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    Re: Neck shape/feel: "V" vs rounded

    If Mandolin Cafe were ever to offer t-shirts for sale V-Neck should certainly be an option.
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    Re: I miss the Classified Guitar posts....

    We're OK with this being discussed, not OK with multiple instances of false/wrong information reposted for others to digest. Wherever this "key individuals" caused all this came from, I assure you,...
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    Re: Crossrock Mandolin Cases

    Here's a further update to this. After keeping my mando in the case for a while, the padding has now compressed properly, and the case lid closes very easily without any resistance. I guess the...
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    Re: First build with James Condino

    Luke's top is off the test rig and we glued it to the final rib garland this evening with the new go-bar deck. (More broken basses in the background!)

    His fingerboard is made and fretted; binding...
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    Re: First build with James Condino

    Here’s a quick video of my top on James’ test rig. Sound holes rough cut and braces shaped!

    https://youtu.be/QI7IRJEizK0?feature=shared
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    Re: The Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo

    Fun to watch those old documentaries. Anyone know who the Guitar player was?
    Here’s couple of pix of me bringing my snakehead to it’s birthplace.
    212697 Joe B
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Hi Folks! Here's the first two videos I ever posted. 13 Years ago, shot on a Sony 8 digital tape. These were shortly before I found the MC and got back into mandolin again. Thanks for the...
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    Re: The Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo

    Yes. They mention that in the first video, about 1:50 in.
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    Re: New Mandola Day - Northfield Quickstep

    I did play one of the demo models, I thought it was first rate! Congratulations!
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    The Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo

    I just happened across this brief youtube video thanks to their autosuggestion function. It's only a couple of years old and includes some interesting information. For one thing, it mentions plans by...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    It's official. Happy Springtime guys! :grin::mandosmiley:

    Here's a little old winter tune, soon just a memory:


    https://youtu.be/iMJDtLdkJ-k?feature=shared

    Let's hear your Spring tunes!
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    Re: I miss the Classified Guitar posts....

    I don’t miss the guitars posted in the mandolin section :mandosmiley:
  13. Current state of the art flat top mandolin

    This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...
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    Re: First build with James Condino

    Ask one of the other fellows to upload some video; that's not my best skill set & I'm way too busy to add that to the list!

    Brandon's top is carved and tonebar braced. We glued it on to the live...
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    W. Eugene Smith: The Jazz Loft

    I went to a talk W. Eugene Smith gave in Louisville KY on his documentary photo work of the effects of industrial pollution in Japan just before he died. I had no idea of his connection to the jazz...
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    The Dawg's loose again!

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/content/1019-New-Music-from-Acoustic-Disc-Dawgnilo-Danilo-Brito-and-David-Grisman

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElqaeMP09o
  17. Thread: Aged-tone?

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    Re: Aged-tone?

    The tone when you tune your mandolin to A-G-E-D?
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    Re: Which kind of Mandolin you play ?

    My #1 is a Nugget A-5, which is all I should ever need. However, because of mandolin polyamory, I have a great Ellis twin point, a '23 Snakehead A, and a 1917 Lyon & Healy A. All have different...
  19. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    I played over 40 Lloyd Loar signed mandolins, mandolas, and mandocellos plus a ton of other great instruments in the last two months.

    Guess what? They all sounded like me playing an old mandolin....
  20. Re: Paul Hostetter's website is available ....

    I didn't know Paul was from the Detroit area (before my time) and that he'd taught at Fava's - where I studied classical and jazz guitar in the 70s. Fava's was "The" place.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Why?? Here's a few things that those of us who repair instruments have found.

    Some modern glues are good for instrument building, some are not.
    Titebond Original has held up well over the years....
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Haven't had an after breakfast tune for a wee while. This is Jimmy Shand's classic tune The Bluebell Polka. It was very popular when I was young, indeed it was a great favourite of my mother who...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    I have a friend with a Northfield and they're doing a lot of things right.
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Here's a beautiful Scottish air on the A5 Special. Thanks for the Listen!~o)~o):mandosmiley::mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyNDR45EM44
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    Re: Most tunes I post to YouTube are 65+ years old

    If the tunes are just 65 years old they're younger than me!
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