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  1. Re: Artist/Album Recommendations like Punch Brothers & Sierra Hul

    Clearly we have different ideas of what constitutes bluegrass music.
    Over.
  2. Re: Artist/Album Recommendations like Punch Brothers & Sierra Hul

    then you have a pretty broad definition of bluegrass..... i'd say they're closer to classical quartet playing.....
  3. Re: Artist/Album Recommendations like Punch Brothers & Sierra Hul

    Hawktail is as far from Bluegrass as you can get. I saw them again at Wintergrass a couple of weeks ago. Has Mr Sun been mentioned?
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    That is though, what is under discussion, $20k mandolins.....
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    212492. Maurice Baquet....
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    I'm going laugh everytime i see a banner Gibson now ! :)
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Yes. Steve Gilchrist & Paul Duff are some stiff competition!
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    Re: Thile and Strings 2/1

    Thile. Silly!
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Martin made spectacular guitars in the 30s that are still the apex of flat top guitar building 90 years later. Today Martin still hasn't been able to equal them.....
    Those who might choose to spend...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Very well said! Thank You!
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Agreed. Looking at David Benedict's new Apitius, I forgot to mention Oliver A. .....
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    For a $20k mandolin I'd be looking at the competition & Gibson wouldn't be at the top of my list. In alphabetical order Ellis, Gilchrist, Heiden....
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    Re: Monteleones at Rudy’s

    That''s true for a lot of items outside the mandolin world.....
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    ...based on the advertising so far ??
  15. Re: Wintergrass 2024 Vintage Instrument Workshop

    Thanks Mark. You outdid yourself once again. The Vintage Instrument Workshop is the event we wait for all year. A special shout out to your re-stringing crew and stage hands. Vanna White couldn't do...
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    Re: The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    & it sounded pretty darn fine at Wintergrass this past weekend!
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    Re: Good picks for beginner

    Jim you nail it. As a beginner your focus should be on learning rather than gear. It's the same with golf or skiing; you can outfit yourself with the most expensive gear and you still show up with no...
  18. Re: What pick brand comes with new Gibson F-5G?

    That's right Primetones are exclusively rt hand bevel picks. Nice catch CW!
  19. Re: What pick brand comes with new Gibson F-5G?

    Thanks Scott.... Maybe Gibson can help answer the OPs question.
  20. Re: What pick brand comes with new Gibson F-5G?

    Do you have a photo of the picks? Guitar & Mandolin companies don't include picks (Weber used to).....likely put in the case by your dealer... a photo would really help
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    Re: Mark Knopfler's Mandolin

    If you think that's unfathomable... how about the 80s reissue of a Les Paul that went for 113,000 £ / $140,000 USD !!! Yes. starpower
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    Re: Monel Strings with a wrap?

    "Flatwound" strings are polished smooth, (so there's less finger noise) & you can't see the windings. Some guitar string brands have different colour ball ends....but if the strings are silk...
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    Re: Monel Strings with a wrap?

    I can't see from the photo, but are they flatwound? If they are...they could be Thomastik Infeld
    https://www.thomastik-infeld.com/en/products/folk-strings/mandolin/mandolin
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    Re: Mandolin Depth

    That's right, but he was also a musician. IMO there's something to the design of benchmark instruments; the F5 for example and the Martin OM. Changing the body depth changes an instrument's tonal...
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    Re: Bluegrass blues instrumentals?

    No discussion of bluegrass blues can be complete without mention of Deford Bailey & Bill Monroe's Evening Prayer Blues.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uzwL1XXSQM
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