OK, much delayed follow-up here:
First off, I returned the Mix to my (sort of) local GC today. It had multiple issues that I just was not inclined to deal with. I’ll elaborate so anyone else...
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OK, much delayed follow-up here:
First off, I returned the Mix to my (sort of) local GC today. It had multiple issues that I just was not inclined to deal with. I’ll elaborate so anyone else...
Just arrived yesterday so I can only comment on a few things so far.
1. $3000. Mandolin shipped in a too large $50. mandolin case. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised because, you know, GC, but I...
On it’s way to the Boston area now. I assume it’s got one or more issues since it keeps getting returned, but I’ll check it out once it arrives and report back. At least this way Cafe members will...
Yeah, I’ve seen this one at GC online twice before and considered buying it, but couldn’t pull the trigger. It’s been returned at least twice now, which leads me to believe the mando has one or more...
He’s not building? I wonder why not.
I forgot to mention that I contacted TME asking for mando repair work recommendations in the area and the only suggestion they had was Max Girouard. I imagine...
Having just compared the two side by side, one on top of the other, and play testing, they are definitely different:
1. The GG is slightly bigger all the way around.
2. By virtue of the size...
I’d email a few places, tell them your location and explain you only need a few picks, I bet at least a few sellers here in the U.S. would have mercy on you and ship via post for reasonable prices. I...
He is? I attempted to contact him about some work a month or so ago via the info on his website and got no response. Since then I’ve heard through the grapevine he isn’t particularly motivated to do...
Tom, thanks for the additional info. It’s awesome to hear that Adam recently completed that CF mando for you, and simultaneously quite sad he’s not optimistic about making more…….
Ah well, guess...
Interesting. I see no mention of the carbon fiber mandolins on Adam’s website currently, perhaps I am somehow missing them.
When you say new, do you mean purchased in recent months, or did you...
Very nice, thanks for that.
I have an MT and have been thinking of adding either an MTO or Pava A4, so it’s helpful to hear the Pava and MT2 back to back. The Pava is definitely more to my liking...
I had two MTs from that time period you mention and both were excellent, had to sell them during tough times. I recently replaced them with slightly newer MTs, which are just as good sounding. MTs...
James,
I used to be a fine woodwind maker and we used CA to glue cracks and do other repairs on a variety of wood instruments with different finishes - both new and antique. We used Golden West...
Just a heads up for those who use Elixir Mediums: Looks like Amazon has some on the way: Availability to buy with a delivery date of @10 days from today just popped up. No help for me since I need...
They are certainly lower tension than the mediums, no idea if that will cause you further problems for you though.
I have TI lights on a flat top Northfield Calhoun and they work fine. Not as much volume as regular light gauge strings, but I don’t need max volume for playing at home. I don’t think I’ll keep...
Thanks for those details, much appreciated.
Ok, so what exactly differentiates them and makes the Cedar Creek TKL badged cases better than the non-Cedar Creek TKL badged cases? Honestly curious.
Badge says TKL, are they one in the same? If so, how do you differentiate? I have the Collings TKL, both A and F. They are nice, but not unusually so, IMO. Well worth the asking price though, if as...
The fact that Collings went to great lengths to ensure customer satisfaction is in no way indicative that Collings knows or thinks they are responsible for letting faulty tuners THAT COULD HAVE BE...
You are making the assumption that the tuners worked poorly from hour zero, which is quite often not the case: Manufactured parts can work fine initially and then malfunction or deteriorate either...
OK, a little follow-up FWIW:
One can make a Travelite work, but the fit is right up against the bottom two tuners at the bottom of the headstock, so you’re likely to have to return every time you...
Has it been determined (by way of high resolution imagining) that you actually have significant degradation of the joint surfaces of the bones in your hands? Any blood tests been done to look for...
How does junk become MORE disappointing?
Perhaps a question for Fred G. Sanford….