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    Re: Mix/NewMAD A4 at Guitar Center

    OK, much delayed follow-up here:

    First off, I returned the Mix to my (sort of) local GC today. It had multiple issues that I just was not inclined to deal with. I’ll elaborate so anyone else...
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    Re: Mix/NewMAD A4 at Guitar Center

    Ugh.
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    Re: Mix/NewMAD A4 at Guitar Center

    Just arrived yesterday so I can only comment on a few things so far.

    1. $3000. Mandolin shipped in a too large $50. mandolin case. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised because, you know, GC, but I...
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    Re: Mix/NewMAD A4 at Guitar Center

    On it’s way to the Boston area now. I assume it’s got one or more issues since it keeps getting returned, but I’ll check it out once it arrives and report back. At least this way Cafe members will...
  5. Re: Best Mandolin for Traveling From Sea Level to High Desert?

    Yeah, I’ve seen this one at GC online twice before and considered buying it, but couldn’t pull the trigger. It’s been returned at least twice now, which leads me to believe the mando has one or more...
  6. Re: Advice on anyone in New England who could help repair a citte

    He’s not building? I wonder why not.

    I forgot to mention that I contacted TME asking for mando repair work recommendations in the area and the only suggestion they had was Max Girouard. I imagine...
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    Re: Golden Gate X Stiff pick

    Having just compared the two side by side, one on top of the other, and play testing, they are definitely different:

    1. The GG is slightly bigger all the way around.
    2. By virtue of the size...
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    Re: Golden Gate X Stiff pick

    I’d email a few places, tell them your location and explain you only need a few picks, I bet at least a few sellers here in the U.S. would have mercy on you and ship via post for reasonable prices. I...
  9. Re: Advice on anyone in New England who could help repair a citte

    He is? I attempted to contact him about some work a month or so ago via the info on his website and got no response. Since then I’ve heard through the grapevine he isn’t particularly motivated to do...
  10. Re: Best Mandolin for Traveling From Sea Level to High Desert?

    Tom, thanks for the additional info. It’s awesome to hear that Adam recently completed that CF mando for you, and simultaneously quite sad he’s not optimistic about making more…….

    Ah well, guess...
  11. Re: Best Mandolin for Traveling From Sea Level to High Desert?

    Interesting. I see no mention of the carbon fiber mandolins on Adam’s website currently, perhaps I am somehow missing them.

    When you say new, do you mean purchased in recent months, or did you...
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    Re: Red Carpet Waltz ( Pava A4 vs Collings MT2 )

    Very nice, thanks for that.

    I have an MT and have been thinking of adding either an MTO or Pava A4, so it’s helpful to hear the Pava and MT2 back to back. The Pava is definitely more to my liking...
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    Re: thoughts on a Collings MT from the 2006

    I had two MTs from that time period you mention and both were excellent, had to sell them during tough times. I recently replaced them with slightly newer MTs, which are just as good sounding. MTs...
  14. Re: "Hey James: How do I get the superglue off my Duff mandolin?"

    James,

    I used to be a fine woodwind maker and we used CA to glue cracks and do other repairs on a variety of wood instruments with different finishes - both new and antique. We used Golden West...
  15. Thread: String shortage!?

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    Re: String shortage!?

    Just a heads up for those who use Elixir Mediums: Looks like Amazon has some on the way: Availability to buy with a delivery date of @10 days from today just popped up. No help for me since I need...
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    Re: Thomastick Light Strings

    They are certainly lower tension than the mediums, no idea if that will cause you further problems for you though.
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    Re: Thomastick Light Strings

    I have TI lights on a flat top Northfield Calhoun and they work fine. Not as much volume as regular light gauge strings, but I don’t need max volume for playing at home. I don’t think I’ll keep...
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    Re: Collings Mandolin Case in Md

    Thanks for those details, much appreciated.
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    Re: Collings Mandolin Case in Md

    Ok, so what exactly differentiates them and makes the Cedar Creek TKL badged cases better than the non-Cedar Creek TKL badged cases? Honestly curious.
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    Re: Collings Mandolin Case in Md

    Badge says TKL, are they one in the same? If so, how do you differentiate? I have the Collings TKL, both A and F. They are nice, but not unusually so, IMO. Well worth the asking price though, if as...
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    Re: Stiff tuners on a newer Collings mandolin

    The fact that Collings went to great lengths to ensure customer satisfaction is in no way indicative that Collings knows or thinks they are responsible for letting faulty tuners THAT COULD HAVE BE...
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    Re: Stiff tuners on a newer Collings mandolin

    You are making the assumption that the tuners worked poorly from hour zero, which is quite often not the case: Manufactured parts can work fine initially and then malfunction or deteriorate either...
  23. Thread: Calhoun case?

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    Re: Calhoun case?

    OK, a little follow-up FWIW:

    One can make a Travelite work, but the fit is right up against the bottom two tuners at the bottom of the headstock, so you’re likely to have to return every time you...
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    Re: Playing with arthritis

    Has it been determined (by way of high resolution imagining) that you actually have significant degradation of the joint surfaces of the bones in your hands? Any blood tests been done to look for...
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    Re: Stiff tuners on a newer Collings mandolin

    How does junk become MORE disappointing?

    Perhaps a question for Fred G. Sanford….
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