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I've been watching "The Country Show" on Youtube... great stuff...from the 50s. I've been around for a while but had never heard of "The Country Show". It seems to be somehow associated with the...

Wow.. that is really amazing how the same pick can work so well for some and so badly for others. But i know it's true. You'd think "a pick is a pick" but there's a lot more variables involved than...

So?? What is it supposed to be?

Bump... would like to know this myself.....

Frank... Have you ever considered writing a book? The kind of inside and back-story info you have is the kind of stuff i could read about all day long. If you ever do write a book, i'll buy one!

I bought mine new in Jun of 05 and it sounds better all the time. It's gotten played a lot and been banged around at many a festival and show and it's solid. I still love to hear its tone every...

Any bluegrass mando pickers around the Norfolk, NE area? Drop me a note.

I'm comparing what I paid in 2005 for brand new Eastmans with what i see on 3 different dealers sites right now for brand new Eastmans (at least those who post their prices). All higher. Maybe they...

In 2005 515s could be had for under $800 and 815s for around $1200. Now, 515s appear to be about $1000 and 615s around $1250 (couldn't even find an 815). Maybe that doesn't truly qualify as...

As pricey as they seem to be getting your money plus a bit more would be much better spent on a used Collings MT.

I wish Collings would make up its mind... They told me their radius was 5.5" to 9.5" compound.

Here's some useful action info on the Stew-Mac site. Scroll the page down a bit til you get to the mandos.

Get rid of the cheat sheets! Cold turkey! It can be done!
I'm also 46 and it had been many years since i had to learn lyrics. After 2 years i now have over 40 songs down. It takes some work for...

The bottom line is that no, there's no empirical data proving that a Tone-Gard makes an instrument sound "better". As Mr. Dave Cohen will tell you, the process of gathering and then interpreting such...

My Rigel had the strap button on back of the heel... and i liked it. I had one put on the side of the neck heel on my MT and i like it there even better.

I owned one a while back... for my old Washburn... and it did make a diff. I've been thinking about one again for my MT but my main beef is the weight and size. I know it ain't much... but it is...

Thanks, Katie... I'm sorta compiling a list of artists and hadn't thought about Woodie. I'll check out mudcat... i've run across it before but has been a while.

I'm wondering also if anyone knows...

Great... good stuff... thanks a bunch.

3 of us from my bluegrass band are thinking about creating a 2nd band consisting of upright bass, guitar and mando and doing more old-time material from the 20s, 30s and maybe 40s. Other than some...

"A" model... strap button mounted on neck heel.

I've always relished the idea of a nice soft, round deerhide strap... but not willing to pay even $25 for one. $15 (for an A) would be my top. (yep, i'm cheap...

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My 2 cents worth is that one or both of the banjo pluckers needs to fill in on guitar. Personally, faced with the same situation in my band, where vocals are very important, i would even drop the...

Can't give you a comparison but here's a sample of my Collings MT in action... the first song there, "Billy in the Lowground".

Give them a good solid week, Steve. I hate the sound of new J75s or 74s for a good week. They lose that tinniness after that and round out. I tried the Monels on my MT... now those babies are tinny,...