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Marty, I like where your design is going. The soundholes have an expression like eyes/eyebrows on a face, and what you've drawn seems to capture more of the gentle expression that the F holes convey,...

In case any of you were curious as to the look, here's what the arabesque soundholes look like drawn onto a (roughly traced) F5 shape.
I think Bertram Henze was right about the style not quite...

I have seen many viols, and especially violas d'amore with flame-shaped arabesque soundholes. I am curious if anyone has ever made a mandolin with this shape of soundhole, especially if there are...

The lighter the instrument, the better the sound! (Now you know why banjos sound that way!)

Harpsichord, then bass viol, then baroque lute.

Over the last few years I've acquired a mandolin, a viola, three pennywhistles, a recorder (that fits on a pennywhistle head), two ocarinas, a trumpet, a bass, two guitars, a mandolin, a ukulele, and...

I have a Jasmine guitar by Takamine which I bought new for $100 and has a nice sound; though it could probably use a set-up.

Looks like someone went through the door. And took pictures.

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Is that any specific tune, or something he came up with?

A friend has started calling mine "The Man."

I've just ordered the JJB EXT-100 and the Fishman Pro-EQ II! I think they will work well for my needs. Thank you all for your input; I appreciate it!

It looks like my best option is the pickup route; the JJB EXT-100 (exterior disk) looks like the best pickup for what I want, but I am undecided about the which preamp to get. I am looking at the...

If I go the pickup+pre-amp route, can I install all that myself, or do I need to take the mandolin somewhere to have it installed? Also, once installed, can it be easily removed and re-installed on...

Almeria, currently there are three monitors set up on our stage basically in a line (not counting the drum cage and amp for the electric cello). I was playing into a condenser microphone used for...

I've been playing mandolin at church recently and we've found me hard to mic without a good deal of feedback and difficulty of amplification etc. with out current equipment.

So my question is what...

Red Haired Boy and The Irish Washerwoman for me.

I take my mandolin to school almost everyday, and I go to a small school, so when I bring something else (like a ukulele) people always call it a mandolin and I have to correct them. :grin:

What I found most interesting is why there were such high spikes consistently every year in midsummer and midwinter. Would that happen to coincide with major bluegrass festivals or something of that...

It looks like this may need a neck reset, then? I'm not sure; if I can avoid anything intensive like that I'd like to. Would putting glue in the neck joint then applying some sort of force in the...

The 50's date is from the seller, I wondered about it too, thanks for informing me!

Also, Jim, if it is an unglued neck joint (which seems most likely) how should I go about fixing it? Would it...

Hello Cafe,

Recently I bought a 1952 Kent Bowlback mandolin off of the local Craigslist. It has all its original (as far as I can tell) parts except for one washer on the peghead, including...

Problem identified: it seems the embedded JPEG images are appearing as black screens, but the PDF works perfectly and all is well.
Thanks, mlinkins, this is a great arrangement!

Same here :( I'm using Google Chrome (I think the latest version, not really sure).

If you will be playing something other than bluegrass, I recommend going for the 2 finger positions and their respective closed positions first, which in my opinion blend with/mimic guitar chords...

I've never even noticed the side dots on my mandolin... at least, while i'm playing. I do use the fretboard dots extensively though.