KENTUCKY MANDOLIN BLUEGRASS PROFESSIONAL

'But the F7 didn't suggest those sounds to Bill. Prior to finding the F5, Monroe played a Gibson F7. Because if that's all it was, he could have done some of that on the F7,' Gruhn explained. 'That mandolin was not simply a compliant tool doing what he told it to do. Bill was darn near ripping them out of the bridge he'd hit it so hard.' 'The way people played before they were tickling the strings. 'His sound changed so radically that I can't think of a better example of a partnership between a musician and an instrument where that instrument totally reshaped a player's whole style,' Gruhn said. He says Monroe's style changed when he stumbled across a 1923 Gibson F5 Lloyd Loar mandolin in a barber shop in Miami, Florida. Music Publications across the country cite Gruhn as an instrument guru. George Gruhn is the owner of Gruhn Guitar Shop in Nashville, Tennessee specializing in antique instruments.

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The driving, syncopated chops, and the hard, popping leads were unlike anything that had come before. The Bill Monroe style of playing was a key factor in the creation of bluegrass, and some would say helped lay the foundation for Rockabilly and Rock n' Roll. So I stood there and sung Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man.' Well he smiled pretty big, and said, Is that right?', and I said, Yes sir.' So he took the strap on the mandolin, and wrapped it around the curl of the body, and made it fit me. Of course he asked me what I played first. But he reached down, grabbed me by the arm, and pulled me up on the stage. He finally said, Well get that little Ricky Skaggs on up here.' So I walked on up to the front of the stage. 'I guess after about twenty or thirty minutes in the show, the towns people there started to request little Ricky Skaggs to get up and sing. Skaggs played with Monroe for the first time there when he was six years old.

In 1960, Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys played a concert in Martha, Kentucky. Skaggs is among the countless players heavily influenced by Bill Monroe. And it was a sound that no one had had before that.' That was that back beat of what bluegrass, the sound was. Skaggs continues, 'When he played rhythm on it, it became like a drum in a country or a rock band. Skaggs is, among other things, a fourteen-time Grammy Award winner, and is considered one of the greatest mandolin players of all time. 'It had a chop, it had a bark,' Ricky Skaggs said. While the bluegrass sound may not have been the same without Lester Flatt on guitar, Chubby Wise on fiddle and Earl Scruggs on banjo, the genre may have never come about without Bill Monroe's hard driving mandolin style. Monroe was born Septemin Rosine, Kentucky, and is considered by most to be the 'Father of Bluegrass Music.' Celtic, U.K.Murray, KY вЂ“ Were he still alive, today would have been Bill Monroe's 100th birthday.Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer.Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex.Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Rockabilly.Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants.Technique, Theory, Playing Tips and Tricks.Jams, Workshops, Camps, Places To Meet Others.Looking for Information About Mandolins.Quick Navigation General Mandolin Discussions Top If you are looking at new ones with the price increase I think there are other options to consider. If you are looking at used ones and find a good 950/1050 for a fair price I think they are hard to beat. Personally I am not overly fond of the sound of the Collings MT's, I have heard lots of Collings and some great ones but the MT has a distinctive sound to my ears. They have that mid range cutting bluegrass sound with plenty of bass and the treble's are there as well and you will not get lost in a jam. The 950/1050 have a wider nut, radiused fretboard and larger frets which a lot of players will find appealing. I currently have a 956 that is really great as well.

KENTUCKY MANDOLIN BLUEGRASS PROFESSIONAL

The 1050 was a terrific mandolin and would be plenty of mandolin for most anyone but a professional player. The 950 was terrific and was originally owned by a luthier who was between mandolins for about a year (I thinks that says a lot) until he built another one for him to keep. Are you buying new or used? I have had several Kentucky mandolins including a 950, 9.

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