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The string spacing I prefer is not equidistant; some pairs are closer together, and some courses are farther apart than others. I've found that the only way to get the nut spacing 'just right' for...

I've been working with computers since 1985. Scott's quote illustrates why, when social media came along around 20 years ago, I gave it a long hard look and said, "No thanks." I want to preserve as...

Joke about it all you want; the threat to art and artists is real, and your dismissive attitude about it here and elsewhere is not helpful.

There are a lot of wonderful and talented people out...

AI is a threat to all art and artists, and I've said as much in several posts on the Acoustic Guitar Forum.

Art is human expression. If one replaces the human with AI, what is left is mere...

I know why they were taken down, but I miss them too.

I play both mandolin and guitar, and I'm always on the hunt for exceptional-sounding instruments. One thing I have learned from 40-plus years of trading and 60-plus years of playing:

It is much,...

John Reischman's Loar
Matt Flinner's Gilchrist
and my favorite, my Heiden Heritage Model F-5 formerly owned by Ry Cooder.

Here's John, me & Emory Lester all holding our Heiden Heritage Models
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Might I also humbly suggest the Swannanoa Gathering's Mando & Banjo Week, June 30 - July 6, held on the campus of Warren Wilson College, just outside of Asheville, NC. The 2024 staff includes:
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"playing late and drinking"?

Sure it's not "drinking late and playing"?

What time?

Gorgeous. I've always preferred dark binding on all my instruments. They also look great with black tuner buttons – much classier-looking than white or ivoroid.

I've owned two Monteleones, and John told me at the Artisan Guitar Show a few years back that it doesn't take that much more time to make an archtop guitar than a mandolin, and since his archtops...

If you like an old Gibson A-model, there are plenty of them around that are not that expensive.



I just finished a gig with him an hour ago. He's skilled enough to constantly be throwing...

Hi Jonm,

There are lots of threads here and on the guitar forums (AGF, UMGF) similar to yours: you have a nice, not-too-expensive mandolin, then play another more expensive mandolin and don't hear...

Is that a type of scale? :whistling:

Other irritating and unnecessary abbreviations:

'Hog' for the beautiful and mellifluous 'mahogany'.
'Adi' for red spruce, found in a lot more places than just the Adirondacks.
'Axe' for one's...

Actually, with only four strings... it's not.

OP: You said you love everything about your Gold Tone CM-10, but you're willing to bail on it because of the tailpiece. Seriously?

If one of your E strings poked a hole in your finger, would you...

A few years ago I was looking for a 'teens F-4 to replace a great one I'd had back in the '80s. Carter Vintage had three, so off I went to Nashville. I took them into a small room with a notepad &...

According to this ad currently in the Classifieds,

"As of 2023, Michael's price for a new F Artist Plus mandolin is $30,000"

The value of my Heritage Model F-5 just went up...

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Hi everyone,

I recently received an email from a gentleman in Australia named Ralf Rödl, who had seen his thread. He is the owner of another Heiden Heritage Model F-5, who has fallen on tough...

None of these immediately say 'mandolin' to me. They look more like stylized Japanese waves.

It's in my retirement plans...

I've owned two Monteleone Grand Artist mandolins, one with f-holes, and an extremely rare oval hole, and I currently own a Heiden Heritage Model F-5 once owned by Ry Cooder.

Regarding new...