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    Re: Current state of the art flat top mandolin

    Hey Peter, I hope I am not hijacking your thread. I have a real affection for L&H mandolins.
    When I worked for a professional violin shop in NC years ago, we were gifted an American Conservatory...
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    Re: First build with James Condino

    The nice thing about hot hide glue is that you can control the strength of the bond depending on the amount of water you use when mixing it.
    Looking good James!
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    Re: Better tone with a Wooden Tailpiece ?

    I worked for a professional violin shop for most of my carreer and that is what I was taught. The theory is that the after length would be a fifth and two octaves above the string. We focused more on...
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    Re: Better tone with a Wooden Tailpiece ?

    Violin family instruments are very different from mandolin family instruments and cannot be compared. Violins utilize a sound post, one bass bar and the strings are driven with a bow. Mandolins are...
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    Re: Funky old canvas case/gigbag ?

    Years ago I had a vintage banjo-ukulele that came in a canvas case like that.
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    Re: Whiskey barrel octave mandolin

    Oh, I don't know about a waste of a whiskey barrel. Some folks get an idea in their head and come up with something unique. It's almost like folk art. I enjoy seeing these franken instruments from...
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    Whiskey barrel octave mandolin

    Just when you think you have seen it all...
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    Re: Finally, a Lyon & Healy Set

    That's amazing.
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    Re: Washburn F-5..

    I have not played one for six or seven years but the ones I played at a shop in NC were less than acceptable. The tone was thin and the fit and finish were horrible.
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    David Benedict's new dream mandolin

    Pretty sweet......


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    Re: New Mandolin Cafe Hat

    Ok, I want to repost my favorite Mandolin Cafe Hat pic I took awhile ago, this guy is a stickler for detail....
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    Well I do own a copy of a book by Chris Johnson and Roy Courtnall titled
    "The Art Of Violin Making". :whistling:
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    You mean like the guy that came up with this....


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    The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    This mandolin was featured in the "Sometimes a case tells a story" article recently.


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    Re: Songs about moonshining

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


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    Re: Darryl Wolfe selling off stuff

    Plus the conversion was done by Bill Halsey, top notch expert on Gibson mandolins. Not to mention a world class violin family bow maker and all around nice guy.
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    Re: My Journey so far.

    Welcome to the Cafe. I Have owned both an Eastman 315 and a 314 after playing for decades on a slew of teens Gibson A and F2 mandolins. Nothing wrong with the Eastmans, the only reason I sold them...
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    Re: Case Stickers

    Love the circle of fifths sticker, you need to get a Mandolin Cafe sticker! https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/213944#213944
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    Re: playing late and drinking

    When you have not had a drink and warmed up, play Kentucky Waltz and record it. Then after a few whiskeys, play it again and record it. Review the recordings the next day and see what you think.
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    Re: Case Stickers

    Here is a previous thread regarding case stickers...

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/137797-Post-photo-of-your-Stickered-Cases
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    Darryl Wolfe selling off stuff

    Looks like long time Cafe member, Darryl Wolfe, is going to be unloading some mandolin related items. This should be interesting...

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/214057#214057

    NFI
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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    Um, it was mentioned in the first post by the OP.
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    Re: Best Place to Look for Used Collings

    The classifieds here on the Cafe.
  24. Re: '81 Flatiron pancake - Anyone ever seen one of these?

    Looks like there are two cracks in the top coming off the top of the F-holes. I agree with Mike, they are kind of ungraceful.
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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    Good old Mountain Dew

    Rocky Top

    White Lightning

    Chug a Lug chug a lug

    Little Brown Jug
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