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  1. Re: How about a Members Section like Banjo hangout has?

    I am a member of the Fiddle Hangout, the Mandolin Cafe (since 2004) and now I belong to the Mando Hangout. All are very good, and as CHuck mentioned there are different personalities on each. Here at...
  2. Re: Charles Jean Horner 2011 Builder Update

    Charles is an amazing man. Thanks for the update, Chuck.
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    Re: Applying binding

    Pegheads in my shop use 3/32" x .070"
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    Re: Maine fiddle camp

    I attended the Maine FIddle Camp last August for a week, and never had so much fun.
    The only mistake I made was in bringing only the Fiddle. I wish I had brought along my
    guitar and mandolin as...
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    Re: Instrumentals for weddings/receptions

    I recently played Appalachian Waltz at a wedding, albeit on violin.
    It could be played on mandolin, I guess, but this couple asked for violin.
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    Re: Opinions on "The"

    I much prefer just using my last name.
    But a couple of years ago I built for myself an F-4 copy complete with full flowerpot,
    and for some reason I was moved to inlay 'The' before my name. I do not...
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    Re: Sanding board improvement

    Sounds like a good idea.
    I use a 24" by 24" 3/4" plywood with 80 grit glued to one side and 120 on the other.
    Your idea sounds like a good one.
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    Re: One Celtic (Irish) Tune....

    My four favorites are Annie McDonalds Piano, Nail that Catfish to the Tree, The Musical Priest, and Sleep Maggie.
    I play then on the fiddle, as a set.
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    Re: Thinking about #4

    Although I prefer a thicker pipe for bending, soon I will be switching to an electric system. Less scorching that way.
    I like roughing plates out by hand with large heavy gouges held with both...
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    Re: which material for the nut?

    Nothing but Bone.
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    Re: kit build or from scratch?

    If you were building an "A" model mandolin, you can probably get by without heavy machinery. You'd still need to tool-up in certain areas, such as chisels, scrapers, thickness gauge, and such, either...
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    Re: Mandolins in progress

    No, but I don't eat meat. I've been carving a top most of the morning.
    Dang, this is the wrong forum. Sorry 'bout that!
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    Re: What ya get?

    The Portland Collection, Vol. 2
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    Re: What's your new fiddle tune?

    Kitchen Girl!
    (Though, some may call it bluegrass.)
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    Re: Hand carving: What's the deal?

    This is a very interesting subject. I suppose that if I had a lengthy backlog, the temptation would be there to resort to CNC, Pantograph, Duplicarver, etc. But I do not. Building is merely a hobby –...
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    Re: Torch 'n wire F4

    Is she a 3-pointer? How about a full frontal shot.
    Thanks.
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    Re: Sanding procedures

    I used to go crazy, up to 600 grit on bare wood. But nowadays only go to 220. However, I then 'whisker' the wood, raise the grain, 3 times. You can use water, but I prefer denatured alchohol. Dries...
  18. Re: ANOTHER Stradivari claim: The secret's in the sauce (or not)

    [QUOTE=Paul Hostetter;740995]Make no mistake, it's a helluva violin, and no one could fake Strads better than Vuillaume.

    Yes, he and perhaps Roger Hargrave, who has probably handled "The Messiah"...
  19. Re: Dremel direction when cutting binding slot?

    I've used the Dremel for a long time for both guitar and mandolin binding ledges, and used a route as Andrew shows us. The direction works well. But I really dont care for this system, so I have...
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    Re: neck relief without truss rod

    If your neck is straight to the 12th fret, it is possible that the neck-joint dovetail is failing.
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    Re: Starting out in instrument repair

    In this part of Maine you can go to auctions and find guitars needing neck-sets aplenty. A few broken fiddles, too.
  22. Re: mando Guitar players ,what kind do you play?

    Guitars and mandolins, I play only instruments that I built.
    I play an 1890 German fiddle, and a 1914 Nippon. My first self-made fiddle is in the works.
  23. Re: mando Guitar players ,what kind do you play?

    That Taylor might be a model 6-12.
  24. Re: Who here plays Fiddle or Banjo as thier prime instrument?

    Fiddle player here, Cape Breton, Scottish, American Classical, some old-time, a tiny bit of Bach, and a little bluegrass.
    Got into mandos quite a while ago when someone asked me to build one for...
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    Re: Good Room Humidifier?

    Yep, have both. I was given my humidifyer, but have seen them at W-mart.
    Mine will hold enough water to run well over a day. I keep my instruments and tonewood in my bedroom with the machine. It is...
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