Babasin was a very good friend of Barney's and they played together on many recordings... Thanks for posting!

My Dad was a pioneer of Jazz Pizzicato cello in the 50s and he did tune to fourths... This is a fun old TV show from the LA area. The intro is very silly but the band is pretty cool! PS, I think...

NFI... This one looks very similar (I think maybe the same model) and apparently sold at this published amount... maybe in 2009? I guess this one was owned by Doyle Lawson which probably increases...

Blues guitarist Doyle Bramhall II (has played with Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others), plays (amazingly well) left handed but on a right-handed and right-strung guitar.

Songs I write, songs I like...

Hey MysTiK! Thanks, that Martin is quite amazing, it is for my son and he wants it finished with a sunburst but I'm going to try and keep it lighter so you can see the grain in the dark areas.

For...

I've been working on a '34 Martin R18 for over a year now and it is coming together nicely. When my son found it it was a basket-case. The neck had jack-knifed into the top destroying the neck block...

If you don't like them, don't use them. I like them, I use them. I don't play Bluegrass. I play a fusion of Jazzy-Folk Americana, and they provide a palette of tonal variety and subtle control for my...

I suppose it depends what sound quality you are pursuing. For my style of playing I prefer a round smooth Jazzier tone like Dawg and yes, I do use these picks. You can get a loud but mellower sound,...

Peter, your instruments sound great, beautiful tone. This recording is wonderful I love it! It reminds me of Fairport Convention... Will this be released some time, or is it primarily to demo your...

I think the top has Bear-Claw markings in the grain, not bad necessarily, actually kind of cool.
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However, it does need to be said that mandolin is totally, decidedly, undeniably freaking awesome!!!

I think we're all hoping for Grateful Grandson to come back and talk to us, or show up on Pawn Stars, American Pickers or Antiques Roadshow!!

Really nice recordings!! Love them!

Martian Folk Music... This is what I'm talking about!!


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

I had fun this last weekend. For months now I have been working on a 1934 Martin R-18 archtop guitar with and for my Son (It is coming out great BTW!). Been anxious to get back to mandolins and while...

Ha,ha,ha, I didn't know it was a quiz, and I don't exactly know the answer to the second question. Looking at it, it looks very Gibsonesque, but the scroll seems a little open to me, and Gibson's...

On the way to work I was listening to NPR Morning Addition, and there was a very nice piece on the Punch Brothers, featuring Chris Thile's mandolin playing and genre-hopping creativity. Very cool to...

Very Cool, good song, the mandolin sounds great, thanks! I grew up in the Valley and went to Poly H.S.!

That reminds me of a Bonzo Dog Band quote... "Hey, you got a light mac? No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat" (loosely translated from the memory, of a 63 year old Perry)

Burns kinda woody, very dry and throaty. Very balanced flame, with good heat along the midrange...