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I have owned many Caltons over the years and one Hoffee. I found the Hoffee to be a bit too big for my tastes. But that's just my opinion I know they are fine cases. I now own two of the new...

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Just thought I would chime in here. I'll be at Supergrass next weekend with the House of Fine Instruments. We'll have several cedar topped Webers with us. They really are great mandolins....

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I posted this earlier with a typo of "B Box" I should have waited until I finished my coffee:):)....

I've been thinking about purchasing the new M-Box 2. I've been involved with several...

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I've been thinking about purchasing the new M-Box 2. I've been involved with several recording projects using Pro Tools so I'm familiar with the program (Just a little though). I would...

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This is Chad Fadely reporting from a motel in Murdo SD. I was just reading this post and thought I would mention that I'm on the road right now heading to the IBMA in Nashville with the...

I guess it wasn't really a choice I considered. I saw Hans at several festivals last winter so I had lots of opportunity to play this mandolin. This was the one I wanted. It sounded awesome! I never...

I'm told that it sounds just great on stage. I must admit that I'm still adjusting to the sound of the Oval hole. The response is much different that the F holes and therefore I'm having a hard time...

Here I am at the Bitterroot Valley Bluegrass festival. The band I'm playing with is the Leftover Biscuits

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Just wanted to share some pics of my new Brentrup F4. Many of you may remember this mandolin from IBMA last year and also Supergrass this past Febuary.

I’ve just got to say that this is by...

So my brother calls me up this morning and tells me about seeing this last night on Leno. He said it was great and he felt the performance gave a certain credibility to the music. I assumed he was...

Greg Boyd and myself will be there with House of Fine Instruments booth. We're going to have a great mandolin selection this year.

I hope everyone comes by to say howdy!

Chad Fadely
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Here's my band's website.. Leftover Biscuits

I'm the fresh biscuit...

Chad

I'll be there with Greg and the store, House of Fine Instruments. We'll be sharing a booth with Jaroslav Prucha again this year. We'll have lost of great mandolins to try out.

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Ben and I kept crossing paths but no picking this year.

Chad

I was at Targhee. Had a great time. The first festival in a long time that I wasn't working for the store or playing in a band. I did enter the guitar contest, lost. I played as good as I could....

I just ordered a "Slug" (Quote from Greg:)) of the Proplecs so we should be able to handle any and all orders for these picks. I've also got more Dawg picks coming Just in case there is a shortage.
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The Octave that Ben is playing at Cashmere is a Fletcher Brock, just like mine. Ben is always copying me.......:)

Chad

I'll be there with my good friend Ian Fleming...... (not that Ian Fleming)

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Good one Bruce!!

See you at weiser??

Chad

Check out this mandolin on Ebay

I've been working on taking the finish off over the past few months. I've just been doing a little at a time. It probably took something like 4-6 hours. Keep in mind that this was a matte finish so...