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Thank you bill! :)

Assuming this mando is never going to be 'right' (it sounds awfully thin and weedy having tuned it down), I've been saving for a long time and have £100, which I was going to use to fix it which I...

Thanks for the advice :) I'll try a last ditch effort and lower the bridge- oh I hope that works!! I'd be very sad to lose my mandolin. I'd really hoped to extend it's life, poor little thing :(

Those were taken tuned down a tone. Tuned up, the neck pulls up towards the nut. It is certainly a neck bow, the neck join remains intact and does not move.

Here are some more photos!
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Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes the neck has a whacking great addition to it in an effort to save the instrument. It was fine for a long while, although recently the neck started to bow, making...

Excellent, thank you :)

Can lowering the bridge increase the tension bearing capability of the neck?

Hi!

I had a wonderful old stridente restored, but my problem is, even with gauge 9 strings, the relief of the neck is such that the action at fret 12 is just under 3mm. If I tune down a tone, the...

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His website

It was a fellow named Sam Skey who lives in Dorset. It took about 2 weeks.

I was so surprised when I looked at where the splits had been - no trace!! I don't know how he did it, but I'm very...

I found this little stridente in a junk shop in a very sorry state- big split in the back, splits in the headstock, neck pulled forward out of position, loose tailpiece and ruined bridgepiece.

It...

Very well played indeed! What precision :) thanks for sharing!

I still have the original! It needs a little work, but once that's done it will be reinstated :p

I recently submitted a post about a stridente mandolin I found in a junk shop in a pretty sorry state, and asked about how to go about getting it restored..

Well I found an excellent luthier, sam...

Inspiring!

Its just great to be around people who know their stuff, from my perspective! Thanks guys!

I've made contact with John, sent him some detailed photos and he says its borderline as to whether or not this can be rescued. He needs to see it, make some measurements and have a good think about...

While we're on the subject, does anyone have any details about the history of the Stridente company? I can't find much online, it would be fascinating to learn more about it.

Aha! Tavy is John Maddock!

Thank you very much, I certainly will!

Thank you for your reply, and I'm so glad there is hope that a repair is possible! Sadly I do not possess a talent for woodworking. Could you recommend a luthier who may be able to help me? I live in...

Hi there!

I picked up this wonderful little Stridente mando yesterday;

https://imgur.com/a/Q3WWQ

Is there any hope for repairing that neck bow?

It sounds gorgeous, and is in pretty good...

Buildings and repair it is! Yes the action is high, but im hoping it can be fixed.. Fingers crossed.. And cut lol

Here are the pics!

https://imgur.com/a/Q3WWQ

I bartered down from £120 to £80. I had to have it as the tone is *so* good, and the intonation is exceptional despite the slight neck bow and...