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    Re: Finally, a Lyon & Healy Set

    The Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra includes a similarly complete set of 'cylinder-back' instruments by VEGA. Several seen in this photo.

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    So in theory, we could see a Boston vs Chicago vs...
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    Re: Gibson A-50 (43-CPR 7)

    Take a look at the piece of paper. It looks like it came from the factory "BLK". I've seen a couple of original black A-50's before, so I think that it's original.
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    Re: Gibson A-50 (43-CPR 7)

    I believe the finish is original as it is mentioned on the hangtag. Stewmac sells replacement Kluson A style tuners with black buttons. I don't know if anyone is selling them with white buttons. A...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    I would say "Simply one of the best".
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    Re: My engraving process

    Thanks for sharing!

    I echo belbein’s request for more info. I’ve wanted to learn engraving for a while and have a small box of gravers I acquired some time ago. If you could point to any...
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    Re: My engraving process

    Thanks so much for the video! I'm completely enamored by old fashioned hand-and-tool work. That's why all of my inlay are hand cut. It's a total pain in the tuchus and nowhere near as precise as the...
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    My engraving process

    Hi everyone,

    It looks like I joined back in 2016 but never posted.

    I recently discovered the baroque mandolino and it’s fascinating music, so I have been lurking around here recently. I don’t...
  8. Re: Could I leave mando in car in winter while skiing?

    The best advice I ever heard on this subject came from Big Joe Vest. He basically said that if you would be uncomfortable sitting in the place where you are leaving your instrument that the...
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    Re: Rare find at Etsy

    Yeccchhtsy
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    Re: Classifides

    On a serious instrument ($$$$) I always offer to speak on the phone with a buyer and discuss the instrument in depth. This usually predicts a successful sale. I always state that returns will be...
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    Re: Classifides

    Certainty costs $$ – and the customer pays for it.
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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    For those that don't know......


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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    Are you suggesting that people actually read through a thread before posting? :disbelief: What kind of effect would that have on repeated multiple repetitions of multiple repeats? :confused: Heavens...
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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    Um, it was mentioned in the first post by the OP.
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    Songs about moonshining

    Can we make a list of popular standards about moonshining?

    I’ll kick off with the very first bluegrass song I was ever exposed to on the Andy Griffith Show. I know the band is the Dillards, but...
  16. Re: RECOVERED: Stolen Gibson F-4 Mandolin Serial #66824

    Last week the top brace repair was completed by Tom Crandall and I went back to the city and picked it up at the shop. We raised the action a bit and it sounded and played great. I asked Tom what...
  17. Re: RECOVERED: Stolen Gibson F-4 Mandolin Serial #66824

    Solid argument to made for including an Apple AirTag with an instrument being shipped. I'd put it inside the case, and hidden if possible. Lots of stories in the news about luggage recovered in this...
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    Thanks to this thread I now have Mando deodorant ads in all my social media.
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    I entered a "manalin" contest in Alabama in 1982. That's how everybody there pronounced it, and that's how it was printed in the program.
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    And then there's the common misspelling of 'Mandoline' as 'Mandolin' referring to a vegetable slicer.
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    I would add:

    Mandocaster instead of Fender electric mandolin -- guess it is just too much fun to say...
    Bone for herringbone
    Burst for 58-60 Les Paul (sunburst)
    Banjolin instead of mandolin...
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    I thought I was the only crank who didn’t like the term “mando”. It bothers me almost as much as “Gibby” for Gibson. An aside: I don’t live there but I have heard from residents of Philadelphia that...
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    Re: Mando (and why to quit callin it that...)g

    Other irritating and unnecessary abbreviations:

    'Hog' for the beautiful and mellifluous 'mahogany'.
    'Adi' for red spruce, found in a lot more places than just the Adirondacks.
    'Axe' for one's...
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    Re: Mario Maccafferi Boatback mandolin

    That "boat" has a pretty deep draught....ready for the high C's!

    And the neck profile is suitably severe.

    The unlabeled boatback I have (dangerously replete with "Larson-oid" details) also has...
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    RIP Frank Ford

    Gryphon Stringed Instruments has announced that Frank Ford passed away this afternoon.

    https://www.facebook.com/gryphonstrings
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