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It’s one of those instruments that hasn’t made the site yet, but it’s there. Perks of living close to a great shop I guess. They have this gorgeous Collings “Blue Spruce” topped 00 that I got to see...

NFI there is a beautiful Pomeroy F-4 at AMW here in Pittsburgh. It’s definitely a different animal than the old Gibson oval holes I’m used to playing. Those Austin luthiers really seem to know their...

I love that cut out pickguard on the Monteleone. What a unique and beautiful looking mandolin

On the newest Doc and Dawg live album from Acoustic Disc, Grisman has a little banter section before the song My Long Journey Home called “two dollar remarks” Where he mentioned he wanted to call the...

1000% sounds like Dawg to me on BB. Where it’s clearly Sam on the title cut, Old Train, Ginseng Sullivan, and Blue Railroad Train. After a show once I was asking Sam about the song Manzanita, and he...

Happy Birthday Dennis! from me and my lovely Pava you graciously helped me obtain. Best wishes, for one of the best guys!

“Revival” the Sam Bush story is a good one. Lots of fellow mandolin players interviewed. From Thile, Hull, to late Jeff Austin.

I saw on Sierra’s Instagram that she was recently at Sam’s home. Looks like they were playing catch and hopefully recording something. She did hint at a project in the works. I agree the two have a...

Count me in as another who would put Travellers on their list of all time favorite albums. I know there is/was a Reischman version of Como Llora Una Estrella on MandoZine. I actually learned it for a...

Bill, the new Stiver looks great and probably sounds even better! I love the sideways logo on his A style headstock, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else do that. Did you go with a Red Spruce top? Or...

That’s fantastic Bill! Glad your wait is finally over. Lou’s A models all seem to be great, with a little darker sound than his F’s. I’d go as far to say I’ve never heard even a mediocre one. Then...

Remember too, nobody's perfect... Case and point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSPiotYUc4

Look for it at about 52ish seconds. So he is human after all!

I had a great MF for about eight years. Though it was a custom Englemann topped one. After trying many different strings and gauges I landed on the GHS 270’s being the best fit. I really liked the 16...

Seems like a pretty cool product. Here is a cool demo I saw online: unfortunately no mandolin playing, fortunately you get to hear a great guitarist like Molly Tuttle!

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Strength in Numbers the “Telluride Sessions”, Mike Compton and David Grier “Climbing the Walls”, Reischman, Gilchrist, and Nygaard “Harmonic Tone Revealers”,
Almost any of the Bela Fleck or David...

Scott, you can go ahead and change my user name from Mando Morsi to Reid Morsi. Thanks again 🙏

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5QQFO83kgpo

I remember during an interview for the cafe a few years ago that she mentioned she had obtained an old blackface Nugget A ala TIm O’ Brien. I didn’t hear...

I just saw this on the classifieds: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/145042#145042

NFI and I have never even heard of this builder, I actually just clicked on the add because we have similar last...

Is it maybe this song?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrMbrQCh_bE

Crossing the Transippi with John Cowan singing. Off the album Howlin’ at the Moon

I think the one I ordered might be in that batch as well. It’s gonna be an A satin model, blonde, torrified gloss adi top, one piece back, with a pickguard and headstock inlay. Cathy over there has...

Beserkeley is an extremely impressive track. It is off of the great Mark O’ Connor guitar album Markology, which I believe he recorded when he was only 17. It is also on his album Retrospective,...

One album I didn't mention before which is certainly worth checking out is Strength in Numbers "The Telluride Sessions". This supergroup is basically the Telluride House Band with Sam, Bela, Jerry,...

This is a very tough question. As a huge Sammy fan, I couldn't possibly narrow it down to just five favorite tracks. However, after breaking it down to categories I tried to figure out a few of my...

The first tune on video#5 is his instrumental Crooked Smile. I think he originally recorded it on a New Grass Revival record but then again on his solo album Late As Usual. The second song he played...

For some good instrumental Sam listen to some of the earlier Bela Fleck solo albums; such as Drive, Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol 2, and Deviation which Bela did with rest New Grass Revival...