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Jan-13-2021,
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Check out this Blue Comet on Craigslist: https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/msg/d/portland-vintage-1932-blue-comet/7260017817.html In...
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Jan-13-2021,
3:35pm
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Making a bridge setting jig - good idea or not?
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I would think twice before gluing a bridge to the top.
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Jan-09-2021,
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You could ask the Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra, which is based in Bloomington/Normal: ...
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Jan-05-2021,
3:56pm
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Another really weird hybrid -- a "cigar box mandolin"
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Sorry about my posts. I figured one click on the links I provided would make everything instantly obvious. I now promise to explain better. But...
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Jan-05-2021,
2:54pm
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Another really weird hybrid -- a "cigar box mandolin"
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https://portland.craigslist.org/grg/msg/d/underwood-cigar-box-mandolin-string/7256808488.html Again, I have to ask WHY?!
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Jan-04-2021,
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Proof that a mandolin and a ukulele made offspring together
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Looks like a mandolin, sort of. Strung like a uke, I guess. The first question has to be WHY? ...
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Dec-30-2020,
1:31pm
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Dec-22-2020,
2:44pm
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Here's a quick way to transpose to another key: http://www.logue.net/xp/
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Dec-21-2020,
3:22pm
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New Superior CD1521 Mandolin case Strong Chemical Smell
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Good call. Some adhesives give off a formaldehyde smell. Open air should take care of it.
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I put the mandolin down for about 35 years and am still regaining my former technical proficiency.
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