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    Re: Nashville Visit Advice

    Carter's used to be the greatest music store in the world. Probably still is, but it ain't quite what it used to be. The first time I went, the sales guy left me alone playing a Loar in a room full...
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    Re: Nashville Visit Advice

    I'm not from Nashville, but I stay in Air BnBs in Nashville a couple times/yr. As someone said, Nashville is *expensive*! Small condos in the downtown area (Gulch, Arts District, etc.) will run...
  3. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

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  4. Thread: Mandolin Depth

    by Bacfire
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    Re: Mandolin Depth

    I had a very early Ron Cole F-5 that was at least 1/4" deeper than Loar-spec. It was a little boomy and unfocused. Not having any sense at the time (big money work on a little money mando), I had a...
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    Re: Jams in Mississippi

    The current MSBA newsletter also lists two BG gospel jams in DeKalb; one at Wiggins Chapel on first Fridays and at Mt Olive on 3rd Fridays. No times or contact info for either.
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    Re: Jams in Mississippi

    I just got a Facebook message from Andy Linton, the organizer of the Whynot jam. It's at the Grand Oaks Bluegrass Hall on Causeyville-Whynot Road, off Hwy 19 south of Meridian. He says it goes down...
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    Re: Jams in Mississippi

    There’s a fair amount of bluegrass around there. Nothing that I know of in the way of OT or Celtic.

    I believe there’s a regular BG jam in the Whynot community about 15 miles south of Meridian. ...
  8. Re: Anybody headed to SPBGMA next weekend in Nashville?

    Hate I missed you. I was there all weekend. I only made it 'till 2:30-3 am, though.

    Ditto to everything you said. After some declining years, a brief rally, then covid, SPBGMA is back in good...
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    Re: Jams in Mississippi

    I know of a few from Jackson south to the coast, and I can probably find something in the Oxford-Memphis area. What part of the state are you in?

    Barry Collins
    Hattiesburg, MS area
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    Re: Where have all the Tuckers gone?

    Tuckers were my dream mandos for a long time. I thought I'd bought yours (#16) a few years ago, but the seller ghosted me after the deal was made.
  11. Re: What’s going on with low inventory of mandolins at shops?

    After swearing that I'd never buy sight unseen again, I did just that with my used NF Gen 4. Since I didn't even know what it was *supposed* to sound like and was wondering if I got a "good one", I...
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    The story of Monroe's Pickett mandolin

    Some of you may have seen an F-style Pickett mandolin in the Bill Monroe Museum at Beanblossom and assumed it was given to Monroe as many others were. I learned the real story today and, if you like...
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    Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    I've had the good fortune to have hands on a half dozen or so Loars...some great, some not so much...but David Harvey was traveling with one back in maybe the late 90s-early 00s that was easily the...
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    Re: Perfect Fest Vehicles?

    '63 Chevy Nova wagon. Seats down, windows down, big skeeter net over the whole car. Parked close to the bathrooms.
  15. Re: Mike Compton & Norman Blake: Gallop to Georgia

    Yep. Spotify suggested it to me a couple months ago and they were Spotify-on with the recommendation. Love the laid-back groove and the clear, sparse feel of the recording. The fact that they're...
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    Re: mandolin etiquette at Old Time sessions?

    Here's an OT vs BG discussion session from Augusta. Compton talking about OT mando at 29:30.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQz1trMf3HU
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    Re: mandolin etiquette at Old Time sessions?

    Surprising that few mention Compton in these OT mandolin threads. He plays a lot of OT around Nashville and set something of a mold for mando rhythm during his time with the Hartford String Band. ...
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    Re: Unusual Instrument at a Jam

    What a timely thread. I saw something last night that I'm itching to tell someone about:

    Was walking around the SPBGMA convention in Nashville and came up on a hot bluegrass jam that included a...
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    Re: Need more dog songs...

    Jimmy Martin -
    Pete, The Best Coon Dog in TN...
    Run Pete Run - Aww, jus' listen what a jaw on a dog!



    This thread may never die
  20. Thread: Spbgma?

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    Spbgma?

    Y'all going?
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    Re: Fiddle and Banjo recordings

    Also, Gerald Evans and Joe Mullins have a pretty great BG fiddle and banjo recording from a few years back: Five String and a Fiddle, I think.

    Then there's Michael Cleveland and Tom Adams' Live At...
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    Re: Fiddle and Banjo recordings

    Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman! Sounds just for the world like Earl and Johnny's daddy, Paul, back in the good ol' days.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXe3WbIggu0

    They have an album or...
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    Re: Your MAS Progression

    Since the early 80's:

    Epiphone MM-50 - friend still has it
    Carl Cates "Bellmaster" F-5 - owned since late 90's
    Ron Cole RC-5 #9 - owned 20+ years and traded
    Pavel Sucek F-5 re-topped by Skip...
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    Re: My review: BILLY STRINGS ME/and/DAD

    If you like that album, you'll love this video. It was only two years ago, but Terry Barber's voice was much stronger. The father-son connection was in full bloom as always. No Ronnie, though.
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    Re: Broadstairs Folk Week 5-12 aug 2022

    Cool! My wife is from Ramsgate, next door to Broadstairs. I've been to Folk Week a time or two in years past.
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