What ya get?

**Link** · Dec-25-2009, 9:20am

This is the thread to discuss the true meaning of Christmas and other assorted winter holidays...

That's right, loot.

So, what mandolin stuff did you get?

**David Rambo** · Dec-25-2009, 9:39am

A Thomas Jessen mandolin, "A" style, #59, made in 2006, but still new.

**JGWoods** · Dec-25-2009, 10:13am

Nothing mandolin related...yet, but the joy of fingers that work and the pleasure of my old A4 to play Joy to the World.

**LeoR** · Dec-25-2009, 10:15am

Here's a nice gift - probably put this in the wrong place:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=57707

**journeybear** · Dec-25-2009, 10:17am

What I got? Sore fingertips from playing on the street for hours to apathetic tourists for a pittance.

But I'm not bitter. Spreading some Christmas cheer, you betcha. Moreover, so far the people who recognized the mandolin (even the solidbody electric MandoBird) have outnumbered the yahoos who thought it was Guitar Hero. (I will never understand that. Do they not see there's no computer? Does it sound like I'm playing along to a backing track?

) I like to think that's progress.

**majorbanjo** · Dec-25-2009, 10:27am

Two Loars and a Gil....then my alarm clock went off.....:-)

**chordbanger** · Dec-25-2009, 10:40am

I did not get any mandoin stuff, but I did get a gorgeous violin case which holds two violins, a classical guitar capo, some rosin, and a Beatles music box.

**woodwizard** · Dec-25-2009, 10:50am

A DVD called "Why Old-time? Luv it!
Long live old-time music!

**journeybear** · Dec-25-2009, 10:53am

Hey, chordbanger! Wow - that is one enormous case to hold all that!

Oh, wait ... I see ... a classical guitar capo ... Oops! My bad ...

...

Good to hear from you. Some of us were worried. Hope that run of bad luck has played itself out.

**Tracy Ballinger** · Dec-25-2009, 11:01am

The print of Santa sitting in the reindeer stable tuning his mandolin; entitled "December 26"

**chordbanger** · Dec-25-2009, 11:04am

Originally Posted by journeybear

Hey, chordbanger! Wow - that is one enormous case to hold all that!

Oh, wait ... I see ... a classical guitar capo ...Oops! My bad ...

...

Good to hear from you. Some of us were worried. Hope that run of bad luck has played itself out.

Everything is cool! No bad luck, or weird stuff happening lately around here.
Yeah, a classical guitar capo.... I do not use it hardly at all, but it's nice to have. I use it for one song, and that is Silent Night. I capo on the 5 th fret, and play arpeggio while another guitarist plays melody and other stuff, and it sounds good. I use it sometimes when playing duets, to make things interesting, but very rarely do I use a capo.
I am getting into playing mandolin alot lately!

**allenhopkins** · Dec-25-2009, 11:18am

Eastman DGM-2. I'm on my way to collecting the whole "Dawg" series, I'm afraid... Next one's gonna be an L&H mandola, I hear.

By the way, John Bernunzio's working with Eastman on design of an open-back 5-string banjo. Imperial China continues its inexorable advance toward world domination.

**fishdawg40** · Dec-25-2009, 11:24am

Got me a sweet hemp mandolin strap. Very nice! Also, I got to watch It's a Wonderful Life for the first time last night. I heard the tune Avalon in it (a nice gift) which I've been practicing the last couple of days from the Dix Bruce Gypsy Jazz mandolin book. That was a gift also, from me. Now listening to Dylan's new Christmas album.

Peace to all,
Joe

**journeybear** · Dec-25-2009, 11:25am

Originally Posted by Tracy Tucker

The print of Santa sitting in the reindeer stable tuning his mandolin; entitled "December 26"

This one? I love it! That's been my Christmas card once or twice. Last year it was Pogo and crew (no MC)

**catmandu2** · Dec-25-2009, 11:42am

A lump of coal

...and a road trip to see family

I just heard the David Sedaris reading of Crumpet the Elf. Funny

**journeybear** · Dec-25-2009, 11:43am

Oh man - I forgot! I did get something, even if I had to get it myself ...

... One of my favorite albums, now on CD - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Where's the Money? The best liner notes, ever - the lyrics to all the songs, the band members and the instruments they play, when and where it was recorded, and that's about it. It arrived Christmas Eve, after a week of wrangling with Amazon over a glitch in their records. Sweet! And funny how Media Player labels this as Rock & 1970 - no drums or electric guitars, and recorded February 1971.

Chipping away at my to-get list of CD versions of favorite unabashedly obscure albums (for more, go here) ...

PS: catmandu2, you did better than me. Besides having to get my own gift, I only got half a lump of coal

**NotJethro** · Dec-25-2009, 12:36pm

Insofar as mando content goes, I was utterly surprised by my wife with the following CDs: Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug Busters (blues mandolin), and Early Mandolin Classics, Vol.1 (various artists).

And all this time here I thought she was oblivious to my mandolin interests. I love that woman.

**Rick Schmidlin** · Dec-25-2009, 12:53pm

A great book: "Celebrating Peanuts 60 Years."

**GDAE** · Dec-25-2009, 2:50pm

A gorgeous McClung armrest, a music theory book, and some ear training software. Sweet!

**Shawn Gambrel** · Dec-25-2009, 2:57pm

Hopefully i got some talent for Christmas haha but i got some boots woooo

**mandroid** · Dec-25-2009, 3:16pm

Never Bred, live alone, so today I go to the local Tavern to have some potluck eats. Brunch and a Pint.

**mandocrucian** · Dec-25-2009, 3:53pm

.....fine "formal attire"

**John Flynn** · Dec-25-2009, 4:03pm

Since I got my 20's Concertone GDAE Irish Tenor Banjo fixed up and I'm really getting into playing it, all I wanted for Christmas was ITB CDs. I got:

"Coyote Banjo" - Chris Smith
"I Will if I Can" - John Carty
"Myriad" - Gerry O'Connor
"Strings Attached" - Mick Maloney
"Through the Round Window" - Eamonn Coyne
"Humdinger" - Paul Brock and Enda Scahill
"Memories From the Holla" - Angelina Carberry, et al.
"Pure Banjo" - Brian McGrath

**Mandoviol** · Dec-25-2009, 4:32pm

Well, so far (since I'm technically having two Christmas mornings--one with extended family and one when I get home next week) I have received for Christmas Chris Thile's Not All Who Wander are Lost album and a copy of the Masters of the Mandolin book. Going to be some fun late-night jamming with that, let me tell you!

**re simmers** · Dec-25-2009, 4:59pm

My personal favorite:

Two Loars and a Gil....then my alarm clock went off.....:-)

Bob

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