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    Re: string dampeners?

    My '32 Webster says212734
  2. Re: How do I know how to price my Grandaddy’s 1922 Gibson A1 #217

    Right! Right...
    I added for inflation.
  3. Re: How do I know how to price my Grandaddy’s 1922 Gibson A1 #217

    You might message cafe member 'rcc58' if you are near Sewanee or Chattanooga to give a mandolin-centric inspection and opinion.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Search engine for "Gilchrist Loar repair" goes to his web site, "fretboard journal Gilchrist loar repair" should get you to their web site, and it is Fretboard Journal # 38 if you have that.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    As a hide glue guy I was somewhat taken out of my comfort zone reading 70281 had the bass tone bar repaired with super glue.
    There is so much to learn and consider.
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Subliminal messages in movies. I can't describe it but I will know it when I see it. Huh?
    What fun.
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Rock on, Mr. Oliver (no relation known)!
    I get what you're doing. Keep it up.
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    Re: Griffith Loar A-5 drawings?

    I guess I better resolve this question before Mr. Darryl quits the Cafe.
    Is your "hmmm" the side versus top bound bling?
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    Re: Songs about moonshining

    I can recommend Hamper McBee if we're talking songs about moonshining. His life pretty much was songs about moonshining.
    Raw. Clear, cold and burns on the way down.
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    Re: Brunh Mandolin truss rod help

    Spelling...
    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/82593-Bruhn-mandolin-by-Mike-Bruhn
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    Re: Brunh Mandolin truss rod help

    I do not know the actual truss rod you are looking at in the Brunh.
    It could be similar to the ones from LMII. These appear to have mild steel threaded rod and a stainless nut. Might be a dissimilar...
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    Re: This Baby's Got Back!

    To be clear - That is an awesome burst. I had a mild panic attack that my meaning would be misunderstood.
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    Re: This Baby's Got Back!

    Good grief! Pheffernan's image of the Griffith A tribute looks like a wooden model for geology class of what a pre-volcano eruption looks like.
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    Re: Caliper precision vs. what's on the box

    Is your certificate of calibration still in effect on that calibration block and the measuring device?
    The regulator looking over your shoulder wants to see the certs.
    I will guess that 3% +/-...
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    Re: Happy Birthday, Mandolin Cafe!

    Happy Birthday Cafe!

    Thank you Scott!
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    Re: Back shirkage on Gibson snakehead

    You might call that the re-education clamp.
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    Re: What’s in a Scroll?

    For the purpose of the scroll see the Gibson Mandolin and Guitar Company Technical Manual
    TM: Mandolin, F: Oval and ff hole.
    GROUP 15--FRAME AND ATTACHMENTS
    BOSS, SUSPENSION: forward anchor...
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    Re: Girouard Griffith Tribute A5

    Jeff that is a stunning looking mandolin. Are the rims as flamed as that back?
    From your video it sounds like you deserve it.
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    Re: Use of Oak in instruments?

    You can see some fine oak guitars at www.brentrup.com.
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    Re: Restoring Cracked Heel--Vintage Gibson A

    You mentioned in your op that you thought the crack extended into the head block.
    There does appear to be cracks in the rim wood on both sides of the dovetail that registers with the heel failure...
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    Re: Repair Questions - No MC

    I would;
    1. Repair
    2. JB Weld or CA the joint
    3. Make a top and back splice patch from a paint stir stick and sand most of the patch away
    4. Edit and retitle the op with "Bass-sized fiddle...
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    Re: Pitch pocket - aaargh!

    Have you laid out where the bridge and bass-side tone bar will be in relation to the pocket?
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    Re: Toothing plane surface

    Thanks for all the review.
    Was the fingerboard also left with toothing plane tracks?
    What if the joint was made this way to be easier to remove the board, much like the weaker glue mix for violin...
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    Toothing plane surface

    Fretboard Journal #38, 2017 (!)
    Walter Carter and Stephen Gilchrist present the repair of Gibson F5, 70281, "First Loar Mandolin."
    There are a couple of images that look like the final joint...
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    Re: Compton playing my Heiden A5

    Wow!
    That is powerful -- the mandolin and the Man!
    Did I hear Mike's last words in the video correctly; "This is mine."
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