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...
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...
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.
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...
I would say "Simply one of the best".
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...
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...
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...
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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On a serious instrument ($$$$) I always offer to speak on the phone with a buyer and discuss the instrument in depth. This usually predicts a successful sale. I always state that returns will be...
Certainty costs $$ – and the customer pays for it.
For those that don't know......
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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...
Um, it was mentioned in the first post by the OP.
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...
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...
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...
Thanks to this thread I now have Mando deodorant ads in all my social media.
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.
And then there's the common misspelling of 'Mandoline' as 'Mandolin' referring to a vegetable slicer.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Gryphon Stringed Instruments has announced that Frank Ford passed away this afternoon.
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