Old Growth, I’d love to see the Ned Alderman article, as I’ve never come across it. Daryl, the Fretboard Journal number is 38. (It inexplicably didn’t but absolutely should have listed the...
Old Growth, I’d love to see the Ned Alderman article, as I’ve never come across it. Daryl, the Fretboard Journal number is 38. (It inexplicably didn’t but absolutely should have listed the...
Mine is from 2006. I’ve had it since ‘07 or ‘08. My friend had an ‘04 I believe that turned me onto Heidens. All excellent instruments. I don’t see myself ever selling mine. It’s been there through a...
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Congratulations! You and the Mandolin Cafe team have created something really special, and valuable. I know I'm not alone in appreciating how much this means musically and socially. One of...
I prefer the simplicity and think A-styles look better. YMMV.
Peter Ostroushko, while not a critic of F style, definitely favored A style, and was very vocal about that. I own mostly Fs but I also own some As and have had a few over the years. As far as sound...
I was recording a couple of tunes for a customer so they could hear their mandolin in the white before I put finish on it, so I figured I could kill two birds with one stone and record a couple of...
With friends like this, who needs top notch Nashville session players!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hanj-eGbpA
You can get 99 to 101% of the same tone, volume, etc from an A with F holes compared to an F with F holes, if they are built by the same luthier with the same wood selection. You just don't get the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiPxo0HU85c&list=PLfVJFlwdgw7Xl0hrn_CVMwY7MJxksplSZ
Since inception this site has attempted to serve as an oasis, a respite from the rest of the world, a place to relax, let down and get away from a lot of complicated news, hot button topics, and many...
Mike organized this with his ArtistWorks students. He wrote out parts and recorded guide tracks for us and then we all recorded our parts. Another student put the video all together. It was a fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp48Uma0kwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlh9qX73jc
Just a Nugget, that is all I ask.
Wow...
From Sierra's Facebook page: Packing for 22 days on the road starting tomorrow! Took a break from laundry to play my new Clark Mandolins octave mandolin. I’ve been recently obsessed with...
Here ya go......
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A few pics of "young" folkies for anyone interested in any of these guys.
The requisite mandolin photo - Jethro Burns with Steve Goodman
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Bill Monroe appeared at Newport Folk the year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4AA9yYN7HY
Just came across this. Too much fun. Then again Sam always has that.
My third time through today. It just gets better every time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=762hSQJSJWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeqWxeQ4Wu0
Hey have you all seen the Jansch "retrospective"? I see there are but 11K views so it prbly hasn't been out too awfully long.. https://youtu.be/DONv5nqjbsE
Personally, I felt that one of the joys of taking up mandolin in my sixties was that I didn't have to aim for brilliance -- it's too late for that anyway -- I could aim for competence instead. (I too...
...in Standard Notation and Mandolin Tablature.
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Drawn from the Members' Tunebooks at theSession.org
Enjoy!