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I'm ready! Thanks for posting.

I liked watching them all but I really enjoyed watching the first two. Fascinating. And of course the audio is wonderful.

That's slick!

Nice job, Bazz.

Every time I see a LaBella ad, I wonder the same thing. Maybe somebody here can give a definitive answer.

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nfi, of course.

Here's another one. A variation.
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Here is what I do. The photo is not a Gallatin but the construction is very similar - elevated fretboard being the most important similarity. Pickguard or not doesn't matter.
Ingredients:
1. Go to...

3 for 3!
1. good tune
2. good sounding mandolin
3. good playing

thanks for posting it, kevin!

Well, I know that whenever I succeed in kicking one out, it leaves a vacuum. A powerful vacuum. But as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum, and my cave is a perfect laboratory in which to observe...

Good stuff in this thread. I'll just add my observation that shipping cost for a mandolin is almost always dependent on the size of the box, not the weight. Thus if you find an old dreadnaught guitar...

That video proves the old adage that even a flyaway pinkie can be trained to go where it is needed when it is needed. And if it's not an old adage, maybe it ought to be.

Unfortunately my pinkie...

I have put a zipped folder, called "mandozine-TEFs.zip" onto my Google drive. It is accessable at https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CO4lfkG1ZlbdXVT384ElsRSw1d8Luot/view?usp=sharing . It contains all...

FYI, I just went to mandozine and found that the tab files are back up again. Thank you to whoever makes that possible.

I am a whittler, not a luthier. So, FWIW:
I bought a set of Wood River hand chisels about two years ago. I have used the 1/4" chisel a lot and the 1/2" chisel some. I haven't even sharpened the 3/4"...

Adam Steffey says:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMjHHZKxTFQ

I like it, Mark. But I do hope that poor cat's time does not slip away.

Welcome Scott and neverenoughtea! There's good folks here. Even me, most of the time. I have learned a lot since I was a new Newbie. Now I am a not so new Newbie but still having fun.

I have a Vega Little Wonder. I do like it but I don't play it much. It had a torn head when I got it, six years ago. I am pretty sure I have not replaced the strings since installing a new head. I...

Welcome to the cafe! I had a Tacoma up until a few years ago. I really liked it. But I decided I was getting too old to climb in and out of it so I traded it for an Avalon.

Seriously - I'd like to...

Hi Williow. Welcome!

Thanks. I needed that.

You will probably get better answers than mine, but if not, here goes:

If the end of the square shaft does not unscrew like a modern tuner shaft screw then I would scour eBay for "clock keys" with...

Those Ernie Ball strings are very light, even for being labelled as "Light". Most would call them extra light. A lot of folks use D'Addario Mediums (EJ74) as a good all around inexpensive set of...

FWIW, I have found the charts and info on this page to be useful for comparison of various fretwires: http://www.lutherie.net/fret.chart.html

I have straw-blonde to deep honey-blonde within easy reach:
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