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pheffernan, Every time you post it seems like that list at the bottom gets longer. I think that you are putting together a mandolin store that I will want to visit some day! :))

1924 Gibson A...

Yeah, Django is good for mandolin phrases and so are some of Stephane Grappelli's simpler phrases. I never learn an entire solo note for note, but take two or three measure phrases that I tie...

Never "got" the attraction of the scroll. The few times I have held an F in a store, I look down over that large hunk of wood obstructing my view of the fretboard and wonder WHY? From the front, I...

Let me guess, the merged company will be called "Coffee"? :))

Yeah, in his adverts in Mandolin World News, Bob showed just an F model and an A model. The A3, A4, A5, A6 designations which show up in MC postings might have been added later (post 1979) and...

I have an A5 model, #176, which looks exactly like the one in your photos. I ordered it from Bob in around August 1978 and he shipped it in late winter or early spring 1979. So, 227 - 176 = 51...

If you play for the reception, you could humor the crowd with "Makin' Whoopee". The lyrics reference the Bridal March from "Lohengrin".

Not usually a fan of these "best hot picker" threads, but I will submit that Grisman is at the top for mandolin-based compositions. Those albums from the 1970s and 1980s still amaze with tunes like...

MC is always the first web site to check on this notorious date! :))

For sure. Just don't order the t-shirt equivalent of a speed neck!! :whistling:

Okay, my "What are the odds?" didn't involve a string but rather an amplifier.

I taught at a college in Malaysia (hot and humid) and was going to accompany a vocal music group using my guitar and...

I love the V neck! My first mandolin had the C shape, so when my hand crafted V neck was delivered, I first thought "What?!" But it took only a few minutes to get used to it. Now, I have a hard time...

I came up with that ratio by counting the number of turns taken to go one complete rotation on the tuning rod.

Mike Edgerton suggests that ratios as high as 24:1 were common back in the 1960s....

Great stuff!

Nice! I like the larger f-holes, seems like that helps with sound projection.

Seeing that Rubner tuners were used, I wonder about the gearing ratio. I have two mandolins, one has 26:1 (Grover, I...

I haven't played in a church band since the 1980s, but based upon my guitarist brother's experience, your post is spot on. There are a lot of electric guitar players out there looking for steady...

So then you know the joke about the bass player and guitar player walking down the street together. What is the difference between them?

The bass player is heading to a gig. :popcorn:

My experience is that contemporary church music has fossilized into a standard format that rarely contains a melody line of significance, and is geared towards keyboards, electric guitar, and...

Makes sense. Too little potassium (K), calcium, and magnesium in one's diet can cause cramps, and bananas are high in K.

Drummers don't play chords either; she is basically playing rhythm by just hitting something in time with the beat. Maybe she needs that to keep in step with the others, IDK.

Try "St. Louis Blues", an easy song in G, and the guitarists that I have played music with seem to really enjoy it because it is the BLUES. Very easy to improvise over, they can all try out their...

Fascinating video and outstanding repair work! I am curious as to how many hours that repair job took.

Thanks. Give me a year to practice these and I might be able to post a video.

Eric, on Steve's FB page there are photos of your mandolin during construction. Go down to 13 November 2022. That myrtle back is gorgeous! Hoping that you can post a video so we can hear how the pine...

Interesting results. I chose #2 over #3 and then #1 last. In fact, I use the Prime Tone 1.5 all of the time (#3) so was surprised that I liked #2 better in the sound samples. Not going to change my...