I love Frank. He is a musician in the best sense of the word. It's all about the music. Some players have successfully self-branded, treating bluegrass as a niche music-industry platform on which...
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I love Frank. He is a musician in the best sense of the word. It's all about the music. Some players have successfully self-branded, treating bluegrass as a niche music-industry platform on which...
I'm pretty new to the cafe and lack any sense of etiquette when it comes to thread-life etc.
I am, however, a long-time Frank Wakefield fan and just had to comment on relevant threads. No matter how...
Yes, the brown tuner buttons were standard on Loar-era F4s. Mine is a 1924.
Thank you all for your responses. This mandolin has sat in its case for about six years and is now finally seeing a lot of playing with my mandolin in the shop. The most remarkable thing I've noticed...
This one always catches my eye. It's on my F4.
(But if I cover up the rest of the instrument I feel like I finally have my Loar, at last!)
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Yes! Grisman's influence in shaping today's rich and dynamic mandolin music scene is almost hard to comprehend! Old & In the Way and his continued collaboration with Garcia exposed millions of...
Thank you all for your replies.
My primary mandolin is currently being setup by George Youngblood of Guilford, CT.
He specializes in vintage instruments -- Martin guitars primarily. But I was...
I've recently turned my attention to a Loar-era F4 that's in the family. By all appearances a fine example -- VIRZI equipped, original case, and hardly a blemish. And it sounds good (getting better...
Back when Frank worked for a certain manufacturing company he designed, built, and sold (gave away?) novel bridges fashioned from the wide variety of synthetic materials he had access to at the time....
I ran into the same problem trying to learn 'Hey Mr. Mando' by ear off The Kitchen Tapes. Happily, I had some success piecing runs together, but the key didn't make sense, seemed over-complicated --...
Playing strictly downstrokes is a Monroe style technique that really funks up your grass. So you're in good company, but typically it's used for one bar blues licks. Practicing scales using only...
Old thread, but I feel like I need to comment here.
I had the opportunity to play weekly with Frank while a student at Skidmore College in Saratoga. When I first moved up there I looked into...