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Today is the 101st anniversary of Doc Watson's birth.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLXs_Y0FvA

I disagree about the necessity of a truss rod. I have a custom built 10 string mandocello built by Tom TJ Lessen of Cricket Fiddle back in 2014. During the build we discussed a truss rod. His...

I used a Thomann as my "travel' mandocello because I would not take my 1912 K4 on an airplane. The people at the CMSA conventions, many of whom have very fine instruments, were impressed with the...

They lowered the price a little, so I bought it! My wife and I have our 30th wedding anniversary in January, which is the pearl anniversary. "The Gibson" is mother of pearl inlay so she said I should...

I took my 1929 A0 into Gryphon for a good setup and made the mistake of playing this Snakehead:

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One with 8 strings.

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When I was working at a music dealer/wholesaler biz, I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times. He was a gentleman, humble, and could play a lot of stuff really well! RIP.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-03-03/david-lindley-guitarist-jackson-browne-dies-79

I was a big fan of his during the El Rayo X days and saw him playing both solo and...

You have a realistic budget to consider both flat top and archtop OMs. I think that should be your first decision point, because they do sound different.

With the warning that the following is...

Back in early October I had some mandolin music work on the horizon and I wanted to upgrade my instrument. I had been playing a Northfield base model F. I went to the Mandolin Store in Nashville...

OK Then...

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Hey folks, it's been a minute... Here is a beautiful waltz by fellow MC member David "Dawg" Grisman. Thanks for the listen! :mandosmiley:~o)~o)~o)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJPnCEq8A0

IMHO, if you can afford it, you should buy whatever calls out to you. I bought a flute a week ago, and I've never played a flute in my life. ;)

USA, 1908
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USA, 1910
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USA, 1910
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USA, 1910

Belgium, 1920
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Morocco (under French colonial rule at the time), 1912
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Italy, 1930
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France, 1900
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France, 1900
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France, 1903
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France, 1910

Germany, 1910
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Germany, 1911
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Germany, 1920 (I suspect this one is actually a Waldzither)
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I thought some of you might find these interesting.

Britain, 1906:
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Britain, 1911
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Britain, 1918...

I started my mandolin journey about a year ago. At the suggestion of Dennis at The Mandolin Store, I bought an Eastman MD505, which I really like and have had a great time playing it.

Earlier...

Buying an instrument unseen and unplayed from an unknown source is nervous-making. Nevertheless, this Vega is now on its UPS-way to me:

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First time bidding and buying on ebay. I'm doing...

Hello everybody,

if you are interested in the sound of "Mandolino perfetto", here are a couple of videos:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgn1e6Oluw0

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Good example of that here ... just mute the strings with your fingertips rather than pressing them all the way down to the fretboard, and you get that dry chop sound. A mandolin can be used to play...

I’ll tell you what. I own a music academy and for the past week I have played this video for all of my students in particular. Mind you, these are electric guitar students as well as some pop vocal...

John Reischman just revealed the album cover and name of his upcoming solo album on Instagram and we have something to add to this. Some info at the link below which appears on his new Instagram...

This is the second theme from Mike Oldfield's 1974 album Hergest Ridge. I'm playing the guitar parts on mandocello and octave mandolin and the oboe on mandola.

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