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Thanks, Jake. Great playing and interesting to compare the mandos. I'll take the Gilchrist. :grin:

Hello and Happy New Year!

I wanted to start off my saying I am not a fan of the word shootout because it gives the connotation that I am comparing these mandolins which isn't/wasn't my intention....

You can fix just about anything using this method.

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Neck and body wood arrived.

Got the body rough cut. Is 1.75" too thick for this?

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Definitely replace the strings. If its buzzing around the 10th fret then lowering the nut is going to make it worse. The nut and bridge work like a seesaw if the board isn't flat. You'll need to...

Don't separate it from the case.

Thanks for all the great feedback. I've found someone locally that I believe can fix the issue. @Ginridge, good luck on getting everything fixed with yours.

I thought I would add a few...

The 513 was actually a two pointer with a maple back - http://s93105080.onlinehome.us/Ibanez-Catalogs/catalog/1976-6/06.jpg - but the 512 I mentioned -...

I don't know for a fact that Marilynn *doesn't* own a Rigel L&H model but the one I know of that she has played for years was built for her by Doug Woodley ( a Canadian luthier who no longer builds)....

Nice! How’s the Duff ‘dola?

Yeah man don't even polish a tailpiece cover or base! I know a few guys who polished off the soft Gold plating of some Loar/Fern covers-not real good, expensive mistake considering one can tell from...

The project is finished recording, should be done with mastering for release next week. Here's the final preview from the project, Paul McCartney's sweet song in solo arrangement. Single mic, Shure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvmt5TtG--c

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https://www.facebook.com/LarryandTeresaMusic/videos/272488190478356/

An attempt to replicate the Gibson A-5?

Footage from a concert last year featuring Paul Glasse on electric mandolin. This was a Facebook Live event. The music is stellar and other than a great performance by Paul, you have Russell Scanlon...

To be fair, the price is about $1k less than a new one, and if I remember correctly, this one has a radiused board. I bought a new one, which due to the thin finish, had some marks on it a few years...

Learn the whole fretboard and this will no longer be an issue. It really sounds like you're asking for a quick workaround to avoid having to do this, but any workaround will continue to limit you as...

You know that old saying “the customer is always right”...well I had a customer come in who wanted his mandolin headstock...changed. He brought in a Collings MF #1247. He wants me to dig out the...

Jim: There are tons of options for playing rhythm to this song. We play this in our Django Djam & depending on the circle size, I'm playing rhythm >90% of the choruses. My humble take: Use a...

Here they be: http://www.braccio.me/tottle.html

Hey Friends, long time no see, hope you all are well. Transcribed this last year for Steve Smith's mando camp, made a youtube video after and have had a few requests for the transcription. Thought...

And sometimes we buy instruments because we simply appreciate the artisan work of the luthier.

My guess is that it was originally intended as a guitar family instrument. Regardless of the size the give away for me is the ninth fret dot. Guitars do that. Instruments tuned in fifths most of the...

I like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCJ9mflho8