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Re: old vs new Gibsons, or 30's Martins vs modern ones, I'm not sure it's really fair to compare an instrument that's been played for 90 to 100 years with one that's fresh and new. A good mandolin or...

When you get to the Eastman factory, please implore them to make WIDER NECKS!

Then buy a mandolin.

I was skeptical too, but I dug up some youtube videos of their acoustic guitars and honestly in most cases I couldn't tell the difference between a CF guitar and wooden one. Granted these were...

Iconic song, I forgot there was a mando break in it.

I think you mean inflation does NOT affect everything equally. True, point well taken. I was just stating the general idea that "I bought my instrument for X and sold it for Y" has to take inflation...

Hi all, I've been sort of cogitating on getting an armrest for my new Ratliff, and from reading this post and digging around it seems like these are the sources:

McClung = Hill Country / Doug...

I'm no expert in the economics or logistics of mandolin sales and distribution, but I wonder if it isn't more common these days, for those people buying a luthier built mandolin, to get it directly...

Some of y'all are taking this waaayy too seriously. It's a fun video with snap opinions and some killer licks. It's not meant to be dispositive or authoritative any more than the local newspaper's...

There's an early 2000's Weber Beartooth and a 90's Flatiron A on the cafe now at what I think are very good prices, given that sticker price is not always selling price.

If I was looking for a...

Oh, oh, I was just thinking, "I want a mandola," and then this pops up. Well, I can't even think about it till the garage renovations are paid off, but still, yay for Northfield.

Also, is the...

Hey folks as long as we're talking about the Hudson Valley, Bard College just released its summer concert schedule:

https://fishercenter.bard.edu/whats-on/calendar/

Upcoming shows that feature...

Isn't that kind of a low bar to clear?

It's a great album, with songs from interesting sources (including L. Cohen and Dylan) that sound really organic to the group.

Also, can we just agree that Mighty Poplar is the best riff ever off...

Hi all, first, to the OP, you may want to check out Audey Ratliff's production diaries on Youtube to get a sense of the attention to detail and many considerations that go into making a mandolin....

Hi Ranald, you know, I've heard of that book, I'll have to get to it sometime. I certainly didn't mean to imply that all blues musicians were like Yank, or that he had any judgment of other musicians...

OK it's time to tell my Yank Rachell story again. Way back in the 80's I helped run the University of Chicago Folk Festival as a student and one year we had Yank Rachell come up from St Louis. I got...

Eric this is so helpful. Thank you very much.

No mandolin content but short history digression. In Eastern Europe through the Soviet period, Jews were not considered "Russian" or "Ukrainian" but a separate nationality, like "Chechen" or "Tatar."...

I have bought and sold oodles of mandolins since the mid-80's but keept one since 1987, an 83 Flatiron A5-1. A famous player told me in the late 80's, "never sell this," as did another less famous...

No Mandolin content but I thought this was interesting and relevant:

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/january-2023/the-violin-doctor/

High-end violin restorer who works on...

Here's a video of two guys playing mandolins. The one with the F model uses a strap and the one playing the A model doesn't:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxol40qYmI

PS- a year or so...

Lou Martin, who used to play with Country Cooking and release a great album of mandolin music, had a Montelone. He also wrote and composed mando music and taught up in Albany area I think?

Not...

Lots of people play old Gibson A's for classical - I mean, they were literally invented for mandolin orchestras and ensembles, right?

I'm not saying they're the best but an older oval Gibson or a...

David, I think the phrase you're looking for is "that ain't no part of nothin'."

But Bill was just translating Kohelet: גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

Can I just add that on this forum the sentence Later on I decided I needed a 10 string mandocello. doesn't raise an eyebrow at all but would be utterly incomprehensible to everybody else on the...