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el diablo said:
I missed the dream mando refer somehow..was it a crazy old gibbie? Original Loar i bet.
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Yup. 1923 Loar. There's a great YouTube video of him playing his and two others that were built around the same time.


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so...since I have no idea about mandos...

what's this F & A thing y'all are taling about?
tunings?
 
Peeker said:
so...since I have no idea about mandos...

what's this F & A thing y'all are taling about?
tunings?
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Model designations. One had a scroll upper bout (F) , kinda the classic mando look and the other looks like Kerouacs (A).
Which is just as authentic, but rounded. Sorta the cutaway/non cutaway world of mandolins.

You should get one. Hayseed Dixie does AC/DC on them.
 
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A - F - A - F

Bluegrassers are nuts for F styles. Celtic seem to prefer A. Orchestral is usually A with an oval sound hole.
 
F's are very cool, but you can buy a much better A for what you spend on a lower end F. I'm not planning on collecting mandolins like I do with guitars, so a really solid A style it is.
 
I like the twirly bit on the F, but if it's gonna cost a bunch more, it ain't that important, I'd take an A.


all said, I'm gonna paint skulls on it anyways, so....


I'd be happy learning Copperhead Road. :embarrassed:


there is a mando on that, right?

I hear 99% of stuff as a punk/metal tune
 
I just looked up Copperhead Road on youtube and realized I had never seen Steve Earle's face before....
 
and at the time, he was not at all looking like a heroin addict, he was not a scrawny dude at all.

shocked.


wonder why it took this long for me to see what he looked like...

the hair and bandanna, I had that right in my head, though :lol:
 
Peeker said:
and at the time, he was not at all looking like a heroin addict, he was not a scrawny dude at all.
shocked.
wonder why it took this long for me to see what he looked like...
the hair and bandanna, I had that right in my head, though :lol:
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His past habits aged him rapidly. I'm so glad he survived. Some of his best writing was post prison and drugs.
A few years back:
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The Andy approved beard works better for him.
Today:
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Andy, you familiar with SHEL. They're very much in the mold of Nickel Creek, but they're all sisters.



I hate that you got that price on that mando. I've wanted one for years (thanks to Chris), but my price range is for a cheap one and I'm never able to just drop $350 at any given time were I even to find a deal like yours.
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
Andy, you familiar with SHEL. They're very much in the mold of Nickel Creek, but they're all sisters.



I hate that you got that price on that mando. I've wanted one for years (thanks to Chris), but my price range is for a cheap one and I'm never able to just drop $350 at any given time were I even to find a deal like yours.
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I'll check them out in a bit.

Honestly, this is more than I really had as readily available cash and I had to dip into some other gear money. But I have a couple of new gigs lined up and some new students starting, so I jumped on it.


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I just love that Trinity sound hole. They discontinued the Trinity 12-string, but this is still available.

I think the one you got is more suitable for your music.
 
That dark burst is one of my favorite finishes ever.

If I could have an LP type like that I would at the drop of the proverbial hat.
 
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