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This is a really nice story.
Don is a great guy who has worked at the mandolin for a long time.
Wonderful to see him achieving wider success.

Thanks for the article. I have been wondering about my emerging tinitus.

Bob

I seem to be developing tinitus. I notice it more after daily practice. It seems to be related to the frequencies produced by the mando.

Hope this is not the cause. I have taken to using an...

Rich is a very nice guy. His classes are enjoyable.
I like to sing too and he is great with songs. Thanks for the interview.

Hope the Stealth floats past me someday. I would love to hear it. I have a Brentrup A that I got on a tip from Ken O. It is wonderful. I feel really lucky.

Hi Don:

I met you at the 09 Symposium and really enjoyed hearing Mr. Natural. Saw you after midnight jaming under a street light between the dorms. Lots of fun.

Congratulations on the article.

Been working on this tune today. It is definitely an ear worm.

http://www.mandotunes.com/mandosym/mandosym2009/swing.php

Ken, you are the man.

This beauty is really generating a lot of interest.

I came away from the Symposium with a bad case of MAS and this isn't helping.

Congratulations and I will see you...

I really like the comfort of the Longhollow softy.

Hi:

Try some superglue on the fingertips for a while. Your skin won't shred and you will build up the calluses. It won't take long.

Attended the Mike Marshall big trio concert in Petaluma Saturday evening.
With Alex Hargreaves & Paul Kowert.
Small venue at a local church. Great acoustics so no mics needed. The sound was...

Hi Mando J.

I agree. It is not the best time to visit. But that is the way it goes. Too bad about the orchestra. They are a lot of fun.

I will check the links.

Bob

Hello all:

I am going to spend a week in St.Louis August 5th trough the 12th.

Anyone know where to play or listen to some mando music?

Mandolin orchestra type stuff would be fun.

Thanks.

Well, I have heard that it is the end of the current world but the start of the next one. A new one where we all become a bunch smarter.

So I might be able to play some Grisman licks. Looking...

I have just taken a #2 pencil and striped some lines across the strings every other fret or so.

The graphite dust seems to make them slippery again.

I do clean them first.

Political stuff on the Plaza in Sonoma for the annual parade around the square. Very small town event. Then off for a big electric jam and potluck on Saturday. Lots of guitars, singers and one...

Hello all: Speaking of David Grisman, I attended a performance of the Quintet in Marin this evening. Wonderful show under the stars at a very cozy venue. The members of the group are so good. Frank...

Hello again:

This is a more direct link to one of these instruments; http://www.beyondthetrees.com/NDphoto.html

Bob

Hello all:

These are not really ridiculous, close but more awe inspiring. I saw them the the Healdsburg Guitar Festival last year.

Check out: http://www.beyondthetrees.com/gallery.html

Hello all:

Born in St.louis Mo., College in Rolla Mo, Sunnyvale CA, Stlouis again, South Lake Tahoe CA, Sonoma CA, San Francisco Ca, Petaluma CA, Sonoma CA

Not a globe trotter, but maybe soon....

Hi All:

I have had this CD for years. We listened with the kids. Then it got lost in the shuffle. I pulled it out when we moved a couple of years ago and enjoyed it again without kids.

I...

Great story. I have had good success with accupuncture for tendonitis around the elbow. Intellectually I don't even believe in the theory, but it worked anyway.

Bob

I agree with everything said above. It was an amazing day. Never considered that I would be able to play any of these much less on the same day.

My fingers are still sore.

Bob

OK, 19th century Gibsons.

Bob

Sorry,

Bit of a typo in my last post. Should have read "They were all wonderful."