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    Re: Music listening recommendations

    Thanks for the link.
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    Music listening recommendations

    I’m looking for recommendations for mando-centric music. Any style is good for me.
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    Re: My Gibson F5G....

    ok thanks. This was when Charlie Deerington was head luthier?
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    My Gibson F5G....

    Howdy,
    my FG5 (SN 01215030) was bought used by me a few years ago. I think this means it was built in 2005, right? I see a lot a people mention that their Gibson is signed by X Head Luthier. ...
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    Re: NMD well, 100 years old

    congrats! I recently acquired a very similar one. Mine is with a lighter top and the pickguard was still on.
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    Re: Oktoberfest/Bavarian folk music

    Hey y'all.. anyone playing anything for Oktoberfest this year?
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    Re: To Pinkie or Not Pinkie is my Question

    According to his Mel Bay book, Jethro Burns seemed to be a big proponent of using and exercising the pinky.
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    Re: To Pinkie or Not Pinkie is my Question

    When I took up playing Irish tenor banjo, I found out the hard way that it is imperative to use the pinky. In the style of fingering on the TB, the pinky basically becomes the ring finger for the...
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    Re: Oktoberfest/Bavarian folk music

    Thanks for bringing this up...I was about to ask about it. I believe it was German Jewish immigrants who came to South Louisiana in the mid 1800s and brought along these accordions and sold them...
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    Re: Oktoberfest/Bavarian folk music

    Is mandolin commonly encountered in Bavarian music?
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    Re: 'uke question, NMC

    I got a Martin C1K (Concert with koa) a few months ago. I really enjoy it as an instrument. It is their bottom of the line and made in Mexico, but its a very well built, simple instrument. The...
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    Re: Oktoberfest/Bavarian folk music

    I think I come from equal parts Catholic and Lutheran Bavarian.
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    This has inspired me to go off of the deep end and get a pibgorn...
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    Oktoberfest/Bavarian folk music

    This may have been hit on in past.... With Oktoberfest just around the bend, does anyone here have any recommendations for Traditional Bavarian Music? I generally cant find any collection of tunes to...
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    I have the "Welsh Fiddle Tunes" by Sian Phillips mentioned around here. It has a nice collection of relatively simple tunes that can be played on mando. I for one would love to see more Welsh music...
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    Re: New Poe Scout Arriving Today!

    wish you the best! I love my #68 I got back in December. It has truly changed my previous prejudice against the A/N style mandolin.
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    Re: Italian Mandolin Music material

    Thanks!
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    Italian Mandolin Music material

    Hello to my fellow Mandolin lovers. I was wondering if anyone here could help suggest some good resources for learning Italian tunes for mandolin. I know there are a few put out my Mel Bay and I...
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    Re: Flatiron Pancake

    I agree... I had been in the "carved top is better" mindset for the longest time. I have a Weber Bitterroot and a Gibby F9. I was wanting something "lighter" so I went and got a Poe Scout. I must...
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    Re: Weber Hyalite?

    Thanks everyone for the input. I decided to go for the Poe Scout which had been in the classifieds. I hadnt really given them much thought but i was so impressed with the instruments at...
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    Re: Weber Hyalite?

    I was looking for a little more subdued sound that is usually desired in Celtic style. My currently mandos are a Weber Bitterroot F style and a Gibson F9. That Poe looks nice.
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    Weber Hyalite?

    I guess I'm pretty late to the game. I was looking for a nice simple well made mandolin to use exclusively for Celtic music and the Weber Hyalite came to mind. I began to search for places that...
  23. Re: ITALIAN MANDOLIN VOL. 1 by Terry Pender

    Anyone know where one might find this book?
  24. Re: New bridge sounds worse than the old one?

    Do bridges need to be "broken in"? I was just watching a video about Sharon Gilchrist talking about her Gilchrist mandolin where so had to replace the fretboard. She says it took about 6 months for...
  25. Re: What a difference a couple of hours make -- a day

    Does anyone keep a practice journal? I don't, but I was wondering if it could help track progress.
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