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They're Gotoh not Grover.

There definitely is a truss rod. The Mandostrats generally shipped with the rod slack, but it certainly tightens ok. If you bought new, you should have been supplied with the correct wrench.

Spann's guide to Gibson gives the FON as a 1923 A2 and the partial SN as a 1925 or 1926 completion for sale. The 1926 numbers start at 79300. You might want to try viewing the label under ultra...

Try D'Addario EJ75s (or EXP75s). The heavier G strings will give more volume and shift the tonal balance away from the high end.

Raise your bridge. This increases the volume, so take it as high...

He's visited the forum (but didn't post) in the last couple of days.

Given that it's both the G strings that are affected, it's likely that the cause of the problem is unconnected with the tuners. but that the strings are binding in the nut slots.

Hendon Polish was made by Titanine Ltd of Colindale, a specialist manufacturer of dopes, varnishes, paints and other finishing products for the aeronautical industry.

If the problem was with the nut, the buzz wouldn't be "worst" on open strings, open strings would be the only strings where it would happen at all. So we know it's not the nut.

You definitely...

But won't let you order them.

No, it's solid, with a carved top.

And it's not even reached the seller's reserve yet.

Backslider.

Thought you were knuckling down to some serious practice. What happened?

If the cause of the buzzing is indeed nut slots cut too deep, of course the nut should be redone. But I doubt that's the problem, when it's "a faint 'electric' buzz" across all eight strings. Given...

This makes no sense whatever. Demetrius & Kate Becrelis can't be criticised for how they use their money (despite starting a thread here inviting us to discuss that exact topic) but Tom & Molly...

You need Hill pattern clamps - they are two separate clamps, not joined at the base. You can fit them as far apart as you wish.

So what became of 'If you have nothing good to say, keep it to yourself'? Only 24 hours earlier, you'd have been telling us that Two Old Hippies owned the business and that providing their...

You could have usefully offered that advice to Demetrius before he started sending the site owner abusive emails, couldn't you?

In the end, clicking the 'thanks' button seemed an inadequate response to a wonderful thread, so I'll just add that I too was moved by this.

He'll send it back - he doesn't like the J74s or some such.

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Everything you're looking for and more.

You definitely need leather or cork lining to the clamping surfaces. Either should provide a good grip. Leather works best.

Schaller do list Perlmutt (MoP) buttons in their catalogue (page 36): http://www.schaller-electronic.com/hp540601/Blaetterkatalog.htm#page/36 . The catalogue only lists A style tuners despite having...

If the OP is wanting the gold plated tuners, he's out of luck, since they only come with MoP buttons. Silver or nickel finish can be obtained with ebony buttons, and Stewmac will export these. If I...

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