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    Re: Quilted Maple Sky

    Truly a AAAA grade sky! And one-piece!
  2. Re: Gavin Baird Mandolin- looking for information!

    Dear Noah, what a wonderful memory and picture of your Dad! It takes a special kind of person to excel at the kind of work he did. Here’s hoping his instruments continue to make music out there.
  3. Re: Hopefully better questions about Brazilian Rosewood

    One of the great Brazilian rosewood stories reported on another luthier forum concerned billets sold cheap off the back of a truck parked outside a guitar show in California. The wood turned out NOT...
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    Re: Tusk Nut or What

    Question for luthiers: Was the traditional use of pearl for mandolin nuts prompted more by tone or the higher polish it will take to reduce string friction?
  5. Re: 2023 Gibson Varnish Fern played by Wyatt Ellis

    Here’s betting lot of us wish we could “noodle” like that!
  6. Re: Gavin Baird Mandolin- looking for information!

    So sorry to hear of Gavin’s passing. I had corresponded with him briefly in the spring of 2020, when one of his lovely plum-finished F-4s came up for sale. He was by then 85 years old and no longer...
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    Re: New build question - type of maple?

    It always matters what Steve Gilchrist thinks!
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    Re: Tommy and Sierra

    Sierra Hull’s tone and right hand are as good as any in the business, just a wonderful sound.
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    Re: Once again: GDAE on Concert Ukulele

    I have just received a Sumi concert ukulele with GDAE tuning and it arrived with a set of Ko’olau Alohi soprano strings on it—and it sounds and plays terrific!
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    Re: Fossilized Walrus Ivory Bridge Effect

    Fossilized walrus ivory has been (and maybe still is) a thing in the custom guitar world. The theory being that its high density conducts sound better, especially for higher harmonics. But in my...
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    Re: Amazing Nugget F5 at Carter's!

    Just stumbled again over this Nugget thread from two summers ago. I think I knew it at the time, but in retrospect this was really one of the most striking mandolins I’ve ever seen. There was some...
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    Re: RIP Tony Bennett

    Singer nonpareil, painter, humanitarian. His march with MLK to Selma is just one landmark in a life well lived.
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    Re: Wondering...

    Hi Billy—I have not played this mandolin but know John Zeidler from his archtop guitars which are also justifiably highly regarded. The guitar I played, years ago at Mandolin Brothers, was very...
  14. Re: Leo Lindblom's brand new Silverangel mandolin - by Ken Ratcli

    Ken has done an amazingly generous thing, really inspiring!—and Leo seems like he’s the perfect recipient. The world is already a better place.
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    Re: Wayne Shorter, RIP

    Journeybear wrote: “Love his 1975 album, "Native Dancer," a collaboration with Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. "Ponta de Areia" - Side 1 Cut 1 - phenomenal.”

    I bought that same album in 1975,...
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    Re: Music Emporium mandolin play-off

    Plus 1 on the TME photos! They are prettier than life itself. Also on Carl Miner—his touch is unreal, best acoustic guitar demo person out there!
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    Music Emporium mandolin play-off

    No financial or other interest here, but I was fascinated to see The Music Emporium feature a “Winter collection” of great mandolins they currently have available, complete with photos and for nearly...
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    Re: THAT Freddie Green tone

    Further to Freddie Green: there’s a lovely anecdote that when the metronome was first invented, they took it to Freddie Green to make sure it was keeping accurate time! Also the remark that in all...
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    Re: sinker cypress

    There’s always Friday for shrimp Creole!
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    Re: sinker cypress

    Glad to throw in my two cents! One note: what we call “cypress” in the American South is Taxodium distichum, and not a true cypress. The true cypress, genus Cupressus, is the Old World tree used...
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    Re: sinker cypress

    I’m not a builder, but I’ve lived in Louisiana and worked with cypress. We tend to think of “softwoods” as evergreen needle-bearing trees like spruce with lightweight wood suitable for tops, and...
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    Re: Sierra on Fretboard Journal

    Sierra’s right hand belongs to the angels. Her attack is so smooth, each note is a diamond.
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    Re: Chechen wood for back and sides?

    Bruce Sexauer, the Petaluma-based luthier who is extremely generous in sharing his long experience, has built with Chechen and sings its praises.
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    Re: Carolina Quartet & Persimmon fittings

    James, what an incredible project! Great to hear about the L-5 in the mix. I especially love the use of persimmon, which as a true “American” ebony has always fascinated me. It has been used...
  25. Re: Carter Vintage Guitars is now Carter Vintage Exchange

    I got my Gilchrist from Christie who was wonderful throughout the process, and I too will always be grateful!
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