10 songs to play on mandolin that aren't bluegrass

[@billastell3753]

The mandolin is a great instrument. Whenever I tell folks I play the mando they assume it's bluegrass. Fact is I play very little bluegrass music. I can play along with just about anything that's going.

[@billastell3753]

Williamjames huff name a tune that a mandolin can't slide into and add a pleasant texture? By the way... what do you play?

[@richardbartram5317]

I've been playing mandolin for about 10 years, never played bluegrass on it yet. 👍

[@phatthand]

Mandolin has been around a lot longer than bluegrass, also goes for banjo, guitar, bass and fiddle.

[@enoclopez1378]

You my good sir, are a True Bard :V

[@francescodarcangeli4197]

Indeed. Mandolin is one of the instrument the stereotypical Italian play, at least in the eyes of the foreigners. Germans usually say "Italians, pizza, spaghetti, mandolino" (the more sophisticated throw a guitar in it) and indeed the mandolin was invented in Italy, almost at the same time both in Naples and in Lombardy (the region where Milan is, home for example to the Stradivari violin makers - sorry if I sound nerdish and know-it-all).

[@jgoogs2881]

Nice, thanks. In addition all the Irish Traditional jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc. are very well suited to mandolin.

[@calebnation7797]

Also any classical pieces written for violin

[@FlatlandMando]

That's for sure. Nothing nicer than Irish- style on the mandolin.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Need more Zeppelin on this list! "The Battle Of Evermore" and "Going To California" are both spectacular mandolin tunes.

[@IsaacEstrada12]

Led Zeppelin has some great ones as well. Battle of Evermore, Tangerine, That's the Way, and Gallows Pole are great examples.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Thank you! That's what I said too. Zepp is actually what got me interested in mandolin.

[@win1837]

No , Tangerine was 12 string

[@JustClaude13]

Pretty good. I've been playing with Japanese folk music. Plenty of music out there to play with.

[@monamaria2037]

please make a video on how to learn number 2. losing my religion

[@goregore6259]

Mona Maria looks easy to figure out

[@nerkdurgen5574]

Or corning my religion

[@TimGreigPhotography]

Given the roots of the mandolin I would imagine there are way more mandolin tunes that aren't bluegrass than are! Great job. I would add Heart's Silvan Song/Dream of the Archer as a favourite.

[@maplessyrup7026]

@cat with a camera it's italian as far as i know

[@GiacomoTarkusSannino]

@cat and biscuit Mandolin is Italian! It's the staple instrument of Southern Italian traditional music

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

Technically most of the mandolin canon in bluegrass was written for fiddle anyway

[@yojishinkawa378]

You can play almost anything on almost any instrument. I play a flute, which is an instrument that can't play multiple notes at the same time, but I play Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Night on Bald Mountain on it like every day. You can figure it out if you try.

[@Kudo716]

Kinda sad Battle of Evermore was left out but nice list,

[@TokyoBlue587]

OMG it's great on that song

[@drothberg3]

Not to mention Going to California

[@ianthefishable]

But spinal tap was on the list lol.

[@lowellcalavera6045]

He left out the hard ones

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

ME TOO

[@infledermaus]

Cool! You have good technique! Thee are also thousands of pieces of classical music. None are bluegrass. Lol! I love Bach, Vivaldi, Händel, etc. Baroque dounds great on mandolin. Beethoven wrote 4 or 6 pieces for mandolin for some gal he was in love with. Mozart also wrote some music for mandolin. There are a lot of superb turn of the 20th century Italian virtuoso mandolin pieces such as Munier's Capriccio Spagnuolo. And the list goes on. Anything written for violin is good for mandolin since mando is a plucked version of the violin I need to taste something besides classic as I've had a hankering for something more modern for just the last month so I really like your offering here. Very nice! Hahaha! Perfect coincidental timing for me. I have two mandos. One flatback and my favorite, my bowlback. Thanks for posting this!

[@abbytschantz]

I just got a new mandolin! This is so encouraging and motivating! I wanna be this good 💙

[@sub53r0]

Absolutely beautiful playing! What a gorgeous instrument. This video really lifted my spirits today. Thanks for sharing!

[@lynneatsrocks]

my dad just bought me a mandolin out of nowhere and i’m so excited OMG HAHAHAH

[@HeavyArmoredMedic]

This is the cutest thing i've seen today

[@Dillonmarshalll]

How's that going for you?

[@beyoncealways2911]

Same!! My Nanan just gave me one and I was so surprised!!

[@puberunkalita482]

Mine also

[@lazylazuli4661]

Same omg

[@zenwahine2]

Hey not a well known mandolin song, but Sylvan song by Heart is stunning. Nancy Wilson is a master guitarist & mandolin player. ❤️

[@ruggedcrunkster]

I would love to have your tab for your version of poor wayfairing stranger that was beautiful

[@TokyoBlue587]

thank you for this!! I am interested in learning mandolin to maybe play Irish music. But I like all these songs too.

[@danielboyd8468]

Would have never thought to do Dave Brubeck on mandolin..Nice!

[@meauxtheaverage]

The fact that you played the Stonehenge reel... Appreciate you, sir.

[@joelcrow]

how could someone not love this instrument

[@pip5528]

Mandolin is cool, but I personally prefer guitars and lutes.

[@thejakegittesofetruscology5165]

It's an interesting instrument but its fifths tuning is turning me off.

[@colmivers]

The Jake Gittes of Etruscology it makes harmony and chord shapes in general a bit more challenging for sure, but worth the effort

[@theredcomet844]

You can’t love something you don’t quite know.

[@85481]

@@theredcomet844 I used to really dislike the mandolin when I started listening to bluegrass. Became a running joke with a friend. These days I'm used to it and that was the start of learning to love it.

[@y0sh1100]

You forgot Rise by Eddie Vedder and Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin.

[@felipesorondo5883]

All of the Into The Wild soundtrack is fucking amazing

[@jimmymahone5420]

He didn't forget anything. Record your own list.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Battle of Evermore is what got me into mandolin in the first place

[@Timmorrisjr]

Seeing Stonehenge on here killed me. That was one of the first songs I learned when I got my mandolin too 😂

[@wiscgaloot]

Linus and Lucy! I want to learn that one, #10 was just awesome.

[@MrSiruiz]

Bach sounds great on Mandolin. I also like the piece "naquele tempo", composed for flute.

[@mosiacsoml]

Mandolins, Flutes, and Harps. So pretty.

[@jobethk588]

Beautiful! So many songs that I love.

[@OsannaInExcelsis]

I'm seriously glad someone knows Blue Rondo A La Turk :)

[@roam7858]

This sounds like what they use to make all the ring tones on phones...

[@nitrogenax2327]

Roam no one like this comment it is currently at 69

[@rubes221]

Also some of the creepy suspense building noises in horror movies

[@frigidpony]

Blue Rondo a la Turk is a fun song to play on mandolin... and so is Take Five.

[@dsokind]

I wish you had on your web site available a pdf with sheet music of all these tunes (not tab). Even better a collection with all these and a few more of your favorite tunes you play and teach.

[@carolynreese5977]

The song came and went Like the times that we spent Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent I laughed and she'd smile It would last for awhile You don't know what you got till you lose it all again Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Listen to my heart break every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind A sad song drifting low Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go A cool evening dance Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill From the air 'til they play the last song I'll do my time Keeping you off my mind but there's moments That I find, I'm not feeling so strong Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Listen to my heart break every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind A sad song drifting low Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go Running down by the lake shore She did love the sound of a summer storm It played on the lake like a mandolin Now it's washing her away again Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Listen to my heart break every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind A sad song drifting low Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go The boat's steaming in I watch the side wheel spin and I Think about her when I hear that whistle blow I can't change my mind I knew all the time that she'd go But that's a choice I made long ago Listen to the mandolin rain Listen to the music on the lake Listen to my heart break every time she runs away Listen to the banjo wind A sad song drifting low Listen to the tears roll Down my face as she turns to go Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Bruce Hornsby / John Hornsby Mandolin Rain lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc, North Star Media Feedback Videos

[@RetroPlus]

How do you play the highest fret? It's tiny!

[@freddykabulaschnitza2475]

You don't, there just there for show.

[@jbeeyes]

@@freddykabulaschnitza2475 is that fuking serious mate

[@brendan1888]

You suffer.

[@waldalwahsh7833]

use your nails

[@WeepingWillow1]

It takes all your strength and willpower to play the forbidden final fret. (Seriously though it's annoying to play that high but possible)

[@verandi3882]

mandolin sounds wonderful , especially when it plays jigs and reels , what a lovely sound

[@michaelbicknell8837]

Not only sound great but look great too ! My Grandfather used to play a Bangor ukulele, self taught and he used to sing and play the old war time songs and he used to get invited to a lot of parties ,he also used to play the piano ,not very well as I can remember but after a few sherbert, he sounded great ! My Grandmother was not best pleased when he was rolling in at all hours @ But he

[@kenmckinney4233]

Now that is a sweet sound. I love it. I am picking up my mandolin now.

[@mandohat]

+Ken McKinney That's all we're trying to do here.

[@erickleefeld4883]

One of the songs I used to teach myself mandolin, transferring my knowledge over from guitar: “Here Comes The Sun.” George Harrison actually used a capo way up on a guitar, to get it into a mandolin register. I thought, hey, skip the middle man and figure it out on a mandolin. It sounds great, too!

[@loz5854]

Great choices. Superbly done

[@OKImListening]

There's a book by Jonathan and Faye Kellerman that features a mandolin, "Capitol Crimes". It made me curious about this instrument. Thanks for giving me some excellent examples of what this instrument is capable of producing. Well done.

[@mandohat]

+OKImListening thanks for checking it out, it's a great instrument Will look into that book.

[@harpbaby1]

Thanks Andy. Glad to hear you're taking care of your ears......

[@m.wagner4258]

Love the variety of genres here *.*

[@davidparnell1893]

One thing that will always amaze: the marriage of hand, ear, and brain as a musician plays....

[@robertvavra414]

Great video! "Love Is Blue" also sounds wonderful on the mandolin. I stupidly sold my little Epiphone mandolin 5 years ago. This video inspires me to get another one asap.

[@rexframpton8722]

Ocean man, take me by the hand, lead me to the land

[@willanthoniozeppeli7913]

Ocean man, take my man, to the land I belong! West Virginia

[@batmanthesupermankiller6717]

I wouldn't get one but mandolins sound way better than ukuleles

[@mandohat]

of course they do, and you should get one, at least.

[@batmanthesupermankiller6717]

+SergRush I was only saying cuz it's a small string instrument, with about the same size as a ukulele

[@pip5528]

Mandolin: steel strings F-holes 4 courses of 2 strings Ukulele: nylon strings 4 individual strings

[@BlueShift815]

Having played both, they're really nothing alike

[@michaelbicknell8837]

I have one of these birds at home I found it by some shops near to where I live ,it's a long way from home.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

I think I'll get a mandolin for Christmas this year.

[@Carla-fp7zg]

Marvin the Maniac Same.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@Carla-fp7zg way 2 go!

[@tg243]

Goddamn, this blew my mind. My mandolin is just sitting in storage gathering dust. You've inspired me!

[@brattonstillrules]

You had me at Spinal Tap.

[@JacobHeadMusic]

Never would’ve thought of Linus and Lucy. Maybe a loop pedal to lay down the ostinato to keep it going, and then layer in the melody. Also enjoyed your rendition of “This Is My Father’s World,” one of my favorite overlooked hymns. Would love to hear a full rendition. Keep it up!

[@lukecalls8279]

Isnt the battle of evermore on mandolin

[@mandohat]

yes

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@ResonanceConjurer also That's The Way, Gallows Pole, Boogie With Stu, Black Country Woman, Hey Hey What Can I Do... I love Led Zepp lol

[@GarrettDayton]

That was great! Was amazed with the Charlie Brown song at the end! Keep it up!

[@SteveKaufmanAcoustic]

As Always Andy - looking forward to having you back at Kamp and for Both Weeks! Where can we hear the rest of those songs?

[@jonwil86]

what brand mandolin? looks and sounds nice.

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

Best title in the history of KZbin

[@nickcarlson6860]

You got my vote when you included Spinal Tap!

[@michaelbicknell8837]

But he enjoyed playing and entertaining people ! He is upstairs now and they ,my Grandparents never talked about the war years ,what stories they could tell Burtonwood we didn't think to ask ,I suppose they were too proud but without people like them and our armed forces putting their lives on the line ,we would not be here today "So Much Given By So Few " REMEMBER THEM .XX

[@jdaywork2693]

Ever tried Jars of Clay's Love Song For Savior? If so, any chance of a tutorial video?

[@infledermaus]

Nice. Great stuff. Not eveything is about bluegrass! Seems to be so here in the US. OOOOOOOO!! Maggie Mae! I forgot that one and is a long time favorite! I love that piece. Uhm, I can suggest a whole bunch of non-bluegrass tunes. Get the Bach Cello Suites transposed for violin. Also, as Chris Thile has demonstrated so adeptly, the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are intermediate pieces. As well, of course, there are all the hundreds of Irish tunes which are easy to play. Thank you for sharing! Well played, too, I must add.

[@mandohat]

Saint Steven Lol. Intermediate pieces, Lol. very funny. The cello suites aren't too bad, but the violin suites are SO.....intermediate.....;-)

[@infledermaus]

mandohat There is a website, can't remember the name, that when it lists most Bach, it says it's "intermediate." The cello suites are a lot of fun. Pretty easy actually. Well, some are ..... Oooo. Bach's music tends to be right under your fingers. No jumping around - not much. I like to sit and play through a stack of music. Keeps the reading skills up and I tend to learn new fingering (what I call climbing the ladder - moving up the strings from G through E rather than jump from position to position) almost every time I play stuff in volumes..I love TRYING to play his music. Vivaldi is pretty easy. I find Mozart hard to play. All of it is so beautiful though. It's worth trying. Every time you try you get better! Practice, practice, practice.

[@bradleyrobinson7552]

Copperhead Road by Steve Earle. Hasn't Hit Me Yet by Blue Rodeo. Good video, fella, thanks for sharing.

[@CliveWebbAustralia]

Great, I loved it. So how about "Mandolin Wind" and a lesson on how to play it and "Maggie May". You'd make an old man very happy...Lol...

[@dreamcatcher5502]

What is the best mandolin maker ?? I want to buy a nice one to learn on and keep forever 🥰

[@mandohat]

So many great mandolin makers! My favorite right now is Rosta Capek.

[@dreamcatcher5502]

@@mandohat thanks. I want the stratovario to violins to my mandolin or the Martin to guitars 😉

[@mandohat]

Gibson is the standard. Most modern mandolins are based on the 1920's Gibson's designed by Lloyd Loar. He is the stradivarius of the mandolin. His original mandolins are $100,000+, but many modern makers build in his style. Look at Carter Guitars in Nashville for a broad range of top instruments.

[@Road_Rash]

Buying an expensive mandolin right away is a sure way to get an overpriced wall hanger...you need to see if you're gonna stick with it before investing thousands of dollars into an instrument you can't play...and asking 'who's the best mandolin maker' is like asking, 'who's the best cook'...ask 10 different players & you'll get 10 different answers...my advice would be to buy a cheap mandolin to start with & have a professional set it up for you so it'll sound as good as it can & be easy to play...learn on that one for a few months & if you can see that you're making progress & are truly going to stick with it, then buy a better one...I've been playing 9 years & still can't afford the one I want...if I could buy any mandolin I wanted, I'd buy a Rosa, but it costs a minimum of $6000 US dollars...I've never had a car that cost that much, so it won't be happening any time soon...you can get a Rogue or something like that on Amazon pretty cheap & have a good setup do done on it & it'll sound just fine...worry about pro grade when you learn how to play...

[@mandohat]

@@Road_Rash I agree, except for the Rogue. I think there are better cheap instruments than that one.

[@nicoledonosolemus]

From Chile you'r my favorite! Holy mandoline!

[@kipling1957]

Tried to find these on your website and would love to get the TAB for your version of the REM song - which also isn't listed in "Get Started on the Mandolin!". I was ready to pull out the plastic!

[@mandohat]

+kipling1957 Hey, thanks for checking us out, and for the comment--I'm going to try to get these tabbed out soon. --Andy H.

[@codyreadinger6065]

I would love to check out that REM lesson too. It sounds awesome, man!

[@lunanescente2704]

oml moondance is one of my favorite songs :')

[@MegaSilversmith]

Thank you for your reply! Your mandolin sounds beautiful! And thanx for the tip ;-)

[@B1B904]

It be nice if you got lessons for all of those...blue rondo...love Brubeck!

[@tylerdouglas6421]

Nice song ideas for mandolin. You play really well.

[@morrisman64]

Cool what brand are you playing looks and sounds great

[@ElChadinotunes]

I've been practicing mandolin recently. Great vid!

[@RobisFidd]

Another great song and fairly easy to play is. Copper Head Road

[@Pellelunden00]

Love that Spinal Tap riff!

[@mandohat]

+Pellelunden00 me too!

[@TheAnalyticalObservers]

Love how you put spinal tap in parentheses

[@bucksellers5364]

Love Wayfaring stranger !!! ...but the Linus and Lucy song is pretty cool too.....and of course EVERONE loves Maggie May !!! ...Great choices ! ...Oh by the way I went and checked out the Thomastik strings because I had never heard of them....when I saw the price I understood why I wasn't familiar with them....You don't put a set of $50.00 strings on a $45.00 mandolin....well I guess you could but it probably wouldn't make a lot of sense ...lol....I want an Eastman mandolin...still saving for that ....

[@mandosolly]

Doesn't every bluegrass mandolin player know Linus and Lucy? That's great!

[@judygreen5722]

Great choices. So many wonderful tungs and so little time Thanks Solly

[@craftychild2242]

You got a lesson on it?

[@pashow6486]

this looks like a fun af instrument, too bad I'm already learning to play the guitar or else I'd get one

[@collidewordwide3859]

its easier to learn guitar before actually :)

[@officialmodsound]

backwards bass, not that hard go for it man

[@extraearth3392]

Pashow you could learn it on the side, it's very similar to guitar

[@Jenisonc]

Get a rogue mandolin. $50-60. Great beginner mando.

[@allynorman2100]

I’m getting one and I have a piano bass bongos two guitars and two ukes haha never to many instruments

[@danstune]

I really appreciate your talent and the song examples you have played! It appears you are using Steel Wound strings and they sound very, very nice. Are they Gibson monels or? Thanks for sharing your great talent! Dan

[@mandohat]

+danstune Thanks, man! The strings are Thomastik Heavy mandolin strings.

[@bucksellers5364]

Where are Thomastik mandolin strings found ?... I've never heard of them ...Are they made in another country ?...Out of the USA ?...LOL.....I guess that was a stupid question....EVERYTHING is made out of the USA anymore..... I've been using D'addario ....All the locals tell me they are best...but I've never tried anything else.. Your mandolin does really sound great ! ..Is that a Gibson mandolin ?

[@jimmymahone5420]

@@bucksellers5364 Just heard from the maestro himself, who told me it's a 1993 Gibson A5-L.

[@lunmeng2593]

This is cool and it sound great my mom buy me a mandolin I am so excited

[@Sp00pySparySpeletons]

In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing But their legacy remains hewn into the living rock... of Stonehenge

[@M3Mys3lfandMus1c]

I want to learn all these songs!

[@y2k_cocksucking_mallgoth]

frnk iero is one of my favorite artists and losing my religion is one of my favorite songs and i’m happy to see it made the list

[@Bloodhound3700]

You forgot about Atlanic City by The Band!! LOL I loved the video!

[@jimmymahone5420]

He didn't forget anything. He made the list that suited him.

[@wolfgangbraun3547]

Cool selection - what about Boat on the river Back in the high life again Mandoline Rain?

[@towelie5127]

oh man,i was crying from laughter when you played stonehenge

[@matejkotz6059]

“Ok so it´s kind of a bluegrass song” xD that made me laugh

[@md.moinulislam9467]

Very Creative Music Instrument.....!

[@alexisasheep6554]

I really want to learn how to play the mandolin, the sounds it makes really reminds me of Bastions soundtrack for whatever reason

[@username-dj1cg]

Stonehenge!

[@harpbaby1]

Thanks for inspiring.......just worked up Secret Agent Man ( giving away my age! ) in A....

[@markbrannigan7152]

This is awesome!...where can I find Mando sheet music for these songs or did you compose them yourself?

[@Axterrix]

Excuse-me, I am a bass guitar player and I want to learn mandolin. Can you tell me the brand / model of your instrument? your playing is very inspiring. Best Regards.

[@mandohat]

Jaime Manera I recommend Kentucky mandolins. elderly, the bluegrass shack, or the mandolin store are all great.

[@mandohat]

Jaime Manera mine in this video is a Gibson, $$$. I recommend Kentucky mandolins for the best sound for $.

[@leespoonsyoutube]

Gorgeous!! Do you have a Blue Rondo a La Turk tab?? I cant find one anywhere and that would make my year to be able to play that

[@mandohat]

no tab here, but you could find the sheet music pretty easily online. it's not too hard of a song to read, actually, because it's in the key of C. good luck! A

[@leespoonsyoutube]

+mandohat oh right, awesome--so you play it pretty much straight as the original? thank you for putting this idea in my head!! I look forward to the challenge :)

[@austinlieto]

Hi my name is Austin and I was just wondering what kind of Mandolin I should buy. I have never played before but seeing videos like this one are the reason why I am giving it a shot. What do you think a good price range is for an entry level mandolin and if you have any specific suggestions that would be cool

[@mandohat]

Austin Lieto Hi, Austin. Glad to hear you're looking into playing mandolin. I love it! I always recommend the Kentucky KM-150 as a place to start, and if you don't have a local Kentucky dealer, I recommend the bluegrass shack in Illinois. There are other good choices, too--good luck, and happy picking.

[@gevansmd1]

I can't quite make out the headstock. Washburn?

[@Folk_quartet]

I think it's Gibson.

[@finnoconnor99]

Hi this is great! I play guitar and I'm looking to start Mandolin, could you recommend a fairly inexpensive but playable mandolin?

[@mandohat]

finn oconnor I always recommend the Kentucky mandolin KM 150. Rover is made by the same parent company, and might be ok, but I've never seen one. I know all the Kentucky's are decent, even the cheap ones. The Epiphones don't sound good, but are cheap and playable. The cheap Fenders don't have adjustable truss rods.

[@SvenChristoph]

finn oconnor I just got a Stagg M20 Mandolin. It was the only affordable lefthanded instrument. It is also avaible right handed and I am very satisfied. In Germany it was arround 100 Euros.

[@jsnipn]

Anyone have the sheet music for the hymm?

[@ellis20022]

#8 I did for my state choir auditions... ^.^

[@EldritchCypher]

You gotta hear the reach a mandalin has in the Silent Hill Theme. So good.

[@user-bc7mb6cl7n]

You just made me realize that two theme songs that I love- the silent hill and godfather theme songs use mandolin.

[@EldritchCypher]

@@user-bc7mb6cl7n gotta love a good mandolin.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Darn, you left off "And We Danced" by The Hooters.

[@megasuperlexa2]

“Going to california”? “Gallows pole”? “Battle of evermore”?

[@damianpimpinella977]

megasuperlexa2 Those songs are literally the reason I picked up a mandolin

[@priyas.8141]

Bela Fleck and the flectones too, I mean she song by them.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@damianpimpinella977 Me too!

[@aborne]

Stonehenge!! Excellent

[@alexanderwear2671]

But, Does it djent?

[@ayelmao1224]

No

[@cheems222]

8 strings easily

[@elgranvacio9489]

It has 8 strings, so ye

[@legoface]

Ask Jared Dines

[@logandogan272]

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[@fidelasd]

Hello, I have a mandolin specifically the new Washburn latest model from 1894, the truth is I have almost no knowledge on this subject but could someone tell me if it has any value or is good