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Long thread and maybe it's been articulated in here already but a clip-on tuner can indeed mar the finish on the headstock, and quickly. Not due to abrasion from repeatedly taking the tuner on/off,...

If you are willing to drive up to 3 hours, Lowe Vintage is in Burlington
Current inventory on mandos: https://lowevintage.com/make/mandolins/
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I live a mile from Lowe Vintage and Will...

Think about it for a minute. If you need a case to help prevent your mandolin from being damaged, and a case cover to keep your case from getting damaged, how do you keep your case cover from being...

Enjoyed the interview, thanks! And how bout Sam's t-shirt?! I want one.

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Saw the topic and went back to pick the tune for the first time in a long time--a fun one. I agree there's good reason to work on both. I usually play it open but was just messing with it in closed...

If you haven't seen Fred Rogers visit a bass violin maker before it's really cool:

https://www.misterrogers.org/episodes/a-visit-with-yo-yo-ma/

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Yes, and:

Patrick - bass
Jason - guitar
Tommy - banjo
Jamie - mandolin
Matt - fiddle

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Really interesting Steve, thanks. And way to go Charley--if you happen to have won 2 mandolins send one on up!

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Hi Todd,

That is a great tune that I'm starting to work on. Here is a fine version by Rachel Eddy that I'm going to study:

https://youtu.be/kYkXD6PwKQg

Cheers,
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Talk about tonality!

Nice parts and I really like the tone you're getting. Sounds powerful but also warm/round. That's the combination I look for. What mandolin is that?

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That's interesting because you can hear it just fine, even with Ralph and Curley Ray wailing away. Says a lot about his technique.

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Sure Charley, you could pick yourself up a sixer of Miller or PBR for that in Mt Airy! I think the winner was $25. And I'll bet the winner was 5X the mando player I was! And probably half my age...
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I keep the $5 bill I won for 3rd place mandolin at the 2010 Mt Airy Fiddlers Convention. I'll always keep it in there and never spend it. Contest entry was also $5...

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Hi, I dusted off my Blue Sky Boys box set and see that somewhere along the line I misplaced the 5th disc (called "CD E"). It has 25 cuts on it starting with "Come To The Saviour" and ending with...

Yeah, Roy Lee sounds great and Ricky sure is pushing that mando! Wonder what kind of "good bargains" folks got in the shop?

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This may have been discussed already but here is some fantastic video of Ralph, Roy Lee, Curley Ray, Keith, Ricky, and Jack from Pound VA in 1972:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vewupMUJDG8
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Yes, and another advantage I see to having a finger rest/pick guard is I'm more willing to let other people play my mandolin when they ask to. I'm not that interested in having someone other than me...

I may be mistaken but I believe so-called "pick guards" were actually called "finger rests" by Gibson in the old days. So the intent was to have something to "plant" fingers on. I'd recommend just...

Oh yeah, I was thinking that was a weird. Odd that a video production would use alt shots of an instrument when you have a Loar there.

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Sent you a PM on a great musician friend that teaches up there.

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I'm guessing most have seen this video of John Reischman and his Loar, but if not it's really cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvB2PxEsGbM

Also, pause the vid at 2:18. Does he have...

I had a mandolin shipped last spring from Canada to the US by DHL. It was a nightmare. It was held in customs and they didn't inform either me or the sender until it was too late and it was returned...

I'd pick it!!

Haven't seen Jan in a couple years. He most certainly knows the bluegrass music!

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