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Thanks. There seems to be more discussion & passion around the Eastman mandolins but having played a few of each (I have an Eastman OM) The quality seems comparable at their price points as Keith...

Thank you, I have indeed scrambled the numbers. Eastman MD515 and Kentucky KM850 are correct (I don't need a pickup) and in the price range I have in mind. I would probably prefer the slightly wider...

I am looking for a good quality radius fingerboard f-style Mando that won't break the bank to compare with my flat necked Kentucky KM656 and early 80's Alvarez A900. I'm a beginner to intermediate...

The M4.7 was the right size but apparently the old nut was not properly threaded onto the rod and caused the mangled threads. I used a M4 coupling nut to ensure that I was using all the threads...

I know this thread has been dormant for a while but can anyone tell me what the size of the truss rod nut is on 1970s Alavarez models. I'm trying to rescue an A900 with badly stripped threads on the...

I am working on a truss rod repair of one of this model. Can you tell me what size the truss rod nut is? Is there a wrench with your mandolin?

Did you figure this out? I'm working on bringing an Alvarez A900 F-style back to life (probably 1980 but the serial # tag is missing.) The truss rod threads are badly stripped so I have used a...

I now understand your response. Duoh!
Any tips on how to edit Ibanez to Alvarez in the title?

[QUOTE=Richard500;1883804]A thread thread!

Richard500, great ideas. I especially like the dowel option (less expensive than buying tap & die sets.)
Thanks!

I'm working on an Alvarez A900 "Tree of Life" to get it back into playing condition.
The end of the truss rod has been badly mangled/stripped threads. The metric M4.7 nut on it does not appear to...

Ever wonder why vintage tenor guitars are so rare? Here's the guy to blame!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010aaw1Ajo0

Here's mine. Flat spruce top and mahogany sides & arched-back were refinished to darker stain and it only has one of the original 2-on-a-plate tuners. Other two tuners were replaced with individual...

Karin's got an Epiphone Beverly, probably from the 1930's. I just found one just like it (without the pickguard) in an online auction - serial number dated mine to 1933. Photo to follow. I've been...

Bea, thanks for posting and to all for comments. I've been considering this as well. I have a Gibson Maestro Flying V mini with a bolt on neck that I've been thinking about converting. It's a fun...

Sincere Corgi, I've bought all four of my vintage TGs (Martin, Gibson, Harmony arch and Epi) on ebay, all have their quirks but are solid players - I'm lucky I guess. I have never seen a TG in a...

I have a 1947 Harmony archtop. Nice sound after a little work - the trapeze was originally attached off center by about a quarter-inch at the bottom of the guitar. It pulled the bridge & strings off...

I thought I was the "highest current profile tenor guitar player!" :grin: Actually, I'd give that title to Nico Case who's about 10 years ahead of Birdy.

I tend to like girl pop singer...

I really like the chord bible though I wish it was organized differently - CGDA in the front & Irish in the back. Small gripe. I've been using it lately to transpose ukulele chord shapes to tenor...

If the condition of the instruments is comparible (nicks, scratches, cracks and action) is similar, I would pay the $100 extra (plus mileage & case) for the Blueridge. I bought the BR-40T after...

I highly recommend the Tenor Guitar Chord Bible "A Fretted Friends Publication for Cabot Books." The book provides 2,880 chord diagrams - 3 versions of just about every chord imaginable in both...

There are lots of ways to tune the tenor guitar but the three most common are: Standard - CGDA, Irish -GDAE (both like mandolin & fiddle family tunings,) and Chicago - DGBE. Chicago tuning is the...

I absolutely agree with Eoin about the nice place TG's occupy between the guitars and mandolins. I've had many listeners comment on hearing me, the only TG in the jam, through a half-dozen flat...

Here's a different take from a strummer (not a picker.)

I thought the move from tenor guitar (CGDA) to the shorter neck of the mandolin would be easy since I have small hands. I understand the...

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This is a publicity picture of the Delmore Brothers, country ("hillbilly") music pioneers, from the 1940's. Rabon Delmore played a Martin o-18T throughout their perfoming career which spanned...

Kentucky Graham plays in a great "old-time" band in Cincinnati called Jake Speed & the Freddies. They were a featured band the last time Garrison Keillor did the Prairie Home Companion show in...