Brian, I love that song. I have version of it in a guitar book. The song is written in A minor but it says to use a capo on the 2nd or 3rd fret (Bm or Cm)....
Kimberly, I've never played a Washburn mandolin, but the least expensive one I can find is about $380. I've had a few Washburn guitars and have no complaints. ...
Hello. Is there a type of mandolin which is tuned like the first four strings of a guitar? Or, can a regular mandolin be restrung to accomplish the same thing?...
Just choose the appropriate gauges of string and tune it. Shouldn't be any problem. Might take some experimentation. The compensation may also be off, so ...
I am new to this group. I would like to learn to play the mandolin and was wondering if there is any good teach-ur-self materials available. David (a fiddler)...
Mel Bay's books are good. The "You can play" series. Something like that. With the drawings on the front. A decent mandolin is very important, too, not a real...
I've borrowed a Kentucky mandolin (scroll type) from a friend for now. He also has a Tacoma. Can you recommend a good one? I've looked in Musician's Friend...
They can get pretty high. I'm currently playing a Flatiron Festival F, which is very nice and quite inexpensive. The local guitar center has them for $1499,...
Howdy..try "Mid-Missouri" mandolins for a nice solid top basic mandolin for under $500.00..they are not fancy and the low priced ones are just basic A style or...
Hello. If you have an interest in any instructional/construction workshops in Virginia at a non-profit organization, the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational...
Howdy! I'm new to the list and a beginner player. I've been listening to bluegrass for a good while and decided that it was finally time I pick up an ...
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Hello Brian, The list doesn't seem too active. Good activity at mandolincafe. I'm sort of a beginner mando player. I play fiddle, but mando is a bit...
As far as I know the del McCoury Band allows taping and this was downloaded from a site that has very strict rules on only allowing bands that allow taping to...
Brian Steely
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Aug 5, 2002 4:53 pm
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You just mentioned CD. IF you're going to do interesting things with recordings, then do read the copyright law. Short US Code section. Might be 17 USC 106....
Hi. I am a new member trying to get to know the rest of the people in the group....who is your favorite mandolin picker??? I am partial to Doyle Lawson and Sam...
Hi, Welcome to the list! My favorite mandolin player is without a doubt, Chris Thile of Nickel Creek. I also like, Adam Steffey, Sam Bush and Dan Tyminski. I...
Howdy!!! I agree that all the pickers you listed are great! I am surprised you have never heard of Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain. Melvin has been pickin...
Well what about David Grisman? I have also been listening to Matt Flinner's album "Latitude". Not traditional bluegrass but some really great music never the...
Hi Friends, The Savannah River Grass web site is now listed in the Top 100 Bluegrass Web Sites. Please visit our site (I know many of you recently have...
Well, hello! I used to play with Chris back when we were in a band called Silver Creek with Barry Crabtree, Lenny Ceneters, Bill Crabtree and Gary L....
I have heard all about the good old days when Chris first started pickin bluegrass....I do know about Silver Creek...probably have a tape around here of a jam...
CAMPTON!!!! We just spent a week's vacation in the Red River Gorge! I would love to see Lenny again, as well! Does Lenny have an e-mail address, too? Please...
Hi, I've been playing mandolin for a couple of years. I don't get very many opportunities to jam with anyone and would like to find out if there are any folks...
David Grisman is the craziest mandolin picker around. I caught the David Grisman Quintet last month at Alpine Valley and he and his band knocked ma socks off....
David Grisman is the craziest mandolin picker around. I caught the David Grisman Quintet last month at Alpine Valley and he and his band knocked ma socks off....
Jazz Mandolin Project is a hoot. Improvisation,psychedelic noodling,and lots of uncontrollable dancing goes on at these JMP shows. Jamie Masefield(mandolin) is...
I just took up the mandolin again. There was a conflict with my guitar playing but I figured I had to focus on one and the mando won. I have a Rigel CT 110...
