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The latest mandolin off my 'Barn Cat Mandolins' bench is something a little different for me. I've given it a slightly wider, rounder body shape than my usual Moggy model mandolin, and its ribs and...

Glad to have it back
https://slowplayers.org/1295-2/

didn't see this posted yet, good stuff


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

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Stories can convey truths that are difficult to express in other ways. By this time, I imagine there are many stories that we could share about music making during and after COVID - please...

I'm reading Bob Black's book on Roland White and have been listening to music he played on. In a world of playing all the possible notes you can fit into a space, Roland played just what the song...

I read the magnet tip here a while back and it’s been working for me. I just have a small hobby magnet, not rare earth it it works just fine

I don't have a cover on this NF tailpiece, but I keep a spot of blue/fun-tack kind of stuff handy (some more in the pick-filled Altoids tin). I'm assuming you can at least see the hooks/posts/fingers...

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I figured I'd share my recent breakdown for Soldier's Joy. This is my Tune of the Week for the bluegrass jam I run and one that I should have learned a long time ago haha. I've...

F style, A oval hole, classical style flat top and all mahogany flat top. The first and last one get the most playing time at present. Mainly Nordic, French Canadian, some French bal-folk, occasional...

Journeybear, the Cuban style is amazing, had a taste of it a few years back. You are astute in your observation that South Carolina is somewhat of a BBQ crossroads with three distinct BBQ regions. I...

There are many older, American made, Breedlove mandolins out there for less than $1500. Not traditional styled, but usually nice sounding and easy to play.

Sally Ann Forrester who shows up in our This Day in History three times.

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Accordion solo comes in around 1:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UueuaHV0T18
Credits say:
Mandolin: Bill...

The stuff Dan Miller put together at Flatpicking Magazine is top notch.

https://flatpickdigital.com/view_book.php?eid=94

I can’t ready notation (well), so take the following with a grain of salt.

As someone who has contemplated learning notation, if all music was written this way (without need to modulate how one...

Last summer we made a whirlwind trip to see family in Colorado, Texas and Nevada. I brought a mandolin along for 8 different airline legs and 5 different hotel - motel stays. I had 3 "What is that? ...

Or maybe another one ...
They're all individuals, after all :mandosmiley:

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I've received a few requests to cover Old Joe Clark. This is a great tune for beginners to get down and has a lot of potential options for more advanced players. This should be part 1...

Can you post some pictures?

Unique in his humor and idiosyncrasies, but very rooted in traditional bluegrass. Some have called Wakefield the "wild man of bluegrass," but a lot of his stuff is just very competent Monroe-based...

If I remember some of the discussion around the time WTCBU came out, Jimmy Martin expressed praise for the Dirt Band, and John McEuen in particular -- in his particular left-handed way, contrasting...