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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    There was a rumor that they might start shipping in April.

    What’s the song lyric? “Such a fool to believe….”
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    Frantically watching this thread for people posting that they got a tracking number from Klos
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    The new Klos carbon fiber mandolin ships with XS mediums. I've got two packs of XS lights waiting to go on after the new strings wear out. Hopefully that's a good, long time off.
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    Re: Playing mandolins with a mandolin

    Mentioning Nigel Tuffnel get's you a 212937

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    Because D minor is the saddest key.
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    “Will the sound of such an instrument develop and improve with extended play, like a wood instrument?”

    No, it will not. With a carbon fiber instrument the tone you get out of the box is the tone...
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    Re: NMD : New Mandolin Day!

    Cool. What octave mandolin did you get?
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    Carbon Timber Mandolin by KLŌS - Review by Abby Sudweeks

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    Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade?

    Regarding the buying of "high end" mandolins (or guitars, or cars, or watches, or any other "boy toy" that catches your eye): If you want the mandolin, and you can afford the mandolin without causing...
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    Re: Mandolin Book for Beginners

    I own just about every mandolin method book Amazon knows about, plus a pile that they don’t. While I stand by my recommendation for OP because he can read music, I can’t and my favorite mandolin...
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    Re: stores with mandolins in New England

    I'm heading north for the eclipse and staying the night. Will hit Northern Lights on the way home on Tuesday.
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    Re: Mandolin Book for Beginners

    I should mention Marilyn’s book is mostly classical music.
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    Re: Mandolin Book for Beginners

    Nothing wrong with Mandolin For Dummies at all. Although I wouldn’t call it a method book. More of a reference book.

    The best Zero to Hero mandolin method book for someone who can read music is...
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    Re: Mando or banjo

    And you can tune a 4-string tenor guitar to the same tuning as the tenor banjo, which would also be the same tuning as the 8-string octave mandolin.

    Learn one, you've learned three. ;)
  14. Thread: NMC, sort of

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    NMC, sort of

    Quite often people will come hear and post awesome deals being offered by Amazon on mandolins, most usually mid- to high-tier Kentucky mandolins. And I've often wondered how it is that those deals...
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    Re: Mando or banjo

    Tenor banjo?
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    Speaking of the available built in preamp, do we know what kind of battery the Klos preamp uses?
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    I think I asked about this earlier in this thread. The consensus I got from the replies was that both items are to protect the mandolin from wear, and carbon fiber isn’t prone to wear.

    As an...
  18. Re: Recommendations for Mandolin teachers, online or local

    If you can manage a G chop chord, then Jerry Rosa of Rosa String Works has an inexpensive video you can download from his website called Nashville Number System For Mandolin. It’s actually quite...
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    Re: NMC - Kind of - Guitar like Mandolessons

    The massive amount of content on Justin's site, how well it's organized & categorized, how logically it's layed out - Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced levels, each level with successive grades, each...
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

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  21. Re: What are the chances that a moderately-priced mandolin sounds

    FWIW The Music Emporium currently has a sunburst Eastman 815/v on the wall. I’ve played three Eastman 815/v mandolins. One was awesome, one was just OK, and one was a flat dud. I’m interested is...
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    I checked the Klos website to see if they were any case stickers that they offer for sale, and I didn’t see any. Couldn’t find any pictures of any on Google, either.

    I ordered the fiberglass...
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    Re: NMC - Kind of - Guitar like Mandolessons

    justinguitar.com is what mandolessons.com wishes it was
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    The Acoustic Shoppe - The Mandolin Show

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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    Seems like for a while there new news was popping up every week or so. Been a while with no updates. Guess we got spoiled.

    Can we assume that the first production run will begin in April?
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