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Mandolin Mondays: Ashby Frank of The Likely Culprits takes a spin on the tune "Goodbye Liza Jane" with his 1997 Randy Wood mandolin.
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Feb-27-2021,
10:39pm
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This will be the last part of the thread for a few weeks as the bouzouki is now at the spray job, just a few miles from my workshop. The 'zouk...
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Feb-21-2021,
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The 10 string that was stolen in 2018 was found last year. Because of lockdown its taken months to get the gzouk back to ship shape. Currently, she's...
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Feb-18-2021,
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Seems to me you may be over complicating things. How much sustain gets in the way is down to your technique and playing style rather than the...
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Feb-18-2021,
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Most of the guitar-bodied 8 strings I've made have been long scale, but I've made a few OM's. Here is one from a few years back.. Its also...
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Feb-18-2021,
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21.5" or thereabouts is great for CGDA, and yes, I do make a lot of tenors these days. If you've not sat through them all, here is a playlist of my...
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Feb-10-2021,
4:59pm
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Ta Gary. I never thought of it like that. Its my version of Stefans' bouzouki neck joint which he came up with building dulcimers. Stefan used to...
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Feb-10-2021,
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Binding is the next job. These days I use the "superglue" method. It takes longer, but the results are great. But if you spill the stuff it makes...
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Feb-10-2021,
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The Celtic mandolin is coming along nicely. It seems so little compared to my old Celtic mandolins, but it's not- it's a regular Sobell size. The...
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Feb-07-2021,
9:48pm
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Latest update on the build thread - the top is on: Info in the link below. Nigel...
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Feb-07-2021,
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yes, of course, you'd have to. Its all a question of stiffness and mass. The carved arched back of a Gibson mandoin has no bracing, it doesn't...
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