Picked it up on bandcamp this morning! I think it accomplishes just what you set out to do with the mandolin in old-time & bluegrass! Love the vibe! Takes me back to the gathering! Bravo!!
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Picked it up on bandcamp this morning! I think it accomplishes just what you set out to do with the mandolin in old-time & bluegrass! Love the vibe! Takes me back to the gathering! Bravo!!
Wonderful!! Love the tune selection! Stella musicianship all around!
Absolutely love this album. Great stuff! Thank you, John!!!
Can't wait to hear the whole suite on that Monteleone! Beautiful interpretation of the Prelude! Thank you, Mike for producing the whole suite!
Peace,
Todd
Ordering! Looking forward to hearing the whole project!
I'm signed up and ready to compete on the scruffiest!
Great article! Heading over to purchase the album!
Peace!
A beautiful NF5S!
Happy Birthday Dennis!
-- A happy, repeat customer.
Wonderful!!!
Agree -- I would also check out players like Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull, I'm with Her band (for different voicings). All master players and worth listening to!
Great read! Always love finding someone new to follow! Thuroughly enjoy Everything that brought me here! Very eclectic!!
Absolutely stunning! I love the look of the top-bound tortoise/white/black/white binding. Haven't seen that combination yet. I like it!!
Thanks for publishing these here! Worth the reading/listening time for sure!
As long as I am home, I play all three of my F5s every day -- which one gets played most depends on what type of music I play most that day - and sometimes which one is closest to grab - and sometime...
There is also one for sale in the classifieds:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/151818#151818
I was browsing through the Bill Monroe content on spotify and at the end of the play list there is an "Also Appears on" section. And in Bill's section, there is a Rebel label album titled "True...
Hi Scott, You can add me to the list: tbown -> Todd Bowman
Thanks,
Todd
Love the Pizzarelli family! Great job on Devil and the Deep Blue Sea! And, that Red Diamond sounds amazing doing jazz!!
Nice tune Gunnar! And, nice clawing/picking/bowing!
If you have dremel tool with a cutting disk, you can cut a new slot into the head and extract it with a flat head screw driver -- if there is enough of the head left.
A quick look through this thread and I have not seen a reference to Northfield's octave sets. They make one set for archtop and one for flattop Octaves. Here's the description from their website:
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I've owned a '25 F4 and played several pre-Loar F4's. Generally speaking, the tone of these F4s (2's) is more "woody". I think another way I would describe the tone is maybe last focused or more...
I have owned both and still own my MM. If either one of them were my only mandolin, I would be happy and content (barring any MAS affects). In the end, I wasn't playing the Ellis as much as I...