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"Hi Steve, FWIW mandolins did not become popular or even widely known in the US until…"

Joel Hooks replied Sep 25, 2018 to Fretting over fretless

 21 Sep 19, 2019
Reply by John Masciale

"Al, common= early 1880s.  Very uncommon but did exist mid 1850s."

Joel Hooks replied Sep 24, 2018 to Fretting over fretless

 21 Sep 19, 2019
Reply by John Masciale

"Hi M'lou,  Congratulations on taking the plunge to do it right. Do a search here, on…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 26, 2018 to Reading musical notation for the various Tutor books

 37 Jul 15, 2018
Reply by M'lou Brubaker

"Could it be that part of your tuning problems are with the strings?  Violins were gu…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 21, 2018 to Violin tuning

 34 Jun 21, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"You are welcome Paul!  Check out starting on page 64 there are a bunch of Frank Conv…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 11, 2018 to Tutor for the Banjo Selected Arranged and Composed by Otto Langey

 4 Jun 12, 2018
Reply by Timothy Twiss

"We had a "Baur" themed American Banjo Fraternity Rally some rallies back.  We discov…"

Joel Hooks replied Jun 5, 2018 to The Banjoist's Budget

 6 Jun 7, 2018
Reply by Chris Prieto

"Here is some recordings of a concert from 1990.  Clarke's "Under The Double Eagle" p…"

Joel Hooks replied Jan 30, 2018 to Another Concert featuring Clarke Buehling with the Skirtlifters

 5 Jan 30, 2018
Reply by Wes Merchant

"Yes. "

Joel Hooks replied Aug 20, 2017 to Converse Banjo Bridges Now Available.

 3 Aug 21, 2017
Reply by Tom Berghan

"HI Chris, FWIW historically, the earliest documented information on the five string…"

Joel Hooks replied Aug 11, 2017 to Gut 4th string

 17 Oct 9, 2017
Reply by Strumelia

"Very true John.  As the years of banjo went on and subsequent generations took it up…"

Joel Hooks replied Jul 21, 2017 to How long do you take to learn a song you haven't heard before?

 7 Jul 21, 2017
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