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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    Sorry Keith. That was a little more bitey than I intended. Some of these topics are ludicrous to many, but these threads become amazing tools for researching new instruments and equipment, especially...
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    If it bothers you so much, then just don’t click on the thread. Problem solved. We are just discussing a new and interesting finish that we are curious about, in a discussion forum.
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    I did contact them to check the serial, and it likely falls under the Truetone cutoff. The rep just copied and pasted the official Truetone release. I asked them what was in it because I noticed that...
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    Does Eastman claim that Trutone is catalyzed? I don’t recall reading that.
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    Re: New Mando Day, Eastman MD315

    Beautiful mandolin OP! Are the neck widths similar on Eastman and Kentucky mandolins?
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    I hope you are right. I only have one instrument to go off of but my finish looks more like my Alvarez Masterworks acoustic with a poly coffin around it than it does my Taylor 410. It looks thick....
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    My concern is thickness. I put acetone on a q-tip and wiped the overspray inside one of the f-holes(which initially led me to think it was nitro) and it exposed a good cross section of the finish and...
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    Re: Pickguard Mountain Brackets

    Beautiful work!
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    Re: Pickguard Mountain Brackets

    Where do you get pins?
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    Re: Pickguard Mountain Brackets

    Interesting. I thought those were just for added strength. I don’t see how they could hold up a pickguard by themselves.
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    Pickguard Mountain Brackets

    I ordered an abbreviated pickguard from Cumberland for my gold top Eastman. Looks like it’s just the guard, no hardware. Can anyone steer me towards a good permanent mountain bracket? I know very...
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    Re: A few more questions about an Eastman 305

    Do you know anything about their new Trutone finish?
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    Do you have his current contact info? I emailed the only address that I could find, awhile back and never received a response.
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    I am in this group. I purchased my instrument under the spec list that stated nitrocellulose and noticing the plastic like appearance of my mandolin, contacted Eastman and surprise, it is poly. I...
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    Re: Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    That why tort pickguards are so dang expensive? I think poly has it’s virtues if done well, like on my 95 Taylor 410. However when laid on thick, I believe it hurts tone severely.
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    Re: Bravo D'Addario XS Strings!

    What bridges are you trying out? Curious about bone bridges.
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    Any Thoughts on Eastman Trutone Finish?

    Anybody own or played a newer Eastman mandolin? Curious about opinions on this finish. Mainly thickness vs nitrocellulose finished.
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    Re: What is a good beginner song to learn-

    Thank you so much Johnny. I don’t know who I am on a mandolin yet to be honest. I like bluegrass mandolin and I like Irish fiddle tunes too. Figuring where to start is daunting.
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    What is a good beginner song to learn-

    -how to play simple rhythm and chop chords. Preferably in the key of G.
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    Re: Do You Baby Your Mandolin?

    I know that this is blasphemy to many of you but I wouldn’t mind to see my Eastman gold top with finish cracks all over the top. I won’t purposefully do anything to cause it, but being a vintage...
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    Re: Looking for something darker and throatier

    Newb question. Can mahogany back mandolins make good bluegrass instruments? I’ve read a bit that they really don’t work well. I’m assuming it’s a volume issue.
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    Re: Do You Baby Your Mandolin?

    Charlie are you able to post a photo of it? I’m curious.
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    Re: Strings For Mahogany Back Mandolins

    I would have to agree.
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    Re: Looking for something darker and throatier

    Do mandolins with Brazilian rosewood backs exist in the world? I would love to hear how one of those sounds.

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    This post, in it’s entirety, would be a dream vacation for me.
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    Re: Looking for something darker and throatier

    Would it be worth considering different tone woods rather than spruce/maple?
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