This is where MacRostie has spent nearly half of a century honing his craft: mandolin making. His Red Diamond mandolins are ...
He holds up pieces for one of the instruments. “What I'm modeling these after is 100-year-old Gibson mandolins,” he said. “Those were the mandolins used and played in early bluegrass.
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A string player might achieve these effects by quickly moving a bow back and forth, and a balalaika, mandolin or guitar ... late ’40s and companies such as Gibson, Multivox and Danelectro ...
He was a farmer, a TV repairman and loved to sing and play the guitar and mandolin with friends who stopped by ... Gavin Sholar, Ava Sholar, Zoey Gibson, Michael Bland and Jaxon Bland; a special ...