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I've owned both and sold the Ellis. the Ellis is a great mando but I found the Heiden had a deeper more woody tone that i prefer.
I feel that the Ellis would be better suited for straight up ...

thank you

I cant find where a guy might buy the hardware portion of a violin chinrest. I'd like to make my own armrest.

Thanks very much for your help John. I'll string it up and see what happens

I am building a StuMac a model mandolin kit.
I checked to make sure the neck was flat.
the fretboard has frets installed and it was also flat.
after gluing the board to the neck with minimal tite...

What a wealth of information!
Thanks Rob

Peter

will the snowball work on an ipad?

I'll be there both weeks Jam camp first week, 2nd week guitar with Kenny Smith!!!

I use a Fishman soloamp, you could find a used one for about $600.00

Is the case flightworthy?

Rick, I have hade a Heiden f model, Collings mt and mf and do currently own a Ellis A deluxe.
for me the Heiden had the best tone, not a traditional bluegrass sounding instument but it was oh so...

Yes thats the one.

Yup it was working just great, I set it on my desk,it slid off and hit the laminate flooring rather gentle like and thats all she wrote. I emailed Shertler but have not heard back.

I was experimenting looking for the sweet spot for my Shertler Dyn M and was rolling out the putty when the mic end slid off my desk to the laminate flooring.
Now it's completly dead.
I gotta tell...

regardless of playing ability, If you can afford a high end instrument then you deserve it.

Thank you very much Mike.
Good read!

Scott, For all you do, Kudos to you :)

I holheartedly agree, those dark busts are probably the worst you'll see out there.
What I do particularly like though are the Martin/Collings amberburst, they arn't so much a burst as just a shaded...

Thanks for your reply John.
I just made a color board with the colors I have straight up and also some blends.
I think I've got it now.

Peter

To qualify my Ignorence I haven't ever tried a burst as it's been a mystery to me. However this thread has me inspired so i got some stu mac metal complex dyes.
Vintage amber, medium brown and...

is there adifference between the intelli imt500 and the intelli imt900

hey captain
I just came across this thread.You have a great mando, I know because I have #58. The differences I see are: mine has an abreviated neck extension, and a 2 piece back. I just had Michael...

Norman Blake and Red Rector, Doesn't get any better!

often when a sing for extended periods my ears will plug up, like when you have an elevation change, really annoying and very difficult to sing. I have seen a specialist who told me it's common with...

thanks for your replies. I thought this thread was dead.
I sent my mandolin to Heiden, he looked it over and adjusted the neck, did a fret dress, set it up beautifully. now it sounds and plays like...