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Martin guitar company recommends about once a year to apply 3 in 1 machine oil to their fretboards to keep them from drying out and cracking. Just only apply a few drops to a cloth and lightly wipe...

Bring back the dead.


Iv got this same guitar. It has a thick solid top with decent sound but nothing outstanding. In like new condition I'd say 200 bucks tops.

Iv done violin repair for many years. My question is on a mandolin bridge how much do you remove off the feet for optimum tone / sound. It would appear that this thickness is very important just as...

Myself I just play one a friend of mine made. I'm quite happy with it and it's punchy sound that carries well for playing local places and musician get togethers.

Took Tater Tate to the curb market to stock up on cheap North Carolina cigarette prices from a show while he was playing fiddle at the time for Bill Monroe. Met Bill in the kitchen area of a...

The neck joint could also be coming loose.....send it back

Mine seem to disappear at festivals...

More older news from awhile back

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Could you imagine having Chris as your personal mandolin teacher coming up as a child. Wow

I seen some really great mandolin players make some very good music come from cheap mandolins. So the ability to play has a lot to do with music. Get it setup so it will play good and get to learning...

Did Bill Monroe ever play an A model on stage during a performance? Photos? Myself I like both but an F model does not look just right in a Celtic band. But that's just my feelings...

Thanks for the memories made. We have his recordings and films that future generations can continue to enjoy. RIP

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Looks as if ur on the road to recovery of a decent mandolin.....

Kind of like building a violin. For me cutting the scroll is always the hardest part of making a violin. The body is the easy part for me.

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Which is better, two foot and so full contact bridge?

Sounds as if hard rock quarter sawn maple wood is better then ebony...for a bridge.

You can also do like some do. Retune it to when u capo at the second fret its in gdae. Makes for a shorter scale. Some of the pros such as Gerry does this.

Iv fitted many violin bridges in the past. I also do small changes to the bridge that can affect tone such as thinning the feet from the thickness they come in. How much of the feet on the mando...

That's not Earl its Jethro Burns. A mandolin genius......

Learn bow movements is a great start to sounding like what your shooting for ......bowing and producing great tone is the big battle with fiddling.

What does the difference in the two do?

How is he contacted...