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Stew Mac sells a partial fret saw and fret notching tool which should help you with your objectives.

I notice that Saga has reintroduced the venerable KM-1000. The original was made in Japan and was perhaps the finest imported mandolin available at the time. I would assume the new models are made in...

A mando Django would have been more than proud to play! A really interesting concept!

Back in the late 70s/early 80s Lou Stiver used to regraduate a lot of those Japanese mandolins. The Japanese F models were beautiful but really stiff. But they were the best things available for...

I currently have an add for an Old Wave mandolin in the classified and interested parties can't get through to me, apparently because I use a hotmail address. Scott says that spam filters somestime...

I picked up a long neck handmade octave mandolin recently that I'm trying to figure out what to do with. My background is old time mandolin and guitar. So far I've adapted some of my old mando songs...

I played banjo in Buryl's family band back in the early 80s. I haven't heard his name in years. I remember when he built #1. It looked a lot like yours.

In that photo of the sides it doesn't look...

I played banjo in Buryl's family band back in the early 80s. #I haven't heard his name in years. #I remember when he built #1. #It looked a lot like yours.

In that photo of the sides it doesn't...

I think the best thing to do is to try several from the different years and pick the one that sounds best for you. I had a 1914 A-2-just great. I also had a very fine 1917 F-2. I had a 1923 snakehead...

I think the best thing to do is to try several from the different years and pick the one that sounds best for you. I had a 1914 A-2-just great. I also had a very fine 1917 F-2. I had a 1923 snakehead...

Today I compared a mahogany gallatin to my OW. #I thought the gallatin an excellent sounding instrument. #I really liked it's deep, woody sound. #Maybe it didn't sound like the stereotypical maple...

I think they are a very good value for an all solid F model, with a few mods. First of all, I got rid of the stock bridge and fitted an ebony one which I got from Saga. Maybe not the best, but better...

My, that's one fine lookin' mandolin! It's got the old time look, but X braced. I bet it's a great all around instrument for many styles.

I have an Old Wave (1996) which I obtained last year. At the time I was playing a 1922 snakehead A model and a Quartz 00, like others of you. The OW seems to fall somewhere in the middle tonally....