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| quote: Originally posted by downtownv:
Familiar with e song "Mandolin WIND" BY ROD STUART?
There is no manadolin played in that song.
Where’d you hear that? The mandolin player was Ray Jackson, who Rod Stewart infamously listed on the liner notes for Every Picture Tells a Story this way: "The mandolin was played by the mandolin player in Lindisfarne. The name slips my mind."
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| quote: Originally posted by Aquilon: I would suggest Mandolin Cafe as a resource. They have a fantastic forum full of helpful folks for all things mandolin.
It is an excellent forum. Yeah, and Dave Grisman - how could I forget him? He is incredible in four or five styles of music.
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| quote: Originally posted by downtownv: well, I sure as hell didn't see one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlo1NvEdAw
Go to 1:29, behind his L shoulder, several views after that, besides, you can hear it.
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| quote: Originally posted by TMats: quote: Originally posted by downtownv: well, I sure as hell didn't see one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlo1NvEdAw
Go to 1:29, behind his L shoulder, several views after that, besides, you can hear it.
Well then, I stand corrected. You would think that he would get a film shot.
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| Almost 50 years ago my Photography Professor was a Dulcimer player and in one class one of of the students was a daughter of a close friend. One day he brought in a Courting Dulcimer and the two of them gave a rather fun concert after class. So just a suggestion for something new to think about once you have mastered the Mandolin. That is to take up the Dulcimer and look into getting a Courting Dulcimer so you and your daughter can play together. BTW the name came about because if you had a fellow courting your daughter you could hand them the Courting Dulcimer for use on the porch with the instruction that if it wasn't "singing" they best be coming inside to spend time with the family.
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| quote: Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:
What a fortuitous post. I have been going through things and came across my grandmother's mandolin. I have talked to my family and my children and no one has the desire to learn to play. We have all agreed that she would want someone to have it that will play it, as an instrument in a case is not serving it's purpose. It is a 1970s vintage Suzuki bowl back mandolin with beautiful inlay in excellent condition as it has lived in a case its whole life. It is yours for you and your daughter to enjoy if you would like it. I can send you some pictures if you would like to see it.
Oh my gosh! That's so very generous! I'll reach out via email. That's be a great accelerant to getting the process started and God knows time is a thievin' fast as she can. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Aquilon: I would suggest Mandolin Cafe as a resource. They have a fantastic forum full of helpful folks for all things mandolin.
Just joined yesterday at the recommendation of some guy on youtube! |
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| Went to a local'ish acoustic shop that had some amazing instruments. OMG the high-high end F style deluxe varnished from Collings was exquisite, and priced commensurately. The Eastman's were quite lovely too, but I just can't get myself to buy a Chinese instrument. Especially today. |
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| quote: Originally posted by TMats:
Marty Stuart is a great mandolin player
I can't find it on YouTube right now (dunno why... it used to be easy), but his recording of Fault Lines is fascinating. He just clobbers a mandolin there, and makes it look as easy as getting out of bed. Way cool. I'd love to have even a hundredth of that kind of talent. - - - - Edit: Vimeo link. https://vimeo.com/562306408
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| I surely do NOT play. However, when I was in the Navy I had a friend that played the mandolin and recorded several records with a Blue Grass Band. I wish I could remember his bands name. Lol |
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| quote: Originally posted by Tuckerrnr1:
What a fortuitous post. I have been going through things and came across my grandmother's mandolin. I have talked to my family and my children and no one has the desire to learn to play. We have all agreed that she would want someone to have it that will play it, as an instrument in a case is not serving it's purpose. It is a 1970s vintage Suzuki bowl back mandolin with beautiful inlay in excellent condition as it has lived in a case its whole life. It is yours for you and your daughter to enjoy if you would like it. I can send you some pictures if you would like to see it.
I just wanted to throw out a huge public thank you to Tuckerrnr1 for this generous gift. It arrived today safe and sound, and in impeccable condition. It truly is a family heirloom, and I am really very honored that he and his family have passed it to my daughter to learn on and play. She totally LOVES it and is even now still exploring and playing scales. It's a ~45 year old time machine. I'll get a fresh set of strings and a little fret board conditioner on it, and it'll be good for years to come. Thank you Tuckerrnr1!!! |
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| Handmade wooden instruments are always special… Especially if they have a story and some history behind them. Congratulations. 
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| quote: Originally posted by r0gue:
Went to a local'ish acoustic shop that had some amazing instruments. OMG the high-high end F style deluxe varnished from Collings was exquisite, and priced commensurately. The Eastman's were quite lovely too, but I just can't get myself to buy a Chinese instrument. Especially today.
Collings makes a fine mandolin and guitar. I've fiddled with their mandolins a little in stores. And my brother has two Collings guitars, and they are truly the top of the line. Only a few one-man shops can claim to make a mandolin any better than Collings. Even then, it is probably a matter of variation from one instrument to another. And they make them just up the highway from me. Cheers to Tuckernr1!
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| quote: Originally posted by aileron:
Actually, it looks like David Lindley was playing understated mandolin in this great video.
Lindley is an amazing player of anything with strings. We was playing a round hole three-point mandolin there, and if I had to guess, it was a Gibson, but I couldn't really tell. Here is an interesting video comparing a round hole to an F hole mandolin. Going to a F-style (with points on the body) from these A-styles won't make much of a difference as the points are solid blocks of wood under the points and the scroll - they are not hollow under there, so the body cavity is the same for both kinds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30u9lzrM8CI
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| quote: Originally posted by r0gue:Thank you Tuckerrnr1!!!
You're very welcome, may it bring your family years of enjoyment. It is once again fulfilling it's purpose.
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| quote: Originally posted by Aquilon:
If there is better mandolin picking than this right here, I've yet to hear it. He stops yapping and starts playing at about 0:50. In addition to being a virtuoso, he's playing a Gibson F5 "Lloyd Loar" (as previously mentioned by JHE888, the holy grail of bluegrass mandolins). Chris' Loar is a 1924 - technically the grail would be a 1923 model, but only because Bill Monroe's was a '23. Nonetheless, even on what appears to be a cell phone recording, you can hear the stunning woody, throaty tone of the instrument.
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I have seen Thile twice, once 15 years ago and in November last year. He is so good. Not just as a virtuoso player but has a thoughtful, artful musician. Some virtuosos are specatcular, flashy players, and Thile can do that, but his musical sense is immpeccable. He is so fluid and graceful. Thile played a Dudenbostel until he got that Loar F5. I guess the Loar sounds better to him, but I'd be perfectly happy to have one of Lynn Dudenbostel's mandos.
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