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Everything about mandolins is subjective individual preference but decades of posts seem to demonstrate that members love to read and hear others experiences and thoughts on mandolins - so here is my...

Let's end this one now. Thanks everybody.

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I'm not trying to be argumentative, either, just having a conversation. Wasn't trying to be a jerk.

Ok - imagine a 1" diameter tube, cut in half (solid D shape), 12" long, made of solid carbon...

rcc56, jusr think of any kind of a stick (or beam in technical words) that is being bent. The side towards the tension is in compression, and the opposite side is in tension. An horizontal tree...

Thanks for all the replies! Rcc56, if I have time tomorrow I will try to contact you.

If it was in playable shape it would be worth a couple of thousand dollars. In this shape it's worth hundreds of dollars. In great shape it would still be only worth a few thousand dollars. No need...

13100 is also interesting for using the earlier scroll carving style (C-shape instead of S)

There are a few more scattered that come after 11694 too.. some quite interesting ones to see in there!

I'm not going to "pop-poo" anyone but my guess is that someone (not at Kalamazoo) put a fake label in that F-4 for some reason. There were of course F-2s and F-4s built during the years that Loar...

didn't you already do this thread recently?

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Glue tests, by their very nature, and limited.
To be comprehensive, they would have to test joints under various conditions of temperature, humidity, temperature and moisture cycling, and all sorts...

I visited the Martin plant in the early 80's and I have a clear (to me) memory of them using HHG to glue on tops and backs. They used heat lamps to warm up the linings on the rims. It was explained...

Nothing to say about specific glues and their uses, but just a general statement:

If we study and learn glue theory; the 5 phases of a wood glue joint, how glues and adhesives work, relative...

But before that offer (post#6) you had already been told it might be worth much more than $600 (post #2)? Am I confused on the timeline?

Huh. I agree that I've never seen a Martin with a letter-prefix serial number, yet -- here's an expired Reverb listing for a Serial #15,000's Style A mandola with an A-prefix serial number. ...

I'm assuming that you are talking about spraying tinted lacquer as opposed to staining the wood itself. (a photo of the original back would be helpful). If so, what I do on the rare occasion that I...

As Rcc56 says the biggest challenge is figuring out how to do something, as each repair is a little different. I don't know about other folks, but I like puzzles, and I feel figuring how to clamp or...

That the tone was a function of the top, and not the back and sides.