I have two by small builders for sale. One is a Carver and the other is a Newell. Please email me off line at mandomedic@wvi.com Thanks, Kenc
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I have two by small builders for sale. One is a Carver and the other is a Newell. Please email me off line at mandomedic@wvi.com Thanks, Kenc
I just installed one on my friend Fuzzy's Bussman Octave mandolin today and ran it through a Baggs Parametric DI and it sounded very good. Had some issues with feedback at F# but a little time with...
I have a 6 month old French Bull dog and her name is Amanda Lynn. She runs loose in my music store and is learning to play the mandolin. We're going on the road as soon as I can teach her to play and...
You asked if polishing the nut adds to the sound quality. No. But; in the big picture they sure do look nice. It's a cosmetic detail especially if you're a small builder and paying attention to the...
Just an update on the Bush debacle. Dave Harvey and I talked and I sent the mandolin to him directly at OAI. Nice conversation with him and he was very eager to make this right with the winner of the...
There's #no money above the 7th fret... What the heck are you doing up there anyhow? Kenc (:
You asked: Gothca. Not that I think I need one, but what's involved in re-setting a neck?
Ken Says: It's a lot of work and labor intensive. First I usually remove the fingerboard or at least the...
You could use a medium super glue, but I'd go with a high quality airplane glue myself. Kenc
Howard Morris from Irrigon Oregon makes his A and F tops out of Doug Fir. They sound quite good, so give it a try. In fact if you're anywhere the Stayton Oregon area, drop by my shop and play a used...
There's no problem with that at all. In fact, it might improve the tone with the wood to wood contact... My concern would be if the instrument was built this way or the neck is creeping forward...
So today I'm putting into stock an order of Country Classics and Bluegrass CD's that I had ordered for the store. After I put the stock away I'm listening to Blue Highway's new album and reading the...
Thanks to all, including Dave Harvey for the quick responses and the support here. I'm still curious about other contests and the warranty carryover to the winners. Just for your information, I did...
Dave,
Would you be so kind as to Email me off list so I can get a direct number and shipping address. Thank you for responding. Ken Cartwright mandomedic@wvi.com
Mike,
I can see your point, but this is not an issue to work over Gibson. I'm looking for insight into whether this is common practice with manufactures in general. It's apparent in this case that...
Let me make a couple of corrections here. The mandolin was won at Rocky Grass, not Telluride. Secondly, the father of the young man tells me he did not go to a music store, but instead called Gibson...
This past fall, a young man from the west coast competed at Telluride and won a brand new Gibson Sam Bush Mandolin... Great, we say. However, the mandolin is unplayable. The neck was under set at the...
Here's what I think happened. I think the frets were originally pressed and not glued in. I think the oil seeped under the frets, maybe loosening the frets. Possibly allowing the frets to float. I...
I have a Howard Morris F-5 in stock that was made with Doug fir that sounds pretty darned good. I have also owned several fiddle made with Doug fir that were good sounding as well. I think of you...
I use Martin Guitar Polish on most instruments that come into the shop as a second step. My first step is take a flannel cloth that has been very lightly dampened with water and go over the...
Let me blow my own horn... Cartwright's Music and Repair Shop, 13 miles east of Salem Oregon... I build, do repairs and setups of mandolins and currently have 19 mandolins in stock and it's a lot...
Spruce Asked: Hi Ken....
This veneer is looking very thin. Did you have any leeway as far as sanding the stuff, or did you just take the old finish off and call it a day?
Ken says: You have very...
Spruce: The first I guitars I built in the mid 70's were from the lid of a square grand piano lid and they too were Brazilian over mahogany... I used Port Orford cedar for the tops and they sounded...
I had to do the same thing about 10 years ago on a mandolin and didn't know what type the finish was so tested the paint droppings first with a drop of medium lacquer thinner and another area with a...
Hey Spruce! Just listened to 5 of your songs on the Mangler... Very cool; Now need to program them into our "Parking Space Grass" program here on KENC radio.. What a great project and it sounded like...
I think Tom nailed it when he suggested that you put 3 or 4 wraps around the string post before you feed the string through the hole of the tuner post... I then bend the string end back in the...