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  1. Re: Artist/Album Recommendations like Punch Brothers & Sierra Hul

    Hawktail is as far from Bluegrass as you can get. I saw them again at Wintergrass a couple of weeks ago. Has Mr Sun been mentioned?
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    212492. Maurice Baquet....
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Yes. Steve Gilchrist & Paul Duff are some stiff competition!
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Martin made spectacular guitars in the 30s that are still the apex of flat top guitar building 90 years later. Today Martin still hasn't been able to equal them.....
    Those who might choose to spend...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    For a $20k mandolin I'd be looking at the competition & Gibson wouldn't be at the top of my list. In alphabetical order Ellis, Gilchrist, Heiden....
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    Re: The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    & it sounded pretty darn fine at Wintergrass this past weekend!
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    Re: Monel Strings with a wrap?

    "Flatwound" strings are polished smooth, (so there's less finger noise) & you can't see the windings. Some guitar string brands have different colour ball ends....but if the strings are silk...
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    Re: Monel Strings with a wrap?

    I can't see from the photo, but are they flatwound? If they are...they could be Thomastik Infeld
    https://www.thomastik-infeld.com/en/products/folk-strings/mandolin/mandolin
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    Re: Mandolin Depth

    That's right, but he was also a musician. IMO there's something to the design of benchmark instruments; the F5 for example and the Martin OM. Changing the body depth changes an instrument's tonal...
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    Re: Bluegrass blues instrumentals?

    No discussion of bluegrass blues can be complete without mention of Deford Bailey & Bill Monroe's Evening Prayer Blues.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uzwL1XXSQM
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    Re: Bluegrass blues instrumentals?

    Carter's Blues
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0smNmyE8M
  12. Re: Jam Etiquette / Rules Question - Should songs be banned

    We seem to have covered a wide swath and moved from "jam etiquette" to personal preferences and social correctness. I never played "Turkey in the Straw" until i started flatpicking guitar and found...
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    I used to play ban.., but switched to mando.... :))
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    Re: Wintergrass Jam 2/22 - 2/25

    Me too!
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    Re: Wintergrass Jam 2/22 - 2/25

    Zac, when i'm not musically engaged, i leave my instruments in my room. Instruments aren't permitted in the concert halls (except those on stage),but Wintergrass has an instrument check room that...
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    Re: Top Current Makers

    AFAIK, Steve Gilchrist got interested in mandolin through the music. The story goes he built his first one from looking at a Bill Monroe LP cover photo. He came to N America and worked for George...
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    Re: Waverly Tuners tight

    Having had an Ellis A5, I can tell you it's not an installation problem. Builders have had issues with the Waverly A model tuners. But it's worth talking with both Tom Ellis & Stewmac. Tom's customer...
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    Re: A Style “Holy Grail?

    Me too!
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    Re: Standard bluegrass tunes CD?

    2cd set "Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza" .....this and the 6 Bluegrass Album Band CDs will keep you busy until you're ready to dive into the five Bear Family Bill Monroe box sets.......
  20. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    5 years ago was 2018.... my F5 artist was $11k in 2009. I'm pretty sure Michael's A models weren't $5k, because I bought an Ellis from Tom in 2011 for $5.8k because I couldn't afford the Heiden A....
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    Re: Heiden A-5 Deluxe vs. Collings MF5-V

    I've had both and although there are exceptional Collings, Heidens are superalive. I've never heard an ok one. Michael's mandolin will I believe always hold value or increase. They are real...
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    Re: Lead to Rhythm

    I would spend some time practicing in cycles. Set your metronome... then play some fiddle tunes for example playing AABB, rhythm, then switching to picking AABB, then back to rhythm. In a jam there...
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    Re: Economy or alternate picking

    .....& Django Reinhardt played that way before Chet Atkins was born... ;)
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    Re: Mighty Poplar

    Bill Monroe At 0:08 .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkR_DYAlYSQ
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    Re: seeking modern bluegrass suggestions

    Dropped today!

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV1yPWV6BOXzWEyAQVNsfug
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