Hey all..Im Tim..new to the mandolin club, just wanted to say hi. Ive posted a link to a great vintage instrument store..<a href=http://www.elderly.com..I...
Welcome to the club Tim. I live in Michigan and Elderly Instruments is a great place to shop. I bought my first good mandolin there in 1987, a 1955 gibson A ...
Hello, i am new to the mandolin group, and in fact i am new to the mandolin also. I was looking for some sites that have chris thile and sam bush tabs. I want...
Well I guess by looking at the posts I'm the newest member here. Also looks like a pretty quiet club. I've been playing about a year and still working hard at...
Hey Mando PLayers!! Once again Comando..THE mandolin newsgroup, will be sending 2 lucky mando players to Steve Kaufmans Mandolin Kamp, June 13th-17th in ...
I am new to the club and new to the mandolin. I have been a guitar player for about ten years though. I decided i wanted to become proficient in the ways of...
Welcome to the club, Adam. Sam Bush and chris thile tabs can be had through Elderly Instruments. E-mail www.elderly.com and go tobooks and cd's. They have tons...
Welcome! Try www.elderly.com and go to instructional materials. I am Mr Bill and when I started out, I was a bass player. I heard Heart's version of "Sylvan ...
Welcom to the club! Sorry to you and other members about being slow to reply. I'm building a new front porch to put my rockin chair on. I'm Mr bill and I live...
Hello, If you like learning fiddle tunes i suggest Steve Kauffman's : fidle tunes for mandloin that ever backyard picker should know..or something like that, i...
I bought a couple books and the Bill Monroe box set. Wow! That's the best forty bucks I've ever spent. Mr. Bill asked me to tell you about Merlefest. Not sure...
Spam was invented rght here in Minnesota, so we're allowed extra leeway, right?<br><br>I've got two mandolin tunes up on Mp3.com. One, "Spirit Island," is from...
I just saw sam bush at telluride. Wow. I've seen him a couple of times but this was the best. He played for a while just by himself and it's amizing how full...
I saw Sam a couple weeks back at the Ryman Auditorium and I know what you mean about when he plays solo. He did Girl From North Country during one of the...
Call it strange..call it fate..I just took my first mandolin lesson..I have never in my life picked up any kind of instrument.<br><br>After hearing Nickle...
I bought my first mandolin today. I've played the guitar most of my life and just wanted to give the mandolin a try. I'm a big bluegrass fan and would love to ...
Hi all,<br>This is my first post to the site, and I'm mighty glad to be here!<br>First off I'm left handed and I've just stared to play the mandolin. I would...
Welcome! I bought my first mandolin in 1974 after seeing Peter Ostroushko playing with The Middle Spunk Creek Boys here in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (He got lots...
Thinking about buying a bluegrass mandolin and want to know the nut widths for the different makes. Also, need a recommendation on an inexpensive wide neck ...
My LaPlant is 1.05"--my old Brentrup (#1) was a tad wider. I moved from the wider nut to the smaller with about 10 minutes of practice, and (like most mandolin...
Hi! I'm new here. I just started playing the mandolin about 8 months ago. I really love it and enjoy it. I have travelled to a few bluegrass festivals this...
