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For fretboard conditioning, I really like Zymol Bridge. It's basically a mix of a few oils (almond, coconut, peppermint) in cocoa butter. It smells incredible. It probably tastes good too. Nice,...

I don't know why, but I loved that Tracey called the thread "Howard Morris in Classifieds."

Perfectly appropriate, but seeing as how I am not appropriate, I instantly thought, "Who's selling...

It's just too bad all the tuners aren't in one line.

:D

Stuart

The other thing I'll mention is that if possible (and you're amenable), get a little input from whoever's going to be getting the package.

In my case, the best option TO me is FedEx, Hold at...

I guess coming from the southern US I'm more afraid of bedbugs in the hotels than I am about ticks/chiggers from the outdoors. Although ticks can carry nasty diseases, at least bringing one home...

Store-wise, I've bought from Artisan and Acoustic Music Works. Both have exemplary customer service. In each case, they had a few of the mando(s) I was interested in, and gave them all fresh...

As an aside, I think it'll get more difficult (or, maybe, it has gotten more difficult) to cross borders with abalone. I've seen the notations on the StewMac site about how pearl/shell/abalone won't...

So, if you had a 23"-scale tenor guitar, would a good "standard" tuning to use be CGDA?

I've got a tenor, and when I started (from guitar) I messed around with DGBE, but now that I've had the...

It's quilted maple. What's wrong with me? It's QUILTED. Not bubble.

I had a Momentary Lapse in Maple Terminology.

:grin:

Stuart

I'm not convinced that our perceived volume loss is really a volume-sound-pressure loss or more a real change in the tone. Don't get me wrong, I really like these strings.

I put a set on my...

+1 to what David Beavers says. I completely agree and I do the same thing. When I'm feeling like I need precision control, I head for the BC. I think of the Wegen as more the workhorse pick, and I...

I bought it! I knew I'd seen a thread about it on here somewhere, and I thought I'd give an update.

It came yesterday (NMD!); or, actually, it came Christmas Eve, but I was off doing family stuff...

I went nuts yesterday and put Thomastik-Infeld "strong" mando strings on my MT. I got all crazy. I actually really like Mangan strings for everything, but thought it might be fun to put on the TIs....

The Thomastiks are 174M, 0.015-0.049.

Yes, they'll fit a Collings mandola . . . that's the bridge-to-tail I'm looking at right now! :D At least by winding length. They're just a tad more slender...

Hmm. The loop-end wrapping on the Thomastiks is 2" at most; by that criterion, they'd work on a mandolin. Maybe I lucked out and got a set with really short distal wraps, OR, they changed the way...

Look at me, asking another string question, this time a mandola (CGDA) question.

Anyone use, or is there any reason against, using appropriately-gauged European-Mandola strings for a...

I'm jumping in late, and I'll admit I got kinda lost (read: distracted) in the middle of the thread, but . . .

I first learned to read music back in, gosh, must have been elementary school. ...

That's true; I meant more from the perspective of trying a couple of sets in a row. Not waiting for them to wear out!

;)

Stuart

Just a note to update everyone!

So, I put the Thomastik (starks) strings on this weekend. Hoo doggy. Very nice sound! I'm impressed, I guess, at how well everything works. Even with that...

So, out of curiosity, and tangentially, do people usually insure for the full amount when you ship an instrument? Or how do you handle that?

I've had Clarion in the past when I was paid to play,...

I flew recently from Auckland to LAX. I saw a group of guys in the boarding area in Auckland and thought, "If those guys are a rock band, they're walking stereotypes." Sure enough, at the baggage...

I'm in the US, so my use of "mandola" is like "viola" meaning tuned 1/5 lower (CGDA).

The thing I think is cool about mandolae, mandoli, mandolas, is that you can use them as an exercise to assist...

I've ordered some GHS and a set of Thomastiks to try. I like Thomastiks on guitars . . . and man, I thought the guitar strings were pricey! Yeesh!

At that price they'd better play themselves. ...

Solved! Thanks, Scott!

I use Kaspersky security software. I found a section of the settings governing "Anti-Banner settings," added mandolincafe.com to the "allowed" list, and now I can see the...

I had no idea! I just typed ".net" as some kind of distracted reflex.