Although by no means was he in any way involved with the mandolin, way back in the 1970's, I used to live in the apartment below a well known tenor sax player, Joe Henderson. He was a great guy, and...
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Although by no means was he in any way involved with the mandolin, way back in the 1970's, I used to live in the apartment below a well known tenor sax player, Joe Henderson. He was a great guy, and...
I have the same issue with my case. I took it to a luggage repair guy and he said that if I could supply him with the hardware, he could remove the old latch and rivet in the new ones. He could not...
I find that there are 2 things that help. #1 is that when you feel the the chip is a bit slippery, wash it with soap and water. The other thing that helps in a dry environment is to moisturize your...
I've seen many comments to the effect of "if you don't hold your mandolin against your chest, you don't need a tone guard". I don't hold my mando against my chest. The back of my instrument remains...
Another point that might be worth considering is that Red Spruce takes a lot longer to "break in' compared to Sitka. I think right out of the box, if you had 2 identical instruments, except that one...
You might look into investing in a Hygrometer. They're not expensive, and you'll have a better idea of just how dry your environment is. Some places, in the winter, can be drier than a desert! When I...
However they do make pretty wall hangers. ....
Well...except for those Lump Scroll ones.....
My MM story has some similarity. I have a very early Derrington MM (Dec.31, 2000), and after playing it along with some other Gibons that I have, I decided that I liked another mando more, so I was...
I wonder how many were produced.
Coming from a guitar playing background, I always had a preference for tight grain, but when I started playing mandolin, I was surprised when I found that so many of the instruments that impressed me...
Ricky Skaggs Distressed Master Model
You're in Indiana! you have to go to Kendallville. It's a great jamming festival sponsored by the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association. They have it twice a year, on Memorial Day weekend, and Labor...
Count me in. The Flinner trio is always worth listening to.
I would venture to say that the F5G that was played was at Guitar Center as its the only Mandolin in town. I have played it and it was just OK, .[/QUOTE]
I'll bet it would sound great if you took it...
I have a Gibson f-5, and every time I take it to Cincinnati it sounds terrible.....
I'm hoping Gibson comes out with a Ga Ga F5 artist model soon.....maybe with a case made out of meat.......
Personally, I wouldn't limit my search to only mandos with 22 frets. If the one I like has too many, I have the excess frets removed, and the extension scooped. I haven't found that it devalues the...
I get about 2 to 3 times the lifespan with coated strings as compares to non coated. I really don't like changing strings, so I typically use the coated variety.
I think you've got it right with the serial #. The mandos coming out of the Gibson factory in '01 were mighty fine IMO. I think it was shortly before then that Charlie D finally made the change over...
Dave Harvey's Jubilee polish is the only thing I'd use. I'm not sure where it's available these days. It used to be available at the Gibson Showcase in Nashville, but that's gone now. You might be...
Still Chris Thile on is own is a pretty good consolation :mandosmiley:[/QUOTE]
Yes, how many mandolinists could do that, carry on and preform solo for a whole show when the other half drops out....
Unfortunately, Michael Daves won't be able to make the European tour, due to a family illness. Thile will be doing solo shows instead.
I was there. What a great show. They are such a great match. Don't even ask me what I thought of Thile's playing. If you get a chance, get to one of their shows. You won't be disappointed!
When I started, I planted my pinkey. I had an instructor that advised me to learn to play without planting. I won't go into the reasons he suggested I try to stop planting. He said it would take...
At a mandolin workshop at IBMA a few years ago, he mentioned that he used real tortoise.