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I love the new albums. Great work Andrew!

Hello Gary
I asked for a black nut on my Heiden mandolin. Michael said he had never had such a request, but agreed that it would be a nice aesthetic for my mandolin. He ended up making one out of...

I bought a two pack of these. I love the size, the design and function... but it left a cloudy haze in the varnish where the rubber pads touch the finish of my mandolin (both front and back). I was...

The Bill Monroe signed label in the mandolin said it was 0224 of 800.

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I love the black binding look. Here is a close-up of my scroll that shows the very thin black binding

I just downloaded the MP3 version from CD-Baby. It comes with a PDF of the artwork, but none of the juicy details like who is playing on what tracks. I have searched on-line but came up with...

dj coffey and Steve-o
I am glad you guys like Andrew's Little Widgets album. It is one of my favorites, though I am a bit biased. Andrew is a good friend of mine. In fact my Avatar is a photo of...

This is one of my favorite albums. Every song is fantastic.

I would suggest Andrew Collins "Little Widgets". There are a couple of fantastic Mandocello tracks on that album. His version of Bach's "Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3" is my favorite Mandocello...

There are a lot of examples of mandolins without dots. Gibson F-9s don’t have markers on the fretboard. Here is my dot free mandolin. It does have markers in the binding on the side of the neck. ...

Hey Squire
I'm not sure if #19 on the left of your photo belongs to you, but I found a photo of it here on the Cafe when I was waiting for my mando from Micheal Heiden. I sent him the photo, and...

My mandolin hero, and good friend, Andrew Collins, with John Showman (fiddle), and Chris Coole (guitar) of the Foggy Hogtown Boys

I think that is correct. #My Heiden F style is dated May 2005, and is number F-81.

What a nice piece of work! #Well done Michael. #I love the inlay on John's headstock. #Without a question the second nicest Heiden I have seen...

When I was a kid, one of my ski coaches used to put a large scratch on his skis with a screwdriver before he ever skied on them to save him the agony of worrying about that first scratch. It is going...

Andrew Collins and Marc Roy - Likewise

One of my favorites

Although $7500 is a lot, the L&H at Folkway it is in amazing condition.

I'll second the recommendation for Mando Lore by Andrew Collins and Brian Taheny

Here is a photo that I found of Michael on the internet from 1979 (on the fiddle stage left). This is his gypsy jazz band the Kitsilano Kat Kickers(aka Mystery Pacific). They apparently opened for...

Glad the magnets worked out. They are definately strong! Lee Valley is a great a store (and Canadian, so I am a little biased). I think that using magnets for the TRC is a great idea. It is nice to...

Hey Dan
Try Lee Valley.. These rare earth magnets are both small, and strong.
Craig

I've recently aquired a mandocello, and was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of tab, or other on-line resources.
Thanks
Craig

I study the impacts of clearcut harvesting on the hydrology of the Boreal forest. #My study site is in Cochrane, Ontario, near to where Mario Proulx lives. It is dominated by black spruce (over 90%)....

Scott put a link up to Andrew Collins’ and Brain Taheny’s new album “Mando Lore” on the front page of the Cafe. #I have had this album for a few weeks now, and it is a solid album that has been...

I too was always looking for ebony buttons for my old Breedlove. If you do a search you will find a lot of posts in the past in which people ask about them (one started by me!). I didn't ever make...