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    Re: Amplifier for electric mandolin

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    Re: Amplifier for electric mandolin

    I bought an Eastwood Mandocaster about a year ago. Found the original pickups to especially weak on the e string - even with compression. Wound up swapping out the pickups with Steven Ryder pickups...
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    Re: Old Wave Instrument Videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P3boW6uZ

    Here's the Old Wave in action at a contradance in Charlotte, NC.
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    Re: Old Wave Instrument Videos

    I was in a contradance band in the early 2000s and got an Old Wave oval hole A style mandolin. I still have the mandolin. I was writing simple fiddle tunes then and wrote this Irish sounding tune....
  5. Re: Steve Earle on the Outlaw Country Cruise

    There's something about those two words that don't seem right together. No... I'm not talking about "green" and "mandolin". I'm talking about "outlaw" and "cruise".
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    Re: Givens Saddle - custom size?

    Wound up ordering a CA bridge. As described, I went through the sanding exercise to fit the bridge. The top curvature of the mandolin is enough that I wound up needing to take off enough of the...
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    Re: Givens Saddle - custom size?

    Thank you. Replacement bridge ordered. I'll keep playing it as is for now but once the bridge comes I'm sure I'll want to fit it on.
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    Re: Givens Saddle - custom size?

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    Givens Saddle - custom size?

    I recently purchased a 1991 Givens A3 off the classifieds here. The saddle of the bridge is cracked. Right now, it still plays great and the crack is not causing any issues I can tell. At some point,...
  10. Upside down "Whale" inlay on headstock - Where from?

    In the past few months I've noticed this design on a few different mandolins from Gerald Anderson, Spenser Strickland, Ellis, and a 2004 Heiden for sale in the classifieds. I think it looks like a...
  11. Re: What is the most mandolins you've owned at one time?

    I've had an Old Wave A oval-hole for about 18 years and have paired that an f-holed mandolin. Over the years I've had a Gerald Anderson A, a Collings MT, and two Old Wave C# (2-point) mandolins. So,...
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    Re: Gerald Anderson, Rest In Peace

    I was really sad to hear this. I bought one his mandolins from you, Russ, about 15 years ago. I took it to Gerald once or twice to repair at his shop in Troutdale and would bump into him...
  13. Re: Were non-Gibson F style mandolins around prior to the 1970s?

    Thanks, Don and Steve. Sounds like Pac Rim imports arrived in the mid'70s. What about independent American builders? When did they first arrive on the scene? I guess there was probably more of a...
  14. Were non-Gibson F style mandolins around prior to the 1970s?

    I'm a frequent window shopper in the classifieds. I'm curious when non-Gibson F5s started showing up. I can't think of too many I've seen for sale prior to 1970s that are not Gibson. Are the...
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    Re: RIP Col. Bruce Hampton

    The ARU was great and Matt Mundy's mandolin in this band was like all of the others in the band, pivotal to the point that if he wasn't there it wouldn't have been the same. They could play straight...
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    Re: Spinal Tap - Stonehenge

    I've played this several times for contradances in medleys with standard fiddle tunes.
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    Re: New Phoenix Mandolins Website!

    Congrats! Nice site. Always like those mandolins.
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    Re: Online lessons

    Full endorsement of Matt Flinner's Bluegrass 101 series. These are great.
  19. Lots of great mandolin players born on March 16

    March 16 seems to be a great day for mandolin player birthdays. Ronnie McCurry, Tim O'Brien, Radim Zenkl and Yank Rachell. Glad to share my birthday with all of them!
  20. This is a great site! Thanks for all the effort...

    This is a great site! Thanks for all the effort and hard work! Always worth a visit!
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    Re: Skype Mandolin Lessons?

    Matt Flinner has some great on-line courses. http://www.mattflinner.com/blog/
  22. Re: Matt Flinner's Online Mandolin Course Review: Jazz/Swing

    I'm taking my binder to a guitar player's house tonight and we're going to run through the Jazz/Swing class tunes.
  23. Re: Matt Flinner's Online Mandolin Course Review: Jazz/Swing

    We had access to the website about two weeks past the class but all of the materials were available to download including the final jam so it's your forever. Videos are still accessible online. You...
  24. Matt Flinner's Online Mandolin Course Review: Jazz/Swing

    If anyone is considering online mandolin courses, here's my comments on Matt Flinner's online course on Jazz and Swing. I've been playing mandolin for more than 15 years mostly in a contradance...
  25. Re: Saturday haiku contest to win a Cafe ball cap

    Oh sweet mandolin
    Good use of wood and wire
    Pick it pretty, son.
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