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    Re: Looking for a repair person

    Bummer! Third Coast Guitar Service can handle major repairs like this.
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    Re: How Many Gibson Mandobasses are there?!

    Confirmed - I played that one Monday of this week!
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    Re: Truss rod and carbon fiber.

    If the neck is still flexible enough for string tension to create relief, a good truss rod properly installed should be able to straighten it back out.
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    Re: To Speed Neck or Not to Speed Neck

    In cases where the instrument is being spray finished, it's generally easier/less time-consuming/cheaper to do the whole instrument the same way.
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    Re: Most common failures and problems

    LOL. "Oh, it looks like your lessons fell off!"
  6. Re: 1/4 inch bluetooth transmitter to any speaker?

    Bluetooth codecs tend to have high enough latency that you would notice the delay when using BT in such an application. I'm not saying such a rig does not exist, and maybe someone's managed to make...
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    Re: Tone Dexter w/ Godin A8 anyone?

    Sure, just install a pickup in that '23 and you'll be ready to go :-)
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    Re: Willie Nelson’s Bluegrass Album

    When I listened to this album, I missed the bluegrass drive I know that backup band is capable of. But in the end they're just doing a good job of making Willie sound good. If they tried to sound...
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    Re: Jescar EVO Gold fretwire discontinued

    Stewmac has a gold fretwire they market as "long life" as well. The narrowest crown offered is .084" though.
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    Re: Ribbon Microphone for Recording Mandolin

    I love this approach - just let the microphones do their thing. Of course it helps quite a bit if you already have a variety of microphones on hand! I've been playing around with a Shure KSM313...
  11. Re: How is Tuning Drift with Rubner Tuning Machine

    In the "it's almost certainly not the tuning machines" camp: how the strings are installed is also critically important to tuning stability. If you have overlapping wraps, or wraps that aren't...
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    Re: mandolin tattoos

    196741196742

    Fresh from Friday.
  13. Thread: Lubrikit

    by Andy Miller
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    Re: Lubrikit

    I'm in the habit of lubing the nut slots any time I set up a customer instrument, that's just what I was taught to do. With my own instruments, maybe every other string change. As others have...
  14. Thread: Lubrikit

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    Re: Lubrikit

    I've been using the same syringe of Lubrikit for several years. It works as well as any kind of lubricant I've used in nut slots or electric saddle slots. Considering how sparingly it should be...
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    Re: Hidden D'Addario Micro Tuners....

    Yes, I have these on both my mandolins and my guitar, they're great.
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    Re: Preferred wire cutters?

    Exactly. Any decent hardware-store diagonal cutters will do. Avoid the small electronics wire cutters though, the jaws on those are too delicate and cutting steel strings will ruin them.
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    Re: UV cure finish issues

    I've sprayed Simtec UV clearcoat over the top of Mohawk nitrocellulose lacquer quite a lot after doing airbrush touchups over repairs. I don't recall ever having issues with things coming loose or...
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    Re: I don't like F styles. Anyone else?

    I often play standing up, with a strap, and to me F5s feel neck-heavy when used that way, that's my only issue with them aside from cost. Every once in a while I play one that sounds good enough to...
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    Super cool!
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    Re: new: Northfield neck rest!!!

    Same here. I've been using a bunny-ears rifle rest for mandolin work but the neck sinks down between the ears and doesn't allow full access to the frets for recrowning, for example. The Northfield...
  21. Thread: Refretting

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    Re: Refretting

    No kidding - a couple of diamond plates is a good investment. During fretwork, I use them to remove sanding scratches from the fret tops - after leveling with sandpaper but before recrowning. They...
  22. Thread: Refretting

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    Re: Refretting

    I find a bag of lead birdshot to be an essential tool for refrets. Having the neck resting on a bag of shot makes all the difference when seating frets, especially if your work...
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    Re: Gibson A50 reftret -any advice ?

    If you refret the first 12, the "originality" ship will have sailed, especially if you use different wire for the first 12 - that's going to look weird. Partial refrets often come with one...
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    Re: Possible Binding Separation?

    I'm sure it didn't look like that when it left the Collings factory 9-10 years ago, but I wouldn't consider it cause for alarm unless there's some reason to believe the joint is truly coming apart. ...
  25. Re: Advice needed on K&K mandolin twin pickup install

    I prefer to have the tailpiece mounted when I drill for the endpin jack. It's easy to drill through both the TP and the tailblock with a step bit until you get the TP hole big enough for the jack,...
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