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    Re: Mandocello as an octave?

    The air volume and body cavity resonance on most mandocellos works well for an octave mandolin; I make most of mine with larger bodies. The scale length will likely be a bit long, so you can use a...
  2. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    I played over 40 Lloyd Loar signed mandolins, mandolas, and mandocellos plus a ton of other great instruments in the last two months.

    Guess what? They all sounded like me playing an old mandolin....
  3. Re: Carolina Guitar Show Fletcher, NC March 10

    Great show today! Lots of cool people, plenty of cool instruments, and right down the road.

    Like every big show I have attended, that "one guy" was playing a fully cranked Marshall half stack the...
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    Re: Sourcing Archtop Spruce Billets

    The Hampton Brothers in east Tennessee have the finest selection of red spruce in the nation.
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    A 50 or 36 grit sanding disc removes wood almost as fast as one of those chainsaw wheel death traps and is much safer.

    Scroll through youtube and watch some of the scary videos where the...
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    Re: Neck reinforcement vs a truss rod

    When I do use an adjustable truss rod, I make my own out of titanium for the lower weight and the different flexing response vs steel.
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    Re: Neck reinforcement vs a truss rod

    J. B. Alred's company, Dragonplate manufactures all of their carbon fiber in the US and supplies almost all of the other people in the nation who then sell it for a highly inflated price.
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    :)):)):)):)):)):))
  9. Re: Radial Tonebone PZ-Pro vs. EBS Stanley Clarke preamp pedals

    * self edited* I read your other thread and it answered my questions.

    You mentioned using an Acoustic Image Clarus; I use the 900 watt two channel AI Focus. Are you setting those controls flat?
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    Re: Effect of bridge breakover angle.

    Another quorum of half deaf old geezerz arguing the subtleties of tone; my favorite peer group topic!

    Above all the rest, I feel that the individual player's ears are the largest determining...
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    Re: The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    I brings me great comfort to see a $100,000 mandolin with a piece of paper stuffed in a low nut slot just like the rest of us do!
  12. Re: Carolina Guitar Show Fletcher, NC March 10

    Ashville, Ohio; Asheville, North Carolina

    'Great show.

    It is primarily guitars and amps. It is definitely NOT Loarfest, but last year there were more old mandolins than I have ever seen at...
  13. Re: The String Instrument Craftsman magazine (no mando content)

    I have fond memories of those issues being very exciting.

    I was in my early twenties and as soon as a new one arrived in the mail, I'd take it a couple of miles down the road to Don Teeter's shop...
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    Re: Stephen Owsley Smith Instruments

    Stephen came up in conversation today and I was curious if anyone knows how he is doing or has heard from him recently?
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    Re: Used gouges... (or new)?

    One of my favorite chisels, 1 1/2" wide, circa 1875 Charles Buck with a North Carolina persimmon handle.

    In general, I find the quality of steel from back in the days when people made their living...
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    Re: Truss rod and carbon fiber.

    In an ideal world, they have two different functions.

    -Carbon fiber is for stiffening a weak neck and isolating movement.

    -The primary function of an adjustable truss rod is to control the...
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    Re: Pedal novice question re: preamp pedal

    I was under the impression that the Tonebone had two inputs, but one set of control parameters, so when you switched, you had to make some adjustments; also a higher power needs for your pedalboard. ...
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    Re: Favorite part of instrument building?

    Binding an F5 with curly maple is universally my least favorite part!
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    One more teaser:
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    I'd put both of them circa 1916 - 1917. They already moved on and some other 100 year old beauties have taken their place.

    'Gotta say, it has been an incredible ride the last six weeks. I've...
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    Amazing clean original cases:
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    The sibling mandola:
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    The top and headstock complete with inlaid Handel buttons:
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    Vintage Gibson mandola nerdfest

    I had a nice visit from a quartet of mandolas today. Here are a couple of 100+ year old Gibsons: beautiful closet queens with all of the right goods, & pristine cases that sounded and played great! ...
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    Re: Average cost for Mandolin set up

    Blanket statements about pricing and unknown amounts of work don't offer much help. 'Better to use a flat rate and then calculate how much work needs to be done at an average of +/- $50 per hour. Or...
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