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    Re: Fret buzz on new Bowlback Mandola

    If you have an old credit card lying around cut a rectangle that will fit under the bass foot of the bridge. If the buss goes away I would say your bridge is a bit to short.
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    Re: 1908 Gibson Mandola

    You probably need to list it in the classified section with pictures.
  3. Thread: Trapeze tailpiece

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    Re: Trapeze tailpiece

    John, as an amateur builder for 60 years I have realized that most musicians know very little about their instruments. In my youth I had an old student grade guitar with a movable bridge. I work very...
  4. Thread: Trapeze tailpiece

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    Re: Trapeze tailpiece

    I would like to find this kind of tailpiece.
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  5. Thread: Trapeze tailpiece

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    Re: Trapeze tailpiece

    “What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun.”
    Ecclesiastes 1:9
  6. Thread: Humidity gauge

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    Re: Humidity gauge

    I guess I don’t have enough scientific background to know about checking with magnesium chloride.
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    Humidity gauge

    I have two inexpensive humidity gauges. One on the main floor of our house and one in the basement. My wife has been saying that the basement was damp but the gauge read 50%. So I took the one from...
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    Re: Instaalling frets on a new build

    I build mostly flat top instruments. I glue the fingerboard to the neck, finish carving it, then tap the frets in with a hammer as I was taught at C F Martin.
  9. Re: The downside list of Upside Down tuning machines

    I have a standard violin. If you look at each peg from the head toward the scroll (peg box) the bass pegs must be turned counterclockwise to raise the pitch and the treble pegs clockwise to raise the...
  10. Re: The downside list of Upside Down tuning machines

    “ On a violin the pegs are Horizontal and they all turn the same way to tune upwards.” Not True! You turn the bass pegs counterclockwise and the treble pegs clockwise. That is because you are winding...
  11. Re: The downside list of Upside Down tuning machines

    212687 there is no difference in the way the worm is cut between the left tuners and the right tuners. All the components are the same. It is how they are assembled that makes the difference.
  12. Re: The downside list of Upside Down tuning machines

    It seems that you are only concerned with tuners on slotted head instruments. There are only a few slotted head steel string guitars being produced and even fewer slotted head mandolins. Is concern...
  13. Re: The downside list of Upside Down tuning machines

    This has been discussed in length. https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/154533-Worm-under-Worm-over-A-visual-guide
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Very nice work. May I ask what this is called and from what period in history?
  15. Thread: Buzzy note

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    Re: Buzzy note

    Are there very many musicians on the island? Sounds like a neat place to start a retirement business.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    The musical scale is a geometric progression of the 12th root of 2.
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    Re: Finally, a Lyon & Healy Set

    That’s very cool. I have read that the Gibson Mandobass has very poor sound. How does this compare?
  18. Re: How do you setup a tenor guitar CGDA vs a standard six string

    First off, you shouldn’t need special tools. The first step is to see how much relief is in the neck. If you rest a 12 inch straight edge on the 1st and 12th frets you should be able to slip a...
  19. Thread: Waldzither?

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    Re: Waldzither?

    Might be easier to find a Portuguese guitar and string it for tuning you need.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    I’m working on my perpetual motion machine.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    So what are these “ideal stings” made of that can bend at a sharp angle?
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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    The quality of the material is secondary to the quality of workmanship. You can make poor materials sound good with good workmanship but you can’t make poor workmanship sound good with great...
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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    I’ve seen worse on 100 year old Gibson guitars that are doing just fine. Just sayin’.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    There a thing about vibrating strings that most people don’t know. There is a dead area at both ends of a vibrating string. The thicker the string the longer that area is. And the shorter the string...
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    Oh, and by the way the Kala U-Bass has a nearly 21 in scale on a baritone ukulele body size. Not soprano ukulele size.
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