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Yesterday, 1:32pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Are either of these mandolines? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Measurements might be helpful here especially scale lengths. Brescian mandolini are tuned the same as standard neapolitan mandolins GDAE but usually...

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Yesterday, 1:22pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Holding on to your personal Holy Grail mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

It is a very unusual occurrence for a poster to pose a question, get three pages worth of interesting replies, but not post anything of his own...

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Yesterday, 12:42pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Help with a 1900's Bowlback Mandolin please? in General Mandolin Discussions

I agree wholheartedly with my esteemed colleagues assessment. I have seen guitars with this maker's labels but don't recall any mandolins.

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Yesterday, 12:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread A better bridge? in Equipment

Hmmmm... is there an echo in here? Some bridges might change the tone of your mandolin but, assuming the bridges are all hardwood, the differences...

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Jul-01-2022, 12:21am

mrmando replied to a thread For those who love changing strings in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I have an earlier eBay harp mandolin by the same builder. It's sort of the MidMo/Big Muddy of harp mandolins: good quality build with an emphasis on...

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Jun-30-2022, 8:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread For those who love changing strings in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Here’s the eBay one: lt does look like it has a double top.

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Jun-30-2022, 8:36pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread For those who love changing strings in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

There have been precursors to this design primarily Chris Knutsen: https://www.harpguitars.net/knutsen/mandolins.htm. A d also the Larson Brothers...

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Jun-30-2022, 7:37pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Southern Italian Mandolin in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Is this the same song? He may be singing in a regional dialect? Do you have further info about the song?

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Jun-30-2022, 7:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Double-sided, double-necked violin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

For historical purposes:

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Jun-30-2022, 7:08pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread For those who love changing strings in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Not the highest workmanship if I can tell from the photos. Also hard to tell but it looks like purfling might be painted on or even drawn with a...

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Jun-30-2022, 5:41pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Very thin fretboard on a bowlback in Builders and Repair

I agree with my colleagues above. If all else fails replace the fretboard with a reasonably thick one, refret, and shim up the bridge if necessary.

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Jun-29-2022, 1:17pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My banjo killer (is not a mandolin) in General Mandolin Discussions

I have been getting more and more into playing that way on fiddle or mandolin. Part of it comes from playing in gatherings with multiple fiddles. I...

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Jun-28-2022, 6:11pm

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread John Dowland music on Tenor Guitar in Tenor Guitars

Thanks, Roland, I was thinking you probably had some experience with the Britten, as we all did back then. I never had it in my own repertoire, but...

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Jun-28-2022, 11:12am

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread John Dowland music on Tenor Guitar in Tenor Guitars

Yes, a fine performance and transcription, Roland. And a very beautiful song, written originally for tenor voice with lute accompaniment. It...

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Jun-27-2022, 2:15pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Italian folk music on mando in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Hey Simon: Thanks for posting. Lots of interesting tunes to explore. Did you put that together yourself?

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Jun-27-2022, 1:20pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Help with my MAS! in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Some more info might help any of us to give you advice. First, what are you playing right now and what don’t you like about it? Second, what is your...

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Jun-27-2022, 1:02pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Holding on to your personal Holy Grail mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

My first line: My black A2 snakehead which I have had for more than 40 years; Brentrup A4C; Campanella A5; Embergher N.3; Washburn Style A. Those...

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Jun-26-2022, 2:43pm

mrmando replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

This reminds me of the handmade djembe we loaned to one of the actors in a play my wife wrote nine years ago ... which he never gave back. Now he's...

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Jun-26-2022, 1:19am

mrmando replied to a thread Beware this Fender FM60E at Guitar Center in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

It was most definitely up again; they tend not to last long. Some poor sucker who doesn't read the Cafe is gonna get an education. I might give...

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Jun-25-2022, 10:32am

mrmando started a thread Beware this Fender FM60E at Guitar Center in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Thinking of buying this from Guitar Center? Don't -- unless you enjoy fixing things up. I bought it and discovered that not only are all the...

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Jun-24-2022, 7:22pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Vintage Identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I also found some iron on hardwood veneer that works very nicely to raise the action of a bridge and allows it to follow the slight curved contour of...

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Jun-24-2022, 7:15pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Where to donate a couple old mandos? in General Mandolin Discussions

Here's one place but I assume you would have to ship it to NY City: https://musican.org/instrument-donations/ An international org:...

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Jun-23-2022, 4:53pm

mrmando replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

The tailpiece in David's photo is a replacement tailpiece by Gary Price. These were 1-piece cast, and modeled after banjo tailpieces. I had one on a...

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Jun-23-2022, 4:26pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Never Returned (Stolen) Brilliantone Mandocello in General Mandolin Discussions

Not that this makes any difference but these Leland instruments were listed in my 1912 Lyon & Healy catalog so are older than 1930s. I don’t think...

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Jun-23-2022, 12:32pm

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread Some Original Bluegrass Tunes in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

That is terrific, Nick! Great tune, great playing. From your title, it sounds like there's more to come? Hope so...

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Jun-22-2022, 4:55pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread My banjo killer (is not a mandolin) in General Mandolin Discussions

The main advantage of any fiddle is that you play it closer to your ears than other instruments. I always find it harder to play anything but a...

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Jun-22-2022, 2:36pm

mrmando replied to a thread Another misidentified Gibson mandola at Guitar Center in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I've never used store-to-store, but I'm pretty sure you have to buy an instrument and pay for the shipping to get it shipped anywhere. It's...

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Jun-22-2022, 11:40am

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread Raffaele Calace? Knock off? Questionable label. in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Hi, Wendy, and welcome to the cafe! I think it's great that you have your granddad's mandolin, and are thinking of learning to play it. (Speaking as...

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Jun-21-2022, 7:22pm

mrmando replied to a thread Another misidentified Gibson mandola at Guitar Center in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Keep in mind that while the GC approval period on "used" instruments is very generous (45 days IIRC), the period on "VINTAGE" instruments is much...

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Jun-21-2022, 7:19pm

mrmando replied to a thread Another misidentified Gibson mandola at Guitar Center in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

The H1 doesn't have back binding, so at least there's no reason to worry about said binding having been painted over. But yes, the back and sides...

25 replies | 1142 view(s)

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