Yes; but I do more mandolin and octave mando these days; as a duo with my wife on autoharp we find that the blend is better that way, allows for...
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Not me - I still have a ton of piano music in the basement that belonged to my Mom, and I haven't been able to do anything with it; some is...
Leather-stitching? Or maybe just a portable sewing machine? Beats me.
One of my A50s has a DI that works fine on stage - but I've always just recorded acoustically. Would be interested to hear your African Soukous...
Yes, past options for electric mandos were not good; a lot of them did, and still do, double the strings, a bad idea for electrics. (Sorry for the...
Rockaway Beach is one of my most favorite places. I took this pic and used it for the cover of one of my CDs. Same rocks, different angle....
Sweet! I was of course speaking somewhat tongue-in-cheek. For gigs I play 1950-era Gibson A-50s, and a luthier-made octave mando for "Americeltic"...
PS, also it needs a nut - not hard to make, but more tricky than a guitar nut, especially if you've never made one, due to the spacing for the...
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Not generally called a bandoline, in my experience; banjolin is used, or mandolin-banjo or banjo-mandolin. But yes, strung and tuned like a...
Slightly off topic....but a few years ago I was at an auction, a very well-known auction house for native items, especially NW Coast. A collector...
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