Re: New Mandola

2011-01-21 Thread taurodont
Yeah! Seems like an eternity I have been waiting for a dola. On Jan 21, 5:25 pm, Robin Gravina wrote: > ah, so that Mandola was a Collings > > > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Don wrote: > > Nelson, congrats! I just bought a Collings MT2 mandola off of ebay > > that was used but basically b

Re: Blaming my tools

2011-01-21 Thread Ed Goist
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Robin Gravina wrote: > ..."no tone, crap right hand, crap left hand, no originality, timing all > off, can barely hold a pick, trouble standing vertical and keeping nose > clean, dog has more natural talent..." > > Do you have a hidden camera installed in my practi

Re: Blaming my tools

2011-01-21 Thread Robin Gravina
Well 'good stuff' is as 'good stuff' does. You are right: there is all kinds of interplay there: I played a Chinese Bouzouki in London which was going for 200 pounds, nasty construction and bits of glue everywhere, but it sounded fantastic to me. I think I'm just going through one of those phases w

Re: New Mandola

2011-01-21 Thread Robin Gravina
ah, so that Mandola was a Collings On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Don wrote: > Nelson, congrats! I just bought a Collings MT2 mandola off of ebay > that was used but basically brand new. I'm impressed with it. I did > the Miss Palisades video with it. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Nelso

Re: Re: Norman Blake

2011-01-21 Thread kathy nichols
Hi Nelson, I am one of the tbuggers that recommended the Blake/Rice 2 CD. If you are enjoying Norman's mandolin playing, there is a Homespun tape (and probably a DVD now) with a number tunes played and demonstrated by Norman and his wife Nancy. One of the tunes they dissect is Father's Hall, whic

RE: Blaming my tools

2011-01-21 Thread bgjunkie
You say you have a Lebeda and then go on to say "good stuff" later, I have played several Lebedas and they are really good mandolins. I played a Lebeda A at Cotton Music here in Nashville that made me want to sell my Gibson F9 - it had that singing quality that a lot of Collings mandolins. I have

Re: New Mandola

2011-01-21 Thread Don
Nelson, congrats! I just bought a Collings MT2 mandola off of ebay that was used but basically brand new. I'm impressed with it. I did the Miss Palisades video with it. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Nelson wrote: > If you got the emailer from The Mandolin Store this morning that > included the

New Mandola

2011-01-21 Thread Nelson
If you got the emailer from The Mandolin Store this morning that included the Collings MT Mandola in it, you can take a look at the one I have coming in a month or so. I just bought it. Now, I'll TWO mandolin family instruments to stumble around on! WoooHo! Nelson -- You received this mess

Re: New Tune/January '11

2011-01-21 Thread Linda
Here is the Jan tune of the month from Tasmania, I posted it also in the Dec. Tunes.. its also in facebook Just in case any of you have allergies to fb. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5iU1EQ4wc linder On Jan 12, 7:50 am, mgromkey wrote: > Mr. Cantrell is the only one who has posted this o

Re: Song of the Month-December 2010

2011-01-21 Thread Linda
Here is my effort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5iU1EQ4wc On Jan 5, 12:57 am, Trey Young wrote: > Here is my take on the Grub > Springs,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg5HUEOdsz8 > ,apologies for the tardiness...got busy at the end of the month and never got > the B part how I wanted it,

Re: Blaming my tools

2011-01-21 Thread Linda
I put some kind of Addario's on that white face and it sounded terrible. I had to take them off but my mando is different than yours. I like GHS strings for what i play. Yes, its up and down at my house re mando. I think its common for nearly everyone to have a dark hour now and again about thin

Re: Blaming my tools

2011-01-21 Thread Robin Gravina
Portugal is an idea, and I will do the strings;: I just use Addario J74's which I think are phosphor bronze (it says 'Ricky Skaggs uses this pack', so they must be good, right? ;-)) I might just be going through a patch of self-doubt, as other times I like my tone, but I think it's also just heari