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  1. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    I'm not sure this mandolin is the necessarily the nicest mandolin I've seen, but it has the most meaning. I attended a class in Nashville held by Butch Baldassari. I had just bought a Stiver from...
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    Re: Well someone is going to get a STEAL

    I believed Spencer built that for a lady here in Michigan about 10, 12 years ago. She passed away a few years ago and I never heard what happened to the mandolin. I played it a number of times when...
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    A list for first time builders

    A few years ago I attempted to build a mandolin, no experience, no tools and no knowledge. It made a wonderful clock for my shop wall. Once again I am in the process of building my first mandolin....
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    Re: Harder to sell, easier to find mandolins

    Although I don't get to play them, I get to see lots of mandolins that I normally wouldn't see. Sometimes it's nice to just look, read and learn about them. I also think the retailer listings help...
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    Re: CAD/CNC question: anyone using ASPIRE?

    I'm working on my first mandolin using a cnc and Aspire. I used a probe and digitized the top and back to create the program. I'm not good enough to design in 3d using any program. Using the probe...
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    Re: What was under YOUR tree this Christmas?

    A new key chain, but I had to make it myself.163446
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    Re: Fun with Old Vinyl...

    I'm having fun with vinyl
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    Re: Dream, Dream, Dream...so what's your list?

    I passed on all the expensive mandolins on my list. I bought a Kentucky KM-1050 and retired.
  9. Re: Caption Contest - Win a free Mandolin Cafe ball cap

    Tune this thing, PLEASE!!!!
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Black walnut dred.

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    Re: Show us your jig? Bindings

    This is the cheap home built version of the arm Thistle is using
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    Re: Stiver Model F Purchase?

    If you change strings try some GHS Silk and Steel. I played a Stiver for about 12 years. They were by far the best sounding strings on it and were pretty easy on the fingers. I sold the Stiver and...
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    Re: Hobby builders where do you sell?

    I've been learning to build guitars. 7 of the 10 I have built I donated to Cystic Fibrosis events, raffles, auctions etc. I get a tax credit that helps cover my cost, I can keep building and...
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    Re: How has the mandolin changed your life?

    It's left me broke, with a worn out car and happy about it!
  15. Re: Huck Finn Jubilee 2013 Ontario: Mandos and Festival notes

    It was my first trip to the west. What a great time. I did get to meet Bruce and Steve, (Nice mandolins). I was impressed. The festival was great, the folks there treated us beyond expectation. I...
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    Re: Dempsey Youngs Hutto

    I had the pleasure of running sound for L&F with Dempsey playing his Hutto, Dearstone and Gibson, also with Scott in the band and earlier this year for Darrel Webb. I have heard and mic'd a few...
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