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    Re: Uncle Don Brown's Loar

    The only scooped Florida I see is the one that's on a different instrument in the very beginning of the video. It clearly looks like the Florida on the Don Brown Loar, after the repair, has not been...
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    Re: Northfield Mandola

    Thanks Jim. I have done that little trick with ball end strings in the past and have put together a combination of nickel wound guitar, banjo, and mando strings that I'm going to try out. Curt...
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    Re: Northfield Mandola

    I made the stand from some 50+ year old birch plywood that used to be our old kitchen cabinets. I just stretched out the design of a nice wooden mandolin stand that I've had for about 10 years. It's...
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    Re: Northfield Mandola

    The top is WV Red Spruce and the back is maple. Both are carved. The mandolas are 100% made in the Marshall, Michigan shop. Thanks for the emando strings link Doug. How long do the emando strings...
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    Northfield Mandola

    A couple days ago my new Northfield Quickstep mandola arrived and I am quite impressed with this fine instrument. I got the Ox Amber/spirit varnish finish, and it is just gorgeous. I've played the...
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    Re: Duff A4.5 Mandolin

    That's a beautiful Duff! Is the sound hole shifted forward 1/4" like Compton's Gilchrist F4.5?
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    Re: Gibson Mandolins 2004

    Here's some info from a 2003-2004 issue of Mandolin Magazine that might be of interest to Mandohound and other F-9 and A-9 fans. Charlie D. also talked a liitle about them in this 2003 Co-Mando Q &...
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    Re: Old Gibson Date and Pick Guard Replacement

    Actually, it appears to be a different instrument, but with the exact same characteristics, including a deteriorated pickguard.
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    Re: Old Gibson Date and Pick Guard Replacement

    I noticed it seems to have a bound back like an A-1, but a clamshell tp like A-00. Then I found this: https://vintage-instruments.com/shop/mandolins/mandolin-family/gibson-a-1-mandolin-1937/ Dang...
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    Re: $4,000 A Snakehead

    For what it's worth, the ebay seller confirmed that he is not able to read the style designation on the label. We know that there were all kinds of peculiarities with the specs and labels for...
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    Re: $4,000 A Snakehead

    "Gibson never used the designation A-1 as far as I know during this early 1920s time period- just A-Jr, A , A-2, A-3, A-4. The Style A began to be made in 1910 and the A-1 finished production about...
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    Re: $4,000 A Snakehead

    I wasn't trying to post a copy of a pic from the ad. The link to the Mandolin Archive listing is to point out that this mandolin is not an A-2 or an A, it is an A-1. It was in the possession of...
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    Re: $4,000 A Snakehead

    Here is that instrument in the Mandolin Archive listed as an A-1. http://www.mandolinarchive.com/gibson/serial/74232 That looks right.
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    Re: Mandolin Serial Number Decoder--Gibson

    My 2002 A9 is #21029030. My understanding is that the formula for eight-digit mandolin serial numbers is YMMDD##Y. The first Y is the last number of the year. MM is the number of the month from 01...
  16. Thread: Tunes in "F"

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    Re: Tunes in "F"

    Kennedy Rag is a good old-time tune in F. Played here by Norman Blake & The Rising Fawn String Ensemble. Works pretty good on mandolin too.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg2U5_I0UZ0
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    Re: A Gibson A3 in the white. In the white — get it?

    This interesting A-3, from the Mandolin Archive, SN-72967 (so shipped in 1923), seems to show that there is some type of golden orange undercoat, at least on this particular instrument. No mention...
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    Re: Gibson finally fixed their fretboards

    I think the term "eagle's beak" is frequently used to describe this issue with scroll's. At least I think this is the same phenomenon that is being referred to here as "hawksbill". This old thread...
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    Re: Contemporary Pumpkin Tops?

    This mandola (not mine) built by Michael Heiden is nice looking. 196346
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    Re: Do you know the model of this 1935 Gibson?

    Yep, I once had a 1934 A-1 that had the exact same features as your mandolin (except the replacement tuners). Note that the sunburst top, (but not back) and 20's style tail piece are also typical of...
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    Re: Hidden D'Addario Micro Tuners....

    Then there is this. Anyone tried it?

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0795X4FL4/ref=twister_B08KZ9XJCC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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    Re: Whiskey Before Breakfast - Interesting Approaches?

    There's also a mighty fine rendition on the old Bobby Hicks CD "Fiddle Patch" with Ronnie McCoury on mandolin.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmKGaXXYTk&list=RDqRmKGaXXYTk&start_radio=1&t=70
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    Re: David Grisman - 'Home is Where the Heart is'

    It seems that he did use the '25 Fern on most of the recordings. This pic 189337 and description is from the "Tone Poems" CD booklet.
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    Re: Question on Manzanita album

    There was an interesting discussion about this way back in 2004: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/7599-Grisman-or-Bush?highlight=manzanita
  25. Thread: Grisman or Bush?

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    Re: Grisman or Bush?

    There was an interesting discussion about this way back in 2004: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/7599-Grisman-or-Bush?highlight=manzanita Oops, I meant to post this in the new (2020)...
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