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		<title>Very cool 1960s Gibson tenor guitar/ mandolin double neck</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2009/05/15/very-cool-1960s-gibson-tenor-guitar-mandolin-double-neck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 necks, 12 strings. This 1960s-era mandolin/ tenor guitar is one of the cooler things I&#8217;ve seen for a while. I&#8217;ve been switching between mandolin and tenor guitar for some of Tangleweed&#8217;s stuff, so a 2-header monster like this has some appeal. I&#8217;m wagering that an SG-style electric wouldn&#8217;t fly at bluegrass festivals, though.
At $13.5K, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Fender FM-60E electric mandolin for sale on eBay</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2009/03/22/fender-fm-60e-electric-mandolin-for-sale-on-ebay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the early stages on an equipment purge (or, to use the terminology of the day, &#8220;equipment right-sizing&#8221;). One of the early casualties is this Fender FM-60E 5-string electric mandolin. It&#8217;s up for sale now on eBay. Fender no longer makes `em, so if you want one, this is your chance.
I bought this mandolin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of me with Howard Armstrong</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2008/05/17/picture-of-me-with-howard-armstrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 17:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this photo, circa August 1997, when I was cleaning out some old files. Howard (&#8216;Louie Bluie&#8217;) Armstrong was a mandolinist I admired enormously, from his early recordings with the unfortunately named Tennessee Chocolate Drops to his later work with Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong, and as a solo artist. His recording of State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stradivarius of mandolins</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2008/05/11/the-stradivarius-of-mandolins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2008/05/11/the-stradivarius-of-mandolins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stradivarius of mandolins is this Stradivarius mandolin, one of two known examples. It&#8217;s in the collections of the University of South Dakota. With ten gut strings and what appear to be oud-like frets, it&#8217;s a markedly different instrument from the contemporary mandolin, which is largely based on the work of Orville Gibson.
It&#8217;s signed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homer and Jethro playing I&#8217;m Walking Behind You</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2008/01/13/homer-and-jethro-playing-im-walking-behind-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2008/01/13/homer-and-jethro-playing-im-walking-behind-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[True to form, Homer and Jethro take a simple comic song and turn it into an impressive instrumental showpiece. It really starts to swing about the 1:15 mark. From the Jimmy Dean show.

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		<title>Coleman and Harper playing Old Hen Cackle</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/10/01/coleman-and-harper-playing-old-hen-cackle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/10/01/coleman-and-harper-playing-old-hen-cackle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an uncommonly good piece of old-time mandolin playing. It is available on CD on the excellent collection Down in the Basement. According to that disc&#8217;s liner notes, the recording was by a pair of Knoxville musicians name Joe Evans and Arthur McClain. The two recorded for several labels under, as was the custom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarence and Roland White playing I am a Pilgrim and Soldier&#8217;s Joy</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/29/clarence-and-roland-white-playing-i-am-a-pilgrim-and-soldiers-joy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/29/clarence-and-roland-white-playing-i-am-a-pilgrim-and-soldiers-joy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is some great vintage footage of Clarence and Roland White playing together in 1973. There are some clear shots of their left hands, so you can get a pretty good sense of their playing mechanics.

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		<title>A Guide to Transposition and A Word About the Capo</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/18/a-guide-to-transposition-and-a-word-about-the-capo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/18/a-guide-to-transposition-and-a-word-about-the-capo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this piece as part of the introduction to my book, The American Country Music Tunebook, to help my students become more comfortable with transposition. I&#8217;m posting it here for the same reason &#8212; with a little bit of knowledge and a little bit of practice, anyone can become comfortable transposing songs and tunes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tone-gard</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/10/the-tone-gard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/10/the-tone-gard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MandoBlog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mandolinists always need more volume. Our instrument is not a loud one, and trying to keep up with banjos, fiddles, and guitars can be like tapdancing in a buffalo stampede. The tone-gard is a simple aftermarket way of increasing your volume. It clips onto the back of the instrument, pushing it away from the body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New strings, same evil tailpiece</title>
		<link>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/09/new-strings-evil-tailpiece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/09/09/new-strings-evil-tailpiece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Rainey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GigBlog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m testing out some new mandolin strings made by a Canadian company called Fire Wire. I strung up my resonator mandolin with them for a two-set show tonight.
The wound strings are a little darker than the nickel strings I&#8217;m presently using. The gauges run from .010 to .036. I sometimes like to use a slightly [...]]]></description>
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