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    Re: Mandobird pickup replacement ideas

    All good ideas here. Thanks all. I'm interested in the Duncan. The fender sounded good I just didn't like the big neck as I prefer more fiddle like mandolin necks. I love everything about my...
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    Re: Mandobird pickup replacement ideas

    My mandobird has good intonation, it was the Eastwood that didn't. The fender sounded good plugged in, but I didn't like the neck. The the mandobird pickup I want to replace. Good advice here thank...
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    Re: Mandobird pickup replacement ideas

    Cool thanks!
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    Mandobird pickup replacement ideas

    Several years ago my mom was in a seniors home in a different state. I would regularly go and stay with her on the weekends . I wanted an electric mandolin that I could practice with unplugged after...
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    Re: playing late and drinking

    Back when I was getting paid to play, we didn't drink (much) because we had a job to do. We owed it to our promoters, our employers and frankly the audience to provide a good product be responsible....
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    Re: Handel violin tail piece?

    That is good to know. The all in one kind of goes against tradition. We used to use a "gut" string that came flat in a long thin box. You didn't want a micro tuner in all but the E position
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    Re: Handel violin tail piece?

    Thanks for the information!
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    Handel violin tail piece?

    This tailpiece was always on my violin that I played in orchestra as a kid in the 60s. I recently got back into fiddle so I took my violin into a shop to get it playable again. I insisted on keeping...
  9. Thread: Loar LM310F

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    Re: Loar LM310F

    I have a Honey Creek A that I bought already set up from a small shop in Idaho. It's amazingly good. Perfect intonation, and not a bad voice. Not as good as the two Webers I own, but really quite...
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    Re: Buy a vintage Gibson or more modern mandolin?

    Let me just put this with regard to a good Celtic mandolin choice. I suspect the Northfield Calhoun would fit the bill nicely, I haven't played one but if I was in the market I'd consider one of...
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    Re: Buy a vintage Gibson or more modern mandolin?

    Good to know, maybe the shorter neck made it feel small to me. I did like it though. Don
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    Re: Buy a vintage Gibson or more modern mandolin?

    I have a Weber Gallatin oval A and I mostly play Celtic. It can be soft and sweet, and it can really open up when desired. I got it for less than $2k but that was while back. I was recently in Bruce...
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    Re: Montana Lutherie

    [QUOTE=Bill Kammerzell;1899672]I just did have my 1st experience and complete my initial transaction with Montana Lutherie and I have to say it was a totally satisfactory experience.

    Bruce dialed...
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    Re: Holding on to your personal Holy Grail mandolin

    Well mine isn't that pretty but it's my forever mandolin. I traded a 50s Gibson L48 archtop guitar that I thought I needed for a pretty rough Weber Gallatin A at a respectable shop that sells vintage...
  15. Re: A likely contentious opinion on electric mandolins

    I agree with Bob Clark. I would take my electric mandobird when I stayed with my Mom who was in her 90s in an assisted living home. After she would go to bed I could practice unplugged and she...
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    Re: Trinity College Octave vs Eastman 305 Octave

    I've been wanting an octave mandolin for some time now. The main choices in my price range were the Eastman 305 the Trinity and maybe the Hora. I'd heard about the bridge on the Trinity and the...
  17. Re: New mandolin question. (eastman, the loar, richwood)

    I have a the Loar honey creek A style, and I love it. I have two Webers for comparison, and while the honey creek isn't in that league, it's really nice for the money, both in sound and playability....
  18. Re: How often should my mandolin need to be tuned?

    Tune every time you play, check while you are playing.
  19. Re: Embarassing Question - Which Mandolin to Bring to Jam?

    I know the feeling, I'm not new to mandolin but I've recently got into finding my place in a string band where players come and go and material I don't always know. It can be intimidating. All it...
  20. Re: violin buying question to you trusted cafe goers (NMC)

    I echo what others have said about buying from a violin shop. I actually played mandolin before violin as a kid growing up in Montana. We had a cabin with no phone or TV. We had a not that old Kay...
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    Re: The Loar 310brb vs 590ms

    Let me throw some flies in the milk.. I have a 110 A honey creek which I love and use as my travel mandolin. I also own two Webers, a Gallatin and an Absaroka. I saw the 110 on the wall of a small...
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    Re: Washburn mandolins

    I bought a Washburn A style oval hole mandolin when I first got back into mandolin after years of not having one. I really wanted to love this mandolin, and although it looked cool it really wasn't...
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    Re: Kentucky Vs LOAR

    "For that reason, the Loar 110 seems like an nice instrument. Solid wood and hand carved. I understand it is quiet though. The other option of course is the Kentucky KM-150. Also solid wood and...
  24. Re: What are your thoughts on Deering Tenor Banjos

    Hello, I'm new to the forum, wanted to say something here. My Dad was an old Scot who played fiddle mandolin and tenor banjo. I got his instruments when he passed. It was my job as a kid to keep...
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