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  1. Re: Stan Jay, Pioneer of Vintage Instrument Fame Fighting For His

    All my love and best to Stan, family and MB. A near full day there bounding from room to room, playing all sorts of mandos remains a highlight. Stan bringing out a few gems not on display and saying,...
  2. Re: Eastman MD515 Mandolin with Schertler Products Giveaway

    now that would be an awesome Xmas gift!
  3. Re: If you DIDN'T win the MT, what was your actual entry?

    Bachanthilea (Combo of Bach/Bacchanal/Thile), thought I had it in the bag....
  4. Re: Experience with Mandolin Brothers, Staten Island?

    I live a long way away in a very mandolin barren area. Went to MB w/ a flatpicking buddy and had the time of our lives. After playing for a while, Stan started bringing out stuff out of the back and...
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    Re: Free V-Picks - Right Here

    Well, that's certainly generous (and easy to enter). I'm in
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    Re: New Kentucky Colonels

    Well, as an international dweller, even further away than Canada, I just have one thing to say/request: digital download, please!
  7. Re: Strange Carbon Fiber / Spruce Frankenmando

    definitely something for Peter Mix to clear up, but judging by the buffing on the sides near the top joint, it looks to me like a previous owner thought he'd experiment, chop off the cf original top...
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    Re: Buying Without Playing !

    I live outside the US and bought a Phoenix Deluxe w/out ever having played Phoenix, and I couldn't be happier...
  9. Re: What makes a good $5K mandolin better than a good $1.5K mando

    Spend a day or two playing everything on the walls at a shop like Mandolin Brothers. If you can't tell the difference than this whole thread is moot...

    That said, of course there's no direct...
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    Re: Doc

    RIP. A world treasure.
  11. Re: "Singing Wood", a great new video about Rolfe Gerhardt.

    Another proud owner (#438). He'd definitely figured it out by then. Big fan of Rolfe (beyond the vibrating wood thingy I own) also in terms of how easy it is/was to deal w/.
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    Re: Happy Birthday - Django Reinhardt

    I'm late to this thread, and happy RIP Django day to all. The above reminds me of the very fun Woody Allen movie w/ Sean Penn as a 1940s jazz guitarist repeatedly trying to pick up chicks with the...
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    Re: Are beaters better?

    Yes, I kinda covet one... plenty MAS but no $
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    Re: Are beaters better?

    it's pretty much all been said already and lots of different points of view on this. I much prefer playing my Phoenix to any other instrument I own. And I use it in most jam and gig situations....
  15. Re: Towne Crier Cafe closing after 40 years

    good luck to Phil as this moves forward. He'd mentioned this possibility several months ago.

    and Journeybear, loved yr list, but my favorite club of that genre, remains The Red Rail... NY drivers...
  16. Re: Any guitar players who've all but abandoned their 6-strings?

    I resemble these remarks
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    Re: Elkhorn Cocobolo F-5 finally complete!

    absolutely stunning!

    Cocobolo is a seriously dense and hard wood, am curious to how that affects tone/sound...
  18. Re: Multi-instrumentalists--do you use a different pick for mando

    have settled on a Blue Chip TPR60 for the mando, shifted some of the old Wegen 1.5s over to the acoustic guitar and like that just fine. Fender (can be Dunlop or Tortex) shaped med-heavy for electric...
  19. Re: How much difference does a pick really make?

    add me to the "big difference" group
    or better said "subtle, but big difference...

    and also to the (economically) reluctant Blue Chip fan club
    after a couple test tries
    I've settled on their...
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    Re: Shopping for a Breedlove, I think...

    A Breedlove KF my first decent (i.e. very good) mando, and a great value. Still my dependable backup when the Phoenix needs TLC or when playing conditions seem scary...
  21. Re: Andy Leftwich is my favorite mandolin player....

    p.s. there are excellent transcriptions of his versions of Big Mon and Salt Creek on Mandozine website, so you too can play it just like Andy...
  22. Re: Andy Leftwich is my favorite mandolin player....

    list me as a big fan!
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    Re: Best Bluegrassy Grateful Dead Shows

    whoever mentioned The Kentucky Colonels earlier hit the nail on the head. From what I've gathered, Jerry saw them a fair amount, and it's hard to imagine a more impressive influence at the time than...
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    Re: Rastagrass

    I'm pretty sure there's a compilation album or two out there like "Pickin' On Reggae" or something like that. Aside from that, if yr looking for rasta/grass fusion, as has been mentioned, there...
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    Re: D'addario FW75s a good choice?

    dang, you got 9+ months out of the TIs? I tried them, and like the tone/sound, although missed the volume. I could barely squeeze 2-3 months out of them. Was wearing through the windings at most...
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