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    Default Mr. Monroe"s Mandolin

    I took this picture recently in Nashville and as I was standing there admiring the old war horse I wondered what it would feel like to pick a few Monroe tunes on it.

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    Red Diamond July 9 F and a pretty nice Gilchrist F

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    Default Re: Mr. Monroe"s Mandolin

    You could ask Ricky what it felt like

    https://vimeo.com/298446733

    And just a little correction regarding the information in this video, these mandolins were signed by Lloyd Loar but he didn't build them.
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    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
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    Default Re: Mr. Monroe"s Mandolin

    From what I can tell it never really sounded the same after its trashing and the reconstruction by Derrington. No fault of Charlie's... he certainly made the best of a very bad situation. The videos of Monroe playing before and after "the incident" tell the story...

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    I think Monroe was just happy to have it back in one-piece and playable.
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    Well, looking at the bottom of your post…. Probably not as good as your Red Diamond and Gilchrist.

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    Default Re: Mr. Monroe"s Mandolin

    It also featured in Phil Cunningham’s TV “tryptich - “Wayfaring Stranger” but, for some reason, it’s relevance was never explained.

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