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I have seen mandolin necks from 1" to 1 1/4". Guitars from 1 11/16" to 2 1/4". Mandolin is much like a fiddle which never has a wide neck, same tuning, and it works for me. I played guitar for...

You can also use the marker, and wipe it immediately after applying it. It will be less shiny and more dull, let the polish give it the shine. This way you can build up the black also. If it has a...

Beeswax will also draw moisture, so stay away from that. Sounds like it would be good, but....

I use paraffin wax, it doesn't draw moisture as John says.

I thought the same thing when I first clicked on John. I have a Unicorn and was hoping to see another.

It's hard to tell without the instrument in hand, but I would say the neck joint was not fit correctly from the factory. In order to make this work it will have to be fit better before it is glued....

Thanks, that was fun. Two of the members are friends and are great fun to play music with.

I think that is innovative for the door plate, and looks nice. No problem here.

I don't feel my mandolins have a gender, they are mandolins and I call them by name, the Brentrup, the Unicorn, the Gibson, etc.

Thornward was a brand made for Montgomery Wards, by Lyon and Healy. I have a very nice guitar that is a Thornward. Mine is somewhere around the 1900's-1910's.

I have had one F style mandolin after a few A styles. I prefer A style mandolins and it's all I have, be it ff hole or oval hole. I have both.

There are several ways to put a pickup on a mandolin without changing it's original condition, or it's acoustic sound. If you are concerned with originality it can be retained and still have a pickup.

I take the mandolin I like playing everywhere. Does it show, yes. I play gigs in hot humid weather and the varnish finish shows it's wear. The finish is worn off the neck along with most of the...

With a strap on the case you can carry it on your shoulder and still carry a child or two. All my cases have improvised strap on them, I never carry a case with my hands.

I have one too, and and A 436, but I haven't used them in years. Maybe decades.

A more accurate way to measure the scale length is to measure from the nut to the 12th fret and double the measurement. The bridge will be set a little past the scale length to intonate.

I am thinking rcc56 was assuming you want to fix it, in which case you don't want to make it worse and be harder to fix.

If you like the oval hole sound my '22 Gibson is about as good as it gets.

If you use a belt sander be careful of how long you sand, depending on material. For instance bone will get brittle if it gets too hot. I have made picks from Tagua nuts, fossilized Ivory, and bone...

I have had both and prefer the K&K. The Schertler fed back to easily, and the sound I am getting out of my K&K is better to my ear. Some will disagree I am sure.

The Unitune doesn't have the 6 guitar string settings to annoy you is all. Otherwise it is the same tuner.

I prefer the Unitune to the Polytune, but I have both. Battery life is exceptional, and accurate tuning right there with my Peterson.

The tool can easily be made from a piece of flat steel. I made one years ago for something different, but the same type of collar. It's like a big screwdriver with the center cut out, you have to...

A $10,000 lump mandolin. Now that will be a big seller. Ha ha ha ha ha

I have a rounded, nice C shape that I love, I also have a V shape that I play daily. I think you can get used to whatever you spend time on. Some love the V shape, some don't. I find both...