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No longer drive.. (Insurance "From $89 a Month" solicitation in today's Mail):(...

This * has been modified to have a strat style humbucker..

* sorry, Old, incapable on computers (it's a Fender FM 61 8 string)

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Basic Sheraton Brown? I have seen one, in my past... dont own one.. :disbelief:

Got an H scale Mandola made by a guy, not Gibson,, H scale is .4M

Originally he welded the individual pieces together.. 1/8" round steel wire... (I have one)
Then to meet demand got a lasercut version is one piece . looks like square 'wire' because its cut...

My A40 Gibson was solid 'carved' spruce top, mahogany laminate back
Sides may have been single piece or steamed laminate mahogany,
I could see the edges of the back as it was top bound. none...

2 straps around and one underneath, bottom support, + a shoulder strap joining the 2 around straps
is a way case carrying strap kit works..

Huh? the A string is tuned to A ..
It seems a need to know octave and unison notes on neighboring strings..
5th & 7th frets,,,

OK now ask sellers what the dimensions theirs are... and compare. Eh?

... not if you do not supply measured dimensions...

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1922 A4. original buyer, I'm told, got it after surviving WW1
& returning to NW Oregon...

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My A5 is a Carbon Mix with installed pickup..

Stew Mac has measured dimensioned drawings of all their tuners --- match the dimensions?


A good way to go, as an old mechanic
who did not get to transition from pencil on paper,
to CAD,...

Au (element #79) Gold is soft by it's nature & won't work harden ,
which is why gold leaf is able to be beaten very thin ... :popcorn:

@ home I have an A=440htz tuning fork.

Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet do Rene Descarte? to be Y/N?

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Schertler is a dynamic contact microphone, and so it is fine direct to the board/mic channel pre ...

the passive (Not the P48) one can use a common impedance matching transformer (XLR> TR...

IMHO, only rare if they were not DIY converted from 8 strings..
and are from a prestige brand/company..

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A 4string mandolin banjo is fun, too. as would be A Uke Banjo... :popcorn:

'Alligator' clip pickups can clamp on to the bridge and send a signal to a pedal tuner if that is what you want..
Such a scheme is common for banjos,, rather than muddying the signal thru head...

Eastman also produces bowl back cases to go with the mandolins they made...

Old Gibson A has a ridge, but the sides on either side of that ridge are rounded. :popcorn:

there are versions of ye old Gibson tailpieces available ,
a good luthier can always fill holes and make new ones
if the new tailpiece is not spot on in all regards.

going from smaller foot...

guessing .. thermal differences that may effect the finish when case is opened,
are less that way? :whistling:

I Winged it, Improvised, with a set of backpack straps I got from REI, and fit them on my 3 D ring fitted Eastman...

They Must come from the Northfield company ? what makes them special?
I don't...

One thing an internal sound board attached pickup can offer is placing it where you like the sound best...
testing it by moving it around on the top to find the sweet spot then having it fixed on...

Thicker string reaches pitch @ higher tension,
so if you play with a heavy right hand it will take that harder picking force.
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