Thanks for putting up the Wayne Benson interview. Ray Deaton was also mentioned who I believe was the first owner of my Tucker.
I used see the Chapman Family Bluegrass Band play at festivals here...
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Thanks for putting up the Wayne Benson interview. Ray Deaton was also mentioned who I believe was the first owner of my Tucker.
I used see the Chapman Family Bluegrass Band play at festivals here...
I found the Builders by the Numbers blog for Mandolin Monday’s performers a lot of fun. It got me wondering about my Tucker. From reading years of forum posts, I found that Melvin Tucker probably...
I have been using iReal Pro with BlueStacks on a Windows 10 PC successfully for a couple of years. I did create the iReal Pro account on an Android phone first.
Chain Station puts on a great live show.
I posted Roger's stringing method in response to the original post after it came with a set of his strings I had bought. It uses the fewest wraps that I have tried. I've had 2 to 6 and never had a...
I have recently used Roger Siminoff's method found on the Straight Up Strings web site which wraps very few times. I was a bit skeptical at first but I have not had any problems.
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I've had a strap button on my 1991 Flatiron A5 Jr since I bought it new.
The finish on the lower portion of the top and the back is in good shape. On the sides and neck there are some small places where the finish is separating at the binding/wood interface. It does have...
I recently purchased a 27 year old mandolin that I knew had some finish crazing. I was playing outside yesterday with the sun shining on the mandolin and I noticed that the finish was pulling away...
About 12 years ago I was taking mandolin lessons from Jordan Ramsey at Swallow Hill Music in Denver. Jordan couldn’t make it one night so he had a friend substitute for him. The fellow had a Tucker...
I am taking Matt's octave class also. The first session was great. Very well thought out with an accompanying web site with helpful material and a forum for students. Matt says he has never taught...
I bought a Flatiron A5-JR from John in 1991 and always wanted a "The Ramsey" F5. A lot of the working musicians along the Colorado front range played them. Good Luck John!
Please change my name from Colo Dave to Dave Hulse.
Thanks.
My entry was:
Goccia di Pioggia
The reason for this name is to honor the Italian heritage of the mandolin as well as the shape of the A style instrument. Goccia di pioggia means raindrop in...
Glad to see 17603 found a new home. I sold it off in December 2012 and I think it went to a fellow near Nashville.
Heck I was in San Antonio yesterday.
Dave
I was thinking that there would be more work putting an adjustment in the headstock so the cost would be that much higher.
I took an old Kay archtop with a 25.5" scale length and converted it to an 8 string octive mandolin. While I really like the sound,there was just too much real estate on the neck to be very...
I decided I needed an 5-string electric so after much searching of the 'Cafe, I ordered a Jonathan Mann EM-5. I selected the top from photos that Jon e-mailed and we discussed other options like...
58 is a lucky number.
I went to a leather shop and they had a nice buffalo hide they were working on. They cut me a 1 inch strip 4 feet long. I rounded the ends and punched a hole in each end and cut a bit of a slit to...
Hello RCB, I have S/N 17603 purchased through my mandolin teacher in December 1989. That should give you a pretty good idea of the year of manufacture. Don't know about value. It looks like the...
How about a ukulele tuned like a mando?
One minute too late. Story of my life.
Yessir, Jordan is a very good teacher and a truly nice guy. Not to mention a hell of a mandolin player.
eBay calls 'em auctions. They are not really auctions if there is a preset end time.
Try searching mandolin cafe on the google' and using the link. Sometimes that works on our system. :whistling: