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    Re: The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    If you enjoy old-time mandolin playing, I highly recommend following Daniel on instagram. He posts a lot of great videos of himself playing old-time standards solo....
  2. Thread: Classifides

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    Re: Classifides

    A lot of classifieds ads don't specify if a trial period is offered, but if you ask most sellers are usually happy to offer it.
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    Re: Joe Val Festival - Framingham MA Feb 16-18

    Strumming might be apt in one of the OT jams, which, from my limited experience, is usually lacking any sort of rhythm section.
  4. Thread: Ruhland At Carters

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    Re: Ruhland At Carters

    I believe that is this mandolin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU5iOXitlno
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    Re: Trade forum? Classifieds?

    1. Agree ahead of time on terms before sending instruments. What happens if someone doesn't like the instrument they received? Who is responsible for shipping and insurance in such a scenario? etc.
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    Re: The Vermont Mandolin Trio

    Thanks for sharing! When Matt advertised the upcoming Vermont Mandolin Trio performances on Instagram, I was hoping there would be a recording.
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    Re: D'Adarrio humidipak with Big Mon

    I like to stick my boveda humidipak under the string, behind the bridge, which fills no additional volume within the case. Is the D'addario humidipak small enough to fit there?
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    Re: Two Stellar Northfields At Dusty Strings

    FWIW my perception of Northfield has always been that they were direct competitors with Collings, Pava, (and Weber?). Northfield’s magic is that their instruments sound just as good, but they’re able...
  9. Thread: Humidifier

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    Re: Humidifier

    Northfield has instructions on how to best use the Boveda Humipaks for their [oval hole] octaves: https://www.northfieldinstruments.com/store/boveda-humidity-control. I imagine the recommendation...
  10. Thread: Consignment Advice

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    Re: Consignment Advice

    IME selling a mandolin usually consumes very little time. Snapping photos, posting a couple online ads, recording a minute long audio sample, responding to inquiries, accepting digital payments, and...
  11. Re: Learning a Ronnie McCoury solo everyday for the month of Janu

    Here you go! https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/212770#212770
    It's not red like Ronnie's though...
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    Re: Joe Val Festival - Framingham MA Feb 16-18

    At the price point of $65, I am not expecting an extensive seminar/workshop schedule. If that's your main interest, Mandolin Camp North and Fiddle Hell are likely to be of more interest.
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    Re: Mid tier Mando that will hold its value

    My data is anecdotal, so I could be wrong, but I believe in recent memory teens Gibson A models have not kept up with inflation, so they haven't kept their value.

    From that perspective, it's...
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    Re: nice looking Gibson F-4 1917

    Assuming the mandolin was in excellent condition and all/most parts original, that price tracks with other teen Gibson F4s that have sold through premium retailers over the last year.

    If buying...
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    Re: 2023 Gibson Varnish Fern played by Wyatt Ellis

    Both the mando and the playing sound great! I don’t know too much about Wyatt, but from what I’ve gathered from online posts and videos I see pop up, David Harvey has been a mentor of his, hence his...
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    Re: Mando and Fiddle duo's

    Not a duet, but I'd still recommend checking out George Jackson's album "Time and Place", which is an old time album of original compositions with Andrew Marlin on mandolin, often times doubling the...
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    Re: Pick selection time: And the survey says……

    I agree with posters above that 3 is brighter than 2 and 2 brighter than 1. But fuller? Not to my ear. I preferred pick 1, as it sounded the roundest and darkest. 3 was tinny and piercing.
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    Re: Modding a Northfield F5S

    Many people (including many professional mandolinists) swear by a tone guard.
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    Re: Campanella Mandolin

    It's surprising to me that the one at Elderly is still for sale.
  20. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    Jim, I would love to hear your Heiden. Have you ever made available recordings of it?
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    Re: Does this program exist?

    I think this is still largely an open research problem.

    I do remember coming across a product that was developed by a person who did their PhD on the topic. It was actually pretty good, but I...
  22. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    I've had the good fortunate of spending considerable time with a number of Gils, one Monteleone, and a few Heidens. Without a doubt, Heidens are in the same tier.

    Tone is a subjective matter, but...
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    Re: Heiden A-5 Deluxe vs. Collings MF5-V

    I've not played a mandolin finer than a Heiden. Can't recommend one enough.
    If you're eyeing the one at TME, I had the pleasure of playing it and thought it was an exceptionally sounding instrument....
  24. Thread: Quint mandolins

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    Re: Quint mandolins

    When I first saw people use the term woody, I interpreted it to mean hollow sounding (as you would expect of a dried piece of wood). To this day, I’m not really sure if that’s what they actually...
  25. Re: What’s going on with low inventory of mandolins at shops?

    And it seems that Gilchrist is already gone! Listed for less than 24 hours I think? The same happened to a Gilchrist listed at Morgan Music a couple weeks ago, too.

    I agree that inventory and rate...
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