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Well it never hurts to ask, so thank you both very much. I tuned it and played it last night and it stayed in tune. The neck seems straight. I wonder if I could just put some really really light...

I have an 1920s American Eugene Howard (Ohio) mandolin serial 15935. It is not the fancy trim model and is worth on eBay about $200 max.

But it belonged to my great grandfather, and drove me to...

So im planning on picking up the mandobird pickup. Just to let anyone who is interested know, taking a tip from this board, I unscrewed the right hand pickup screw about a quarter of an inch and...

The Mandobird 8 arrived in the mail today. Man its fun. Its like having a little electric guitar. Ive put it through a VOX tube amp and can get all kinds of growly sound out of it. I do agree the E...

Fair enough, however it does have a notoriously weak E string, as said many times here in the forums. Do you have a Mandobird Pipeous? How do you like the stock sound?

Pete,
Thanks so much for responding.

So you have several pickups available:

MB8: Not sure what type of sound this is for.

MB8L: Fixes the weak E string and is for country/blues/bluegrass.
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Im thinking about getting the Almuse pickup. I have rudimentary soldering experience. How complicated is the replacement? I cant find any instructions on Almuse.

Well for what its worth, I picked up a Mandobird VIII today, from Musicians Friend, for $250, with $50 of free accessories (tuner, some cords, etc). I have heard they are being discontinued, due to...

Hello all.
Ive been way from playing for a while. Kids, Career took off, etc. But life has taken a turn for the good, and the stress is gone, the weight is comming off, and I figure its time to...

I use my Ipad for all my sheet music. I also create "cheat sheets" for setlist with lyrics and chords as .pdfs and store them on my Ipad. I also use n-Track Tuner as a chromatic tuner for my Ipad,...

So Base guitars are turned E-A-D-G, in Fourths, the opposite of a Mando. Would it be feasable to ture it G-D-A-E and play it as a big Mando? Wouldnt have to re learn anything note wise.

its it...

Can you tune a Bouzouki to GDAE? That might be fun if I didnt have to learn a whole new set of scales and chords.

Im not sure of a local Luither in Charlotte NC, that could do all of the setup items, (lowering the bridge and zero fret, replacing the bridge etc). I dont have that level of skill. Im also not...

Well, Ive drop the Epiphone MM20 from my list, because its not solid wood.
The crafter is an expensive mandonlin, but (a) Im not sure I can get over its look, ie a mini acoustic guitar, and (b) its...

See how the creep begins? Now that Im thinking that Id spend $50 on a cheap mandolin, and $20 on shipping + 20 to get set up with a decent bridge and strings, well hell thats $100 allready.

So now...

ERRrrrr... see! See what I mean! *points accusingly at Stillpicking*. It just so happens that I met my wife when she handed me a copy of Leige and Lief during an English class in College. MANY years...

Hmmm... can you send me a PM or link to said used Epi? Dang you guys! I was going to spend $75.00 and now Im looking at $150. Three more weeks in this thread and Ill be buying a "used" Rigel A+

Hey those Surf City seem interesting, all under $100. Can I get some more information on them from you? How good are the tuners, etc... I assume the octave Mando is a full octave lower than a mando...

Well, I admit the Troubador looks nice, but I have very large hands being 6' 4". And its on the smaller scale. Its actually so nice, Im sure Id be upset if I lost it at work. However you guys do make...

The harmony needs repair, from the sound of it. I dont want to drop $80 on a broken mando.

I play a mid missourri M-5 which I really love. However, a bunch of the guys at the office also play music and are interested in jamming some. Im looking for a low level mandolin that I wont mind...