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  1. Re: Jam Etiquette / Rules Question - Should songs be banned

    Judged strictly as music, Monroe’s (instrumental) recording of Turkey In The Straw is one of my favorite mandolin pieces. It’s exciting to me and I find it a lot of fun to play. It can be tough to...
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    Re: Fall camp recommendation?

    I agree with Don and Keith; both are friends I made over the years at the Monroe Mandolin Camp. The environment there is very welcoming for pickers at all levels. Mike Compton is very dedicated to...
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    Happy 80th Jimmy Page

    Happiest 80th birthday wishes to Jimmy Page, the first mandolin player I ever saw live (Madison Square Garden June 1977), who inspired me to learn this instrument (still working on that).
  4. Re: Has anyone heard about a crazy mandolinist named Frank Wakefi

    Of all the legions of mandolin players inspired by Bill Monroe, Frank was the first to get Bill’s style exactly, note for note, like a tape recorder. Frank could play it so you couldn’t tell it...
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    Re: Compton playing my Heiden A5

    What Bill said. You make it sing too. And I see my case if not my mando in that video!
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    Re: Pickguards - remove or not?

    Bob said it for me too-I like the way a pick guard looks on an F5 mandolin. They do protect against pick and finger rash, and they give finger posters a spot to land without wearing a hole in the...
  7. Re: Use of Fast Fret String and Finger board Cleaner

    On mandolin and banjo, I use Fast Fret down near the bridge where the pick hits the strings, because it helps the pick get through them more easily for me. But I don’t like the feel of it under my...
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    Re: Butch Baldassari Tunes

    Wow Don you and the Heiden sound terrific on that tune! Your notes are very clear and distinct and your tone is beautiful. That’s probably my favorite among Butch’s compositions and you have inspired...
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    Re: Monel strings - what to do, what to do?

    I tried the Martin monel strings on an F5 style mandolin a few years ago and in my opinion they sounded weak and hard to hear compared to both the Curt Mangan monels and the D’Addario monels. Of the...
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    Re: Doug Unger Mandolin??

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    1984 Doug Unger F4 style mandolin
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    Re: Monroe Style Mandolin Question

    I have played with the strap over one shoulder and with the strap around my neck and I never had any problems either way. I slightly prefer to wear the strap around my neck but I don’t really notice...
  12. Re: Gibson Must Now Face Antitrust Litigation in Heritage Case

    But not from actually playing them.
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    Re: B.B King box on mandolin?

    The BB Box is based in part on major and minor pentatonic patterns. Niles Hokkanen, who posts here occasionally, wrote a pentatonic mandolin tutorial with the mandolin patterns called The Pentatonic...
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    Re: Bill Monroe’s mandolin and other Loars.

    In Neil Rosenberg’s book Bluegrass A History, in the photo section between pp. 124-125, is a 1945 photo of Bill holding his “newly acquired” Loar. The mandolin looks new, complete with pick guard and...
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    Re: Monroe Mandolin Camp 2021

    Among all the terrific classes and other events at the MMC this year, it was great to see and pick with Don and Dan and so many other old friends again and to meet Shaun and so many other new...
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    Re: Starting to see the difference

    Playing the dobro is like playing the guitar with one finger. My dobro playing got a lot more “linear” (in Allen’s well-chosen word) after I got serious about playing mandolin.
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    Re: Right arm placement

    In my view, positioning your picking arm the way you are is fine, perhaps even ideal. Coming in straight over the tailpiece and straight over the bridge and strings (without resting on them) centers...
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    Re: Mother of Pearl Buttons for New Gotoh F tuners

    Thanks to all who have replied. I have had MOP tuner buttons for years with no problems. I just replaced a set of Gotoh tuners with pearl buttons that were the original tuners on a 20 year old...
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    Mother of Pearl Buttons for New Gotoh F tuners

    Does anyone know of a domestic source of mother of pearl tuner buttons that will fit the shafts of a new set of Gotoh F style mandolin tuners? An MC thread on this subject last year had a...
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    Re: Pick orientation to strings

    My forearm comes straight over the tailpiece and bridge (with wrist slightly arched so there is little or no contact with the bridge) and my pick hits the strings flat so that the plane of the pick...
  21. Re: Looking for some insight into microtonal mandolin

    In my case it took some listening to the old time pickers and singers to get used to this sound. The first time I heard a record of Tommy Jarrell fiddling (many years ago), I thought his intonation...
  22. Please keep the interviews by Michael Eck coming!...

    Please keep the interviews by Michael Eck coming! The Scott Napier interview is another in a series of interesting and rewarding reads. The narrative introduction was informative and very well...
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    Re: Earl taylor's f5

    Earl Taylor is one of my all-time favorite mandolin players and bluegrass singers. His style was if anything even a little bluesier and minimalist than Bill’s, and his very distinct notes pop right...
  24. Re: Sparse mando and guitar examples aka taste lessons

    Here’s another Foghorn-related recording: Reeb Willms and Caleb Klauder, Oh Do You Remember; very tasteful guitar and mandolin accompaniment to lots of great songs. It has the old time feel.
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    Re: Quarantine Collaboration - (and appreciation)

    That’s a really nice collaboration! You both sound great-lovely tone and really creative melodic ideas. The pace suits the tune well and all the playing, rhythm, melody and harmony, is fresh and very...
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