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Sonny is a member of our local Old Time Fiddlers Association. I've picked a lot of tunes with him and played a LOT of his mandolins (and some fiddles) over the years. They are consistently good. ...

I played a used cedar top MK F4 at my local music shop many years ago. They were also asking $600. It was very playable and had a real nice tone. Unlike many others from that brand it was...

I really wouldn't compare the two. They're not in the same league. MK's are in the Rogue/Rover/Ibanez/Saga league. Beginner instruments for those who aren't sure they'll stick with mandolin.
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I do have a couple 2.0 mm thick Apollo PEEK picks. Nik was very easy to work with and prompt on filling my order. They are just as good and have the same properties I like as the Gravity Gold picks.

I have several blue chips and Gravity Gold PEEK picks (old tan color - the new colored gold are NOT the same) for both guitar and mandolin. The only thing I prefer on my blue chips is the bevel.
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Tapered end pins have been in use on guitars for over a century. I have one on my Martin HD-28. My Eastman E2OM-CD also came with one. Of course all my fiddles and a couple of my mando's have them...

Vespel is one of many engineered compounds used in industry. It's used as "soft" (as opposed to metal) seat material in many valves in my power plant that get exposed to steam, high temperature/high...

I think Matt Goins would be interested in seeing this pick. He'd probably swap you straight across for a new one.

On all my mandolin family instruments (8 now) only one has the old style sliding cover stamped tailpiece. I don't know the brand - it came on my 2010 Morris hybrid F4. It's never given me any...

I once tuned my old beater 6 string to a modified mandocello all 5ths tuning:
F-C-G-D-A-E. For the C through E I used the same gages as my 10 string mandocello. The low F was a problem. The...

As a resident of the PNW I was very curious about WRC. When I bought my Cricketfiddle F4 octave mandolin part of the reason was the WRC soundboard. Then I had Sonny Morris build a hybrid F4 for me...

I have some that might fit. I bought a few sets of gold Grover rotomatic and mini rotomatics to replace some tuning machines on a couple instruments. I put ebony buttons on them which came with...

".....LOT more pick/handling noise and a slightly less wholesome tone...." compared to no preamp, your old preamp or just when using the K&K Pure without the boost?

I still have an old K&K Pure -...

We had lots of magic rain. Here in the Tri any day under 90 F after June 1st is a blessing. I've lived here over 27 years (so long I got to calling it home) and never seen it so green.

I had a great time at Goldendale! Met up with old friends, made some new ones. Rain and wind at times, nice and sunny other times.

Just a reminder MCTAMA is hosting our camp n' jam at Sacajawea...

I'm planning to head there today if I can get out of work early. Otherwise I'll be there tomorrow (Friday).

Forecast shows 30 - 40 % chance of thunderstorms today between 5:00 and 7:00 pm. ...

My brother the state prosecutor informed me quite a while ago that most of these "adverse possession" legends are pure urban/suburban folklore and fantasy. No court of law denies the legal owner's...

I've found the combination of a Lakota Leathers mandolin strap and the short scale of my mandolins, mandola and ukulele obviate the need for any neck heel button. I just run one end of the strap...

Though I don't condone counterfeit or blatant knock-offs of established products/brands, I don't agree that a knock-off costs the original producer any sales. Many people that buy the knock-off...

This crosses my mind whenever I think about royalties on intellectual property. Authors can get paid every time a book they wrote is sold. Top actors sometimes get a percentage of box office...

At home I hang all my instruments (fiddles, ukes, the mandolin family, guitars) on padded adjustable hangers screws into cedar stringers spax-screwed into studs. I don't remember the brand.

Each...

I've read in the past year that Breedlove, Waterloo and Collings had all suspended building new mandolins to focus on guitars due to high demand, worker shortages and supply chain issues. Doesn't...

I've replaced the tuning machines on several mandolin family instruments. As Bob said above the roller (post) spacing has been standardized since before most of us were born. This is the least of...

PRO fees are based on how many times per month/year the venue provides entertainment of ANY kind (recorded, radio, live, amplified, unreinforced, or other) to the PUBLIC. So a wedding, funeral,...

There is some confusion expressed here about copyright. A work (song, play, book, etc.) can be granted a copyright for the intellectual property. When we talk about PRO's we're talking about...