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  1. Thread: Godin A8

    by mandroid
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    Re: Godin A8

    A side effect of the flat top is the down force of the tailpiece on the 4 little piezo pickup elements is a bit soft, low angled.
    I had one and the top G string popped off its little notch that was...
  2. Re: Has anyone heard about a crazy mandolinist named Frank Wakefi

    It was after a conversation thru this site, with his Mgr/Fiddle player that resides in California..
    Funding came through local Community college Arts & Ideas program
    sold out the small ex...
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    Re: Replacement buttons for Waverly tuners?

    Replacing the tuners with something lesser will cost less... I got a Mix 3rd hand
    guy before me force fit Waverly tuners into slightly off holes in the headstock,
    damaged the tuners ...
    I went...
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    Re: Replacement tuners for Big Muddy

    FAQ, Lots blame their tuners, there is more going on, like heat & moisture changing the wood, swelling it..
    ... for example by holding it,Your breath, Summer humidity etc.
    & short scale makes a...
  5. Re: Any less-expensive "tone-guard" alternatives out there yet?

    Another thing ' old 1920's varnish & Sweaty T shirt * are incompatible...

    DIY types have made wooden pieces to stand off the back, only contacting the very edge...

    * Polarguard fleece has...
  6. Re: Oregon convention for mandolin, fiddle, guitar, & others in A

    No longer drive.. (Insurance "From $89 a Month" solicitation in today's Mail):(...
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    Re: Mandostang pickup upgrade

    This * has been modified to have a strat style humbucker..

    * sorry, Old, incapable on computers (it's a Fender FM 61 8 string)

    :redface:
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    Re: Anyone Seen Or Own A Gibson H-0 Mandola?

    Basic Sheraton Brown? I have seen one, in my past... dont own one.. :disbelief:

    Got an H scale Mandola made by a guy, not Gibson,, H scale is .4M
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    Re: Tone guard for a mandocello?

    Originally he welded the individual pieces together.. 1/8" round steel wire... (I have one)
    Then to meet demand got a lasercut version is one piece . looks like square 'wire' because its cut...
  10. Re: Recommendations for non laminate mandolins

    My A40 Gibson was solid 'carved' spruce top, mahogany laminate back
    Sides may have been single piece or steamed laminate mahogany,
    I could see the edges of the back as it was top bound. none...
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    2 straps around and one underneath, bottom support, + a shoulder strap joining the 2 around straps
    is a way case carrying strap kit works..
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    Re: Tuner Pedal vs. Headstock Tuner

    Huh? the A string is tuned to A ..
    It seems a need to know octave and unison notes on neighboring strings..
    5th & 7th frets,,,
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    Re: Mandostang pickup upgrade

    OK now ask sellers what the dimensions theirs are... and compare. Eh?
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    Re: Mandostang pickup upgrade

    ... not if you do not supply measured dimensions...

    :disbelief:
  15. Re: Tell me of your love affair with an A style...

    1922 A4. original buyer, I'm told, got it after surviving WW1
    & returning to NW Oregon...

    :mandosmiley:

    My A5 is a Carbon Mix with installed pickup..
  16. Re: Drop-in replacements for Grover F-style machines?

    Stew Mac has measured dimensioned drawings of all their tuners --- match the dimensions?


    A good way to go, as an old mechanic
    who did not get to transition from pencil on paper,
    to CAD,...
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    Re: Tailpiece losing it's golden coating

    Au (element #79) Gold is soft by it's nature & won't work harden ,
    which is why gold leaf is able to be beaten very thin ... :popcorn:
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    Re: Tuner Pedal vs. Headstock Tuner

    @ home I have an A=440htz tuning fork.
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    Re: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade?

    Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet do Rene Descarte? to be Y/N?

    :whistling:
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    Re: K&K Twin vs. Schertler Resocoil

    Schertler is a dynamic contact microphone, and so it is fine direct to the board/mic channel pre ...

    the passive (Not the P48) one can use a common impedance matching transformer (XLR> TR...
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    Re: Mando or banjo

    IMHO, only rare if they were not DIY converted from 8 strings..
    and are from a prestige brand/company..

    :whistling:
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    Re: Mando or banjo

    A 4string mandolin banjo is fun, too. as would be A Uke Banjo... :popcorn:
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    Re: Tuner Pedal vs. Headstock Tuner

    'Alligator' clip pickups can clamp on to the bridge and send a signal to a pedal tuner if that is what you want..
    Such a scheme is common for banjos,, rather than muddying the signal thru head...
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    Re: Bowlback cases

    Eastman also produces bowl back cases to go with the mandolins they made...
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    Re: Neck shape/feel: "V" vs rounded

    Old Gibson A has a ridge, but the sides on either side of that ridge are rounded. :popcorn:
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