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A long overdue thread revival! Earlier this week I received some progress pictures from Mr. Clark, and I must say that I'm extremely excited.

He's done an amazing job and I can't wait to see what...

Instead of going to the upcoming NAMM Show in 2024 decided to pay a visit to Northfield and Elderly Instruments. Northfield was yesterday and was a mind blowing experience getting to play all of...

I don't want to get too snarky here, but; who is building the mandolin? If the builder likes sugar maple and thinks he/she can get you the sound you want using it, what difference does it make what...

Ryan was the head of the Weber division at Two Old Hippies, he was putting out what I believe were the best Weber mandolins since Bruce left. When Covid hit, Two Old Hippies moved their mandolin...

I just spoke with Ryan Fish yesterday to get an update on the new Weber mandolins. He said the tooling for the necks and neck joints took longer than expected. He's gotten that all figured out, and...

Sometimes I just get so tickled by the way a set of pictures convey the look of a new instrument ...

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This newest Kevlar/Carbon Sprite is out in Deep Gap, NC with Liam Purcell. Can't...

206677building a Selmer influenced American sycamore mandola. Spruce top with 17 inch scale rosewood fingerboard.

I'm sure you meant to say, "As long as there’s no explicit or implicit request for money, it’s not busking." Little things mean a lot, as they say. ;)

And it's true. Interdictions address acts of...

Well its a new GOM day for me. A lovely Clark showed up a couple of days ago and its just a great instrument. I am going to enjoy this Journey :)

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Just pulled the trigger on one….. we shall see.
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I thought I'd post a link to a video of Spencer Strickland's latest build. I think Spencer is a cafe member, but haven't seen him promoting his builds. NFI on my part, I just think he is building...

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the inquiry and feedback. Like someone said in the thread, we’re always up for talking and we encourage people to write or call us directly. Happy to explain about how we...

Kentucky must have a sustainable source of nauga - their current 'deluxe' gig bags look and feel like they came as an accessory for Starsky and Hutch wheels. I'm just peeved they didn't include an...

A "Dry" tone uses little or no vermouth.

This Forum suggests that the happiest days of mandolin ownerhip are when you buy it, and each tme you buy the next one :)

This one is coming along…
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Hey Everyone,

Here's something new for me. I love older school electric blues like Freddie King but also a bit older than that. Here's an attempt to convert Bobby Blue's rendition of Farther Up...

Here's a picture of my good friend's LP collection. He has been buying records since he was in junior high in the late 1950s, and he doesn't get rid of anything. From the top, the first row is...

It's been a while.
Boots Imperial strung up in the white.195944

A second of the D'Aquisto inspired mandolins. I was at a meeting the other week and the table in the meeting room was veneered in Blackheart sassafras, a timber only found in Tasmania, it it struck...

Got the first pics of the new OM. Keeping things pretty classic. No cutaway, amber/tobacco sunburst. Oh my...

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First coat of varnish on the next mandolin...
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But only until one day you see that one pair of Lloyd Loar worn socks in the Classifieds...

Its been ages since I started this instrument, but I've been slowed down by the weather of late - it's been very humid here in Queensland and that has prevented me gluing things together for weeks on...

They are still here actually Charles. :cool: