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I would think sustain depends on the rate that the instrument removes energy from the vibrating string. The string loses energy to both the bridge and the headstock. These relate to the neck and...

Provided that the existing carbon rod really is both oriented fiber in epoxy, and not set in 90 degrees wrong; that is, the larger dimension parallel to the fretboard, then it’s possible that it is...

The SOL I’ve had since new just has very thin black paint for a ‘binding’, and I’ve touched it up a few times with whatever black paint - usually enamel was handy. For such a thin area, if you do...

Those are lowest-cost construction, and may not be wonderful, but generally, tuners don’t slip. Before you replace, lube the slots in the nut and maybe the bridge top with #2 pencil - both places...

D’apres for art means ‘in the style of’. The gallery sticker implies it’s authentic. Definitely snakehead. Whose, not sure.

Depends on where you live. See, for example, Wikipedia entry ‘mandola’
In this case, the OP may be referencing usage in Japan. I guess it would always be good to mention scale length, string tuning...

That big pickguard surrounding the port seems to appear on some good Italian mandolins - I think there must have been a fad, and also, it must have been acoustically ok. First time I saw that, also...

Veneered neck points to Italy (maybe), and the very much Art Nouveau ornament probably 1890-1905. Google Lens might find the lady if that’s a published shot of a celebrity, but it finally stopped...

Didn’t mention how long to get the tuning layout down.

Some might be surprised that others are attracted to this level of craquelure, and not only material science folks who see it as a textbook embodiment of those forces that make the patterns. ...

Actually, Mike, SOLs are somewhat supernatural, and you have to be trained to see them at all. There are untold thousands of them out there, some of them with other names, built over half a...

On SGW. Because it will doubtless bit up too far, no interest, but I know there are fans here of the genre. This one spent time in some environment so foul that the finish, down to bare wood, peeled....

Cute gizmo, and like Gillette’s great invention, a good way to sell rolls of sandpaper.
Of course, you have to elevate the strings to get at the lower frets, and at that point, anything flat and...

‘On the Venus de Milo, an engineer discoursed-“why the damn thing’s only concrete, and should be reinforced!”
(From an engineering school’s drinking song)

We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

@jannickz. If you read back, it is the mandolin, which is holding just fine at this point with two tuners replaced, and your comments are essentially the same as mine in the quote. However, nobody...

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Clumsy process on my device, but here’s one. Of the quirks, I note the inlaid pick guard in a window of an overlaid one, the apron very different, and there’s something added at the tail....

The trouble with names of colors that are also names of materials is that confusion reigns. Gold, silver, bronze, ebony - and all the wood colors, seldom have anything to do with the materials. You...

If it really is panel shrinkage, it’s a good thing that the glue lets go; otherwise, wide cracks.
I’m also interested if the masters do use humidity/heat in the torture rack, or if that’s likely...

If it’s the loop at the hook that breaks, it’s a very sharp corner on the tab - unusual, but possible. A similar, stamped steel tailpiece should solve the problem, or you can double up on the...

Nice story of someone following their star. Note that she has to distress the product, use an antique-looking label, and an assumed name. Shows a bit how the market defines what one can sell for...

1984 isn’t a novel; it’s a handbook.
Music, an unresearched stimulus common only to humans and a few birds clearly causes distinct neurological effects. Clearly, optimization can be achieved, for...

Most of us will board a friend’s pet, watch their house, or the very scariest, host a child. Sometimes goodness is rewarded poorly. Still, we should.

And…the nature of ‘taking care’. Repair, storing, playing, selling?

Also, they come in very flexible and semi-rigid, the latter holding shape, and various depths of field. That is, some are designed for very close up work, which may be unsuitable for this purpose,...