I thought you all might enjoy this video we made about a really cool piece of Gibson history featuring a mandolin built and signed by Orville Gibson himself! We've got it hanging in our shop on loan...
I thought you all might enjoy this video we made about a really cool piece of Gibson history featuring a mandolin built and signed by Orville Gibson himself! We've got it hanging in our shop on loan...
The people: Norman turned 84 last month. He and Nancy retired from performing several years ago. They are both in good health and stay close to home. I believe that Norman is working on another...
Bandurrias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandurria#:~:text=The%20bandurria%20is%20a%20plucked,found%20in%20former%20Spanish%20colonies.
I think his band used the Filipino versions.
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Any jeweler who does repairs can do this very easily. Will probably sand off the plating (on the inside, right at the corner) before silver soldering. Ask them to make an angle piece the full width...
The product discussed in the thread above is at Elderly
https://www.elderly.com/products/resonator-mandolin-tailpiece?variant=26854207225920
JB, it's yours. Do whatever you think will look the best and make you happy. Hope it turns out to be a good sounding instrument and you get plenty of pleasure from it.
Just got two mandos back from Marc Glickman. He brought them both back to life and at a very modest cost to me. He and Kelly sure have my recommendation: fine work from fine people.
Thanks to the...
I thought I'd share these photos of a rare left-handed F4 that sold here in New Zealand 3 years back.
It was me bidding against another guy - I wanted to buy on spec (I'm right handed) with the...
Good looking black top Gibson you have Mark!
Here's a handy tool for opening and closing the d-ring: ...
This thread about a Martin mandolin with Waverly tuners would be worth posting a link on as the owner was missing these screws. It is a recent thread and if you post a link to this or repeat your top...
For goodness sake, man, liberate a few bucks from your wallet and buy a couple of sets of strings.
Here is big quiz.... pics from Rubner website... https://www.rubnertuners.com/f-style-mandolin-new
Which of these are wrong?
The tuner is supposed to be "worm under" but the gear is cut with left haded worm so they will turn opposite to normal direction. But this tuner cannot be disassembled so a dud.
Schallers...
The usual formula for the frequency of an ideal string, f, is given by this:
f = (1/2L) * SQRT(T/mu)
where L is the string length, T is the string tension, and mu is the linear mass density...
Well, I think you good folks have convinced me to leave them alone, for several reasons. One being that it will provide very little in the way of enhancing value. And as far as sound is concerned,...
The tuners I see in the pics on the link posted by Mike look like they have the wrong turning direction for "worm under" configuration.
Found this site that has some cool older Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Catalogs from the Teens. My 1916 Gibson A was $25, and the Canvas case was $1.75 That's $588 in todays money. Enjoy!
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Hi, folks.
If you're not yet tired of stay-at-home concerts on the net during this Co-Vid 19 self-isolation, here's a good ragtime/blues show with plenty of banjolin by Minnie Heart. The concert was...
To Brad's point above, here are two posts from Joe Vest who worked at Gibson alongside Charlie Derrington and Danny Roberts, among others, in developing and bringing to life the Distressed Master...
While looking for something else I ran across this page. Some history. More mandolin content towards 1900.
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Congratulations! Mandola’s are really cool! I bought an old Gibson a while back, without ever playing one. I thought it would be similar to a mandolin, just a little lower pitch. I was completely...
A BIG thank you to everyone for the input and help :)
Thank you for that link - That makes it SO much easier, I think I can finally get my tremolo technique now. I really think that accenting the first downstroke in a tremolo will help me keep track of...
Nice job! I like that tune!