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Jan-19-2022,
4:04pm
Charles E.
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Good pick for starters
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General Mandolin Discussions
+1 for the Dunlop Primetone. Small triangle, 1.5. Is the traveling pick sampler still active?
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Jan-17-2022,
9:20pm
Charles E.
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got a live one here folks, and he is coming in hot
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+1 for avoiding any mandolin with a straphanger installed in the button. No need for that amateur crap. Your money is best spent elsewhere.
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30 replies | 1825 view(s)
Jan-17-2022,
6:24pm
Charles E.
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Walnut Back and Sides Spruce Flat Top Tone
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I'm guessing it's this one. https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/181056#181056 And it's gone. I hope the OP reports back on how he likes it.
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Jan-16-2022,
3:49pm
Charles E.
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Okay, I honestly need to know...
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General Mandolin Discussions
You can take a look at the tablature library in the "listen/learn" section.... https://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html There is also a tabedit...
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Jan-14-2022,
8:54pm
Charles E.
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Bubinga
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Flat top back and sides!
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Jan-14-2022,
1:53pm
Charles E.
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Sourcing Custom Trapeze Tailpieces (Archtop Guitar Style)
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Would not that be the responsibility of the builder?
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6 replies | 309 view(s)
Jan-13-2022,
6:48pm
Charles E.
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Modern F4 options?
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Skip is a great guy to talk to and makes a killer mandolin.
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Jan-13-2022,
3:32pm
Charles E.
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Modern F4 options?
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I may be wrong but I believe that most modern oval holed makers use an X-brace rather than tone bars or the single old style brace.
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Jan-13-2022,
3:06pm
Charles E.
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Modern F4 options?
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+1 for Girouard, I would also add Sawchyn.. https://www.sawchyn.com/index.php/mandolins/traditional-mandolins/119-o-2-mandolins NFI
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Jan-12-2022,
4:53pm
Charles E.
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Mandolins as a work of art
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Only if you mount it in a large picture frame with a hidden wood chipper in the bottom. :whistling: But in all seriousness, yes, I do consider...
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35 replies | 1488 view(s)
Jan-12-2022,
4:18pm
Charles E.
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Washburn tenor guitar
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According to the book "Washburn-Prewar Instrument Styles" by Hubert Pleijsier, the"bell" shape was introduced in 1925 in ukulele, two guitars, a...
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Jan-11-2022,
7:54pm
Charles E.
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Cafe Classified
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A solution in search of a problem.
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Jan-10-2022,
6:56pm
Charles E.
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Total Newbee looking for info
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Looking for Information About Mandolins
Mandolessons.com..... https://www.youtube.com/c/MandoLessons
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48 replies | 1827 view(s)
Jan-10-2022,
12:41pm
Charles E.
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So nice to hear and see these guys playing together again.
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General Mandolin Discussions
No,no, your explanation was very helpful and solved my problem. Thank you. I was just pointing out that thread to ajh because I thought it might...
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Jan-09-2022,
8:30pm
Charles E.
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Building the carved top Army Navy AN
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Builders and Repair
So you are using a face joint for the neck set. Is epoxy necessary? Would not Titebond work as well with the barrel bolt?
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Jan-09-2022,
6:02pm
Charles E.
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So nice to hear and see these guys playing together again.
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I had the same problem a little while ago... https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/157892-How-come-I-can-no-longer-embed-videos
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Jan-08-2022,
6:01pm
Charles E.
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I want to build a mandolin...
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Stew-Mac also sells a set of A style plans..... ...
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Jan-07-2022,
5:24pm
Charles E.
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To be or not to be (a bluegrass player)
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Big enough to house a dog.
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208 replies | 10316 view(s)
Jan-06-2022,
7:53pm
Charles E.
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To be or not to be (a bluegrass player)
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93%?
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Jan-06-2022,
5:54pm
Charles E.
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To be or not to be (a bluegrass player)
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No, I am not a Bluegrass mandolin picker but I play one on TV. ;)
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208 replies | 10316 view(s)
Jan-04-2022,
2:21pm
Charles E.
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OT-ish: fiddle pickin' ?
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"Mad Fingers Pizzicato"..... vLjaS26xRro
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15 replies | 731 view(s)
Jan-03-2022,
6:32pm
Charles E.
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Hey dude, ya forgot the pickups!
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Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics
Here it is: with 'neodymium' magnets, whatever they are. They are "rare earth" magnates, they have a very strong magnetic field. If they were on...
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6 replies | 550 view(s)
Jan-01-2022,
7:02pm
Charles E.
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What style am I hearing in my head?
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General Mandolin Discussions
Cosmic Bronycore Nitzhonot? :whistling:
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Dec-31-2021,
7:19pm
Charles E.
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Pine, what a tone
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Happy birthday Allen!
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Dec-31-2021,
3:55pm
Charles E.
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Pine, what a tone
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Very nice! But what the heck type of frets are those?! Looks like they are almost inlayed or something. :confused:
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Dec-31-2021,
3:41pm
Charles E.
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How many ways of making a mandolin top?
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Carbon fiber molding and 3-D printing. :grin:
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Dec-30-2021,
7:59pm
Charles E.
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Musician Jokes
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Simon, your video is not viewable. You may be having the same problem that I had recently embedding videos. Scott helped me out in this thread.......
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Dec-30-2021,
5:48pm
Charles E.
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John DeJulio Scrolled C.1915 Mandolin
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I cannot argue with that.
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Dec-29-2021,
7:49pm
Charles E.
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To be or not to be (a bluegrass player)
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It was mentioned in the OP's 1st post as a style of music that would be "miscellaneous". I just love the name.
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Dec-29-2021,
4:20pm
Charles E.
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To be or not to be (a bluegrass player)
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So James, if there was a "Cosmic Bronycore Nitzhonot" band in the Ashville area ( and that would be a likely place) could you sit in with them?
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