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Bush/Grisman, Hold On, We're Strummin'

I would recommend (in that price range) whatever Mid-Missouri mandolins are now called (can't remember). They're no frills, but they look, play and sound great, IMO. No, I don't own one and I don't...

Though I can't attend, I heartily recommend doing so. Don was my guitar teacher back sometime in the late 20th century, and I had the pleasure of seeing him play in some, well, let's say "small"...

All good suggestions; thanks! I suppose it's not really an either/or situation, since mastering a finite number of tunes makes picking up unfamiliar ones easier. Another way in which music resembles...

As at best a bluegrass novice, I wonder whether there's anything like a consensus among seasoned BG pickers as to what the top 20 (or 50, or 100) BG tunes for a player to know are. Obviously, I have...

Thanks! I wasn't certain about the pick in lute-playing, and I'm surprised that lute music is mostly tablature. It must be the only significant instrument apart from the banjo for which this is the...

Partly out of curiousity and partly out of interest in the music, I wonder if any classically-inclined mandolinists also play the lute, and, if so, if they have any notions about how the skill sets...

Unless I'm mistaken BG purists insist on a fairly rigid vocal style as well (eg. no vibrato, but "scooping" is allowed). Not that there's anything wrong with it.

I'm saddened to hear about this. I saw MB live with Joni Mitchell on her "Mingus" tour. It was a great show all the way around: MB, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Jaco Pastorius.

This is all painfully real to me. Partly because of work and commuting I'd gotten extremely lazy and neglected to pick up the mandolin for the better part of a year. I had good solid instruction in...

I'll second the store at the Old Town School in Chicago. I take lessons there, and that's where I bought my Weber Hyalite. There are always several mid-Missouris, a couple of Webers and Eastmans, a...

I recently purchased a Weber Hyalite and I'm very happy with it.

Going way out on a limb, it occurs to me that for someone with a taste for creating mandolin arrangements, a couple of Who tunes might work brilliantly, "Going Mobile," say, or "Love Ain't for...

Recently, the Eastman 615 and a custom Weber Hyalite were competing for my (usually) scarce music dollars. I loved the Hyalite (though of course it's a A model and cost $300 more) because of it's...

Marisa Tomei could probably talk me into putting the mandolin down. But that's about it.

I think you'll like the mandolin if you like the guitar. I would advise paying a little more; a good Mid-Missouri can be had for $350 or so, and would be a solid investment.

I would recommend Jethro Tull's Songs From the Wood instead of Heavy Horses; the celtic influence is at least as prominent and the songs are much better.

There's no decisive answer; it's just an interesting debate.

Jethro Burns.

I believe I've seen mandolin arrangements for Your Move. It is a natural for mandolin, anyway; Steve Howe plays a small stringed instrument whose name escapes me on that memorable opening.

My Hyalite is close to Dave42's; the finish is dark/natural, ie the "custom." I like my Hyalite very much. My only concern is that my tremolo/scale speed seemed better on the semi-lousy Kentucky...

I remember Starcastle; they were huge in central IL back when I was in high school/college (yes, I am ancient). Bought one of their (three?) albums the same year I saw UK in Champaign.

I can claim to have seen Eddie Jobson with both Jethro Tull and UK. I'm surprised anyone else remembers UK; as they were a progressive rock "super group" I was delighted to see them (including A....

Mine has F-holes. And I agree the tone is very fine. I'm sure we will both eventually adjust to what I believe is the slightly wider neck.

Yes, it's pretty dark. Looks great, I think.