mandolin time (video)...

[HTH AMPS]

I got myself a mandolin last summer as some of you may know, its a bugga of an instrument to get into, but I'm just about making some headway now.  Here's a little ditty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0jxHCxhTE&list=UUzqKEsk80v098n1C-pey1HA&index=1&feature=plcp

[Frank]

Nicely done! Mandolin was the first instrument I learned to play, my dad has a 100 year old mandolin that belonged to his grandfather and I can remember plunking around on that when I was 5 or 6 years old. I even got it restored to playing condition and recorded with it a couple of times ...

http://soundcloud.com/gilgafrank/amen-the-thunderbolt-and-the

[38thBeatle]

Impressive stuff gentlemen.

[Telerocker]

Sweet! Why do I fancy a scotch now?

[HTH AMPS]

cheers fellas, salute!

[Tellboy]

Yep - really enjoyed that - do like mandolins.

And Frank, after listening to Amen The Thunderbolt you caught me again on the Cliffs of Dover  :lol:

[Mr. Air]

How often do you see a mandolin player dressed in a Motörhead t-shirt?  :P

Good stuff, Ian!

[HTH AMPS]

How often do you see a mandolin player dressed in a Motörhead t-shirt?  :P

Good stuff, Ian!

let me think, Ace Of Spades on mandolin, could work...   8)

[psy]

Well played Sir.  And great choice of song too.  :D

[WezV]

look what you made me do!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220958234822#ht_698wt_1396

i would love to make a carved top f-style mandolin at some point - but for now i reckon this campfire style one will be nice alongside my  banjolele and tenor uke

[Frank]

Banjolele, now that's a proper instrument. Goes well with beards, Arran sweaters and real ale.

[Frank]

Just been googling and found a mandolin identical to my dad's. It's a bit of an ecological disaster, even down to the ivory tuning peg knobs and the real tortoiseshell pickguard. No plastic in 1902, they sawed a tortoise up to make this.

http://www.adverts.ie/mandolins/bowl-back-mandolin/787473

[HTH AMPS]

Well played Sir.  And great choice of song too.  :D

oh yeah, Wildhearts ftw!!!  8)

[HTH AMPS]

look what you made me do!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220958234822#ht_698wt_1396

i would love to make a carved top f-style mandolin at some point - but for now i reckon this campfire style one will be nice alongside my  banjolele and tenor uke

That'll be a lovely little project Wez, video and photos are of course required if only to satisfy Fernando  :lol:

[HTH AMPS]

Just been googling and found a mandolin identical to my dad's. It's a bit of an ecological disaster, even down to the ivory tuning peg knobs and the real tortoiseshell pickguard. No plastic in 1902, they sawed a tortoise up to make this.

http://www.adverts.ie/mandolins/bowl-back-mandolin/787473

If nothing died to make my instrument possible then I ain't happy, lmao.

Someone find me a tortoise, a hammer and a table saw  :lol: