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My wife and I are adding a tile backsplash to our kitchen. A least a dozen outlets and switches are currently hanging in the air. I will lock up my mandolin until the project is done!

This isn’t music related but we visited my aunt and uncle several weeks ago. My uncle had a doctors appointment and it was inspiring to see him drive away with the top down on his V12 Jag...

I visited for the first time last Thursday. I played most of the nicer mandolins. Several Collings, a Pava, a nice Girouard two point, the two vintage Gibsons, etc.

I’m not sure I learned much...

So I’d like to stream this on my Amazon Alexa device. The album is available for streaming from the amazon webpage. I can’t figure out how to make it work on an Alexa device. I suspect it has...

Years ago a friend had one with a large anchor carved on the back, along with date and if I recall correctly a ship name. Not done particularly well, but the history was very desirable to me.

I used to live in the area and Tom was the only luthier I’ve ever used. He worked on several of my old Gibson A’s. Always did a good job. Last time was several years ago and my wife was a bit...

I had an unlabeled mandolin just like that other than it’s pickguard was plain. I sold a handful of instruments at a consignment place a few years back and I believe they listed it as a “possible...

When I travelled there for business 30 years ago I really enjoyed the Cactus Cafe on the UT campus. I traveled with perhaps a dozen cd’s and would often catch a band there that happened to be in my...

Just to add some Norman trivia, I recall seeing Norman and a few others playing bluegrass in an old Disney movie back in my college years (no cable tv back then so choices were limited!). I googled...

So the other day I was reading the linked Jethro remembrances and saw where Paul Glasse mentioned a movie Homer and Jethro were in - "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar". So I hunted it down online and...

A local Italian restaurant had live Italian mandolin music when we had an early dinner this past summer. Seems to be a weekly thing, but perhaps not in the winter.

Here is a video (not from than...

Thanks - I don't think the neck joint has moved - it looks good against the sides and the back was glued over the neck heel and also looks good. Of course the neck could have warped...

I will...

I've gotten out my rarely used Stewart Macdonald kit mandolin. I built it in about 1980 and it has never been taken to a luthier. The only places that don't buzz are the open strings and frets from...

Interesting. I took some mandolin lessons in the late 80's from a Danny Gotham in Potsdam NY. If I recall correctly he sat in with Frank Wakefield on campus at Clarkson University. And did some...

I listened to her music a lot in the 90’s. I always thought her harmonic for the elevator “ding” was the most appropriate use of a harmonic ever.

My only concern is how will I ask Alexa to play music by them considering there are two band names.

:-)

I went to tune my 1919 Gibson A this morning and one of the knobs spins on the shaft. It doesn't wiggle - just slips. It does have some friction and is possibly capable of getting halfway up to...

Not sure if this is a good forum to ask this...

I dug out my old Walkman Professional and the 3-4 tapes I kept the other day. After 25 years it still worked, although I'm not sure how well. May...

A compromise storage idea that displays well is a barristers bookcase. I used that method in the past although it would have looked better if I had made something to tilt the mandolin at an angle. ...

I built a StewMac kit mandolin when I was in my teens around 1980. It has held up well over the years but it could use a refinishing. Solid spruce top with laminated mahogany sides and back, and I...

(not sure how interesting this is, but I felt like writing it today)

It was 40+ years ago that I (at about 14 years old) was given a junky old mandolin from my grandfathers attic. After arming...

My impression on the different tone was that Ricky played it like it was a fragile treasure and Marty played it like it was his own. There are arguments to support either approach.

Jim

Thanks Doug, I received the armrest from you the other day.

I decided to try one to keep my forearm sweat off the top of my mandolin. But from the playing perspective I like how it is keeping my...

As hinted above one never knows if the case is exactly the one it came with from the factory (or store). I had three nearly identical Gibson A's 30 years ago. All likely had original cases since...

I'm considering an armrest for my 1919 Gibson A. Will it (or will some armrests in particular) fit in the original Gibson case?