At one point I owned a 40's F-4, and F-4s from 1920 and 1927. They all sounded surprisingly different. The 1940 was by far the loudest. It even had a little bit of a chop. It also had a problem with...
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At one point I owned a 40's F-4, and F-4s from 1920 and 1927. They all sounded surprisingly different. The 1940 was by far the loudest. It even had a little bit of a chop. It also had a problem with...
I'm using an F-4 or a Trapdoor banjo-mandolin. I also have an A-Jr strung up in octaves. I've always thought that Charlie Patton preferred the Stella because it was ladder braced rather than X braced.
Great news. I've really enjoyed your posts and look forward to more.
Tom Mylet
While I can't shed any light on why Jimmy used the F-4 rather than an F-5, I've always thought that his use of the F-4 led him to use the snare drum to more than make up the lack of an F-5 type chop....
Great to see. I've been fingerpicking on guitar as a rag. I got the idea from the George Barnes CD on Acoustic Disc.
In reference to Evan Reilly's mention of Decca proposed issue of a Monroe set of Jimmie Rodgers songs: It actually did see the light of day albeit as a bootleg release in the early 70's. I've got it...
The pochette is great...but I'm a big fan of Doug's work. He's quite possibly the best inlay/engraving artist alive or dead. I also love the Nationals. We have similar taste. I have a full size Unger...
Doug Unger, an old friend who builds mandolins and banjos, recently sent me this photo of a half a dozen Pocket Mandolins he's been working on. I thought someone here would find these of interest.
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While I agree with all the above (especially Skaggs & Rice, The Blue Sky Boys & Northside Allstars) I'd like to add Lloyd and Floyd, the Armstrong Twins.
I've never met a Strad-O-Lin I didn't like. They still turn up for $300 or less.
Like most things I buy, I immediately threw the instructions away and promptly left my Snark tuner on the headstock. The mark it left on my headstock was annoying but not unbearable. Next trip to the...
I first met Doug around 1970 or so and have been good friends since then. I own two of his banjos and one of his mandolins. I've also seen other banjos and mandolins he's made, a torch and wire F-2...
When I picked up my National I tried a couple of different types of strings before settling in on the Jazz Mando JM-11s. They take just a little of the edge off the resonator sound. I find they have...
How about the Skally Line Scallywags?
The "Sunny Mountain Girl" was Gloria Belle. She's still playing according to her website.
Also, let's not forget the Stonemans: Roni, Donna and Patsy.
Congrats! I've always loved that "Kelvinator" headstock.
I've always loved Jack Cooke singing "I'm Walkin' The Dog."
The idea that someone went to so much work, using whatever that could get their hands on, makes it a piece of folk art to me. I've seen a few other similar attempts at F-5s that were just as...
I've always wanted one of those suits....In fact, last year for Halloween, I bought a western style sport coat and added my own fringe and cut out my name in white tape to apply to my J-45.
Not...
I can also recommend a mandocello from Wishnevsky with the following caveat: When he built mine I asked him not to finish it. I then took it to a trusted luthier to finish. When he saw it, he not...
I traded for a mandolin from someone here on the Cafe who worked for UPS. He strongly suggested that we send our instruments on a Monday to be sure to eliminate the possibility of having a mandolin...
I've never seen any of the experts mention it but after listening to one of the earlier Bear Family Box Sets of Monroe, I came to the conclusion that he used the chop very little until Jimmy Martin...
Ken Farmer, the appraiser played guitar in a bluegrass band around Southwest VA in the late 70's/early 80's. If I'm not mistaken the band included Rickie and Ronnie Simpkins and maybe even Sammy...
Check out Intermountain Guitar and Banjo's website. They have a TG-0, a TG-1 and a Kalamazoo KGT-14. All have similarities with your tenor.
Here's a story about Scotty that his sister Roni told me...but please be forewarned, Roni told me the story like it was a big joke but the ending took my breath away and not in a pleasant way.
I...