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0.009" is almost paper thin, I guess you meant 0.09"... That's around 2.3mm and IMO close to dangerous zone. I wouldn't go under 2.5 mm unless the...
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Jan-14-2021, 10:00pm
I have a few different tuners for different needs.
First, all instruments have a Planet Waves NS Headstock Tuner in the pocket, placed on the...
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Jan-14-2021, 9:40pm
Yep Tom, all good points. I was trying to give a sense of the relative difference in thicknesses I've arrived at between Sitka vs. Redwood, the...
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Jan-13-2021, 10:07pm
Nice! That's Ron McMillan's idea. Much more elegant than a Tone-Gard.
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Jan-13-2021, 10:02pm
Not necessarily. But you don't know anything about the wood you've got on hand, other than that it's lighter than what you used before. And the side...
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Jan-13-2021, 8:51am
Ok, what does "darker tone" mean? To me it means, as a gross over-simplification, "Set the EQ to Bass Boost".
So if you want it to really have those...
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Jan-12-2021, 8:53pm
Congratulations!
For me, 20" is the longest comfortable scale length for a mando-tuned instrument. I'm glad you're playing the heck out it!
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Jan-12-2021, 8:29pm
I did this last week on my JBovier Army Navy pancake. I lucked out that the nut slots already fit the string set I had previously determined to fit...
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Jan-12-2021, 1:33pm
The results from my redwood builds compared to spruce builds generalizes to redwood specs being about 25% thicker, glancing through ~20 instruments...
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Jan-11-2021, 3:46pm
Nice one. I've seen similar by E.Kristufek (Czech maker) but he used bent stave and for simplicity just two woodscrews into mandolin. I know that...
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Jan-10-2021, 10:46pm
I can't turn off this device's tendency to autocorrect *after* hitting the submit button, which is frustrating. I also had the word "overbuilt"...
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Jan-10-2021, 6:49pm
With a zero fret, the nut is only there for string spacing. The strings should be resting firmly on the zero fret.
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Jan-10-2021, 3:26pm
I have no idea why the word "overheated" replaced the intended word "overbuilt" in my post, but what's done is done....
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Jan-10-2021, 3:22pm
It *is* confusing. Hopefully this might clarify just a bit.
US mandolin - UK mandolin. GDAE. Also sometimes soprano mandolin. Scale length around...
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Jan-10-2021, 4:30am
From the little I know, the threads should be designed so the nut held by certain number of threads (I guess the common size of nut is dictated by...
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Jan-10-2021, 3:45am
When I used to own two Eastmans when they had just hit the market, I set them up for ultra-light strings. They weren't heavily overheated, so they...
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Jan-09-2021, 7:56pm
FWIW, a 1/16" diameter rod of 1144 steel would yield at over 300lb of tension (which would go up to over 1200lb yield strength for an 1/8" rod). So...
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Jan-09-2021, 6:16pm
Hey, Dan!
It's not just a matter of tuning the strings you have on there to a different pitch. You would need to change those strings to strings...
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Jan-09-2021, 3:58pm
There is definitely some movement in traditional building techniques of violin making especially in cello and bass areas where necks are very...
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Jan-09-2021, 3:54pm
I've been using simple adjustable rods from my first build and don't think I'm going to change that. I still have my first mandolin and never needed...
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Jan-09-2021, 3:15pm
@CB - I know what you mean.
A long time ago, I was lucky enough to meet someone with good advice soon after I encountered hand/wrist problems...
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Jan-08-2021, 5:31pm
Like most of the best players the sound is in his hands and whatever mandolin he plays (and even mandola or m-cello), his didstinctive attack and...
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Jan-08-2021, 5:20pm
Aww, man. Always an inspiration to me, as a machinist and luthier myself (but never yet both at the same time). His instruments all look very...
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Jan-08-2021, 5:17pm
I've only ever had to adjust truss rods on customer's mandolins if the customer (or someone in the past) messed with it or broke it.
So I build mine...
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Jan-06-2021, 5:02pm
I do like John and usually bend the very end of the longest rib a bit more curved so the offcut will fit the point block.
But I glue the rib piece...
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Jan-06-2021, 2:58pm
Poul, since you directly ask for tips, have noted that your approach is too slow, and don't necessarily have access to any given physical book, I...
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Jan-06-2021, 4:18am
In the case on the mandola:
Strap (with rubber washer to keep firmly attached)
NS headstock tuner
External piezo
In case:
Metronome
A few...
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Jan-05-2021, 1:35am
I actually did the change to have regular chord forms and scales everywhere on the fretboard....
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Jan-04-2021, 8:18pm
I tuned and played guitar in fifths for years. Here's one topic.
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Jan-04-2021, 8:01am
I keep a tune spreadsheet, with keys and a rating of my comfort with the tune, which is handy for those jam situations where I don't remember a...
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