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    Default TONE!- Byron Berline

    Had to share this, as Byron Berline gives a short masterclass on TONE and absolutely rips it up! Looks like a Monteleone mandolin too, but tough to tell.



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    Think that fellow is on a Monteleone Style B.

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    Yes it is, Michael Sassano and it sounds good too. I just love it when Byron steps up to the mic on that first break and makes that fiddle sing! Got my blood pumping.

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    Everybody born in Oklahoma plays as well as Byron. Thanks for posting.

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    Please list those others born in Oklahoma who play as well as Byron. Thanks.
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    Default Re: TONE!- Byron Berline

    Byron is one of the best. He gave me my first mandolin lesson back when I was in college and didn't even hold it against me that I was a Cowboy instead of a Sooner! I was at his shop last Oct and he was kind enough to pull out his Loar. It's the best one I've played. Just sublime. And when he played it pointed right at me from 3' away......WOW. The man knows how to pull tone from an instrument!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAK View Post
    Please list those others born in Oklahoma who play as well as Byron. Thanks.
    Did you lose your sense of humor? Bryon Berline is from Kansas. He now lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

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    You know, I didn't even know he played mandolin, let alone has a Loar!? I can only imagine he can pick the tar out of that thing. I see he just hosted a fiddle / mandolin workshop just last Sunday at Wyatts Violin Shop in Independence, MO. Did anyone go?

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    Wow, didn't know Byron was born in Kansas. Kansas; I wonder if Dorothy can play fiddle as well as Byron? Yes I did lose my sense of humor. I lost it in Oklahoma (long story; with the U.S. Army)
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    Byron is the best fiddler to ever appear in Star Trek.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAK View Post
    Yes I did lose my sense of humor. I lost it in Oklahoma (long story; with the U.S. Army)
    Got to get over that, Brother Jake. It will mess up your tremolo. Neither Oklahoma nor the US Army are worth it. Good pickin', my friend.

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    Default Re: TONE!- Byron Berline

    I heard Byron play mandolin years back when he was with Country Gazette & he was terrific. He was also the main US outlet for Kristufek 'Krishot' mandolins at one time,maybe he still is ?,
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    The first CG record included a Byron mandolin tune called Aggravation. Neat little number.

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    Default Re: TONE!- Byron Berline

    I met Byron in Birmingham (UK) in 1973 when he was playing with Country Gazette. I had a chat afterwards and got to play his mandolin which I think was his Loar, not that that meant much to me in those days though I do recall thinking it was an amazing instrument..
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