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Change the title of your post to describe the issue for future seekers of truth!
Andrew, that's hysterical. Like many others, I've been at this for a long time. Ocassionally, I'll come across a jig that IS labeled- like" 5 degree bevel"- but no indication of what it was used...
Hokey Smokes! Tom Morgan.... Shortly after I got the instrument building bug in 1978, a friend gave me the Siminoff Bluegrass Mandolin book. Somewhere I heard about the Morgan plans, and wrote to...
My 4th mandolin has been my main instrument for the last 29 years. Same with my 3rd guitar, built the previous year. Old friends!
Thanks for all the ideas. I'm going to have to kick this around a bit. I don't really do repairs unless I'm in a corner like this, so pulling a back sounds like more of a chore than it would to...
Gerald- As i mentioned in the original post- I read Frank's A4 repair log. He removed the back to access the repair. The top on my mando is valuable- but only to me. Nobody else is concerned with...
Thanks, Gail! I'm thinking that maybe the low winter humidity tweaked the top seam, and once it started to separate, it lost needed stability. Otherwise, why would it take so long to fail? I thought...
While taking off all the strings to replace the first 7 frets- (the others must be a lot harder..) ;) I noticed a crack in the center seam just below the tailpiece. You know that sinking feeling as...
Thanks for the K & K link. I hadn't seen that microphone before. That looks like a good way to go. I guess I'll forget the bridge pickup idea- I don't really need another project anyway!
That's a good point, Michael. What's your preference for mandolin pickups?
Jim H- I googled Hot Dot, and most of what I found had little to do with pickups, so perhaps they are unavailable.
JimS- I actually have a radio Shack buzzer and the Frets article downstairs in the...
I'm curious to hear my F5 plugged in, but not curious enough to spring for $125, or whatever. Does anybody who makes these #care to instruct me in the ways and means? Or perhaps there's better way to...
Well, I wound the string the opposite way around the post, and to my delight, it slips no more. At least, not tuning up to the note, but that's not unusual. Martin, I owe you one! I'm sure I'll...
John- I've thought of reversing the tuners, and I don't really mind the prospect of turning the buttons "backwards". After all, this is mostly a nostalgia /novelty mandolin for me, and I don't expect...
OK, my mandolin mission got deflected during the holiday furor, but I've managed to get back on track.Heres a shot of the tuners. The culprit is the outside G string. Thanks for looking!
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Greetings! I was given my grampa's mandolin about 2 years ago. It seems to be a run of the mill American Conservatory bowlback model from around the turn of the last century. I changed the strings,...
[QUOTE]In the same mode, the roll of toilet paper should always be hung with the leading sheet on the outside, not the inside!
--------------Ted, as a cat owner,I must respectfully disagree with...
I bought some curly maple for the back of an archtop guitar from them,and I was pretty satisfied. The service was good, and the wood was as pictured - fairly decent curl but not spectacular.I only...
I've built a few of them, and there are a couple of problems associated. First, it's not too hard to make the rectanglar box- I favor the Arched top variety. The "problem" is finishing out the...
Rick- very gracious post!
I'd hang it up on the pegboard in my Hall of Failures, and start in on making a new neck! We've all been there, I'd imagine.
I bought a 17" scale FB from LMI not too long ago, if you want to go that way.
I bought my 12" Craftsman saw in 1980 for $300. It's been a great friend to me. Like many of the Craftsman tools, the adjustments are a bit clunky, but I've had a good ride with it. I did replace the...
Can anyone recommend a source for taller I/b/i binding? I need a bit more height than the commonly available 1/4 inch binding. Thanks!
I don't live in Kittery, but I teach Technology Education at the middle school. If you know anyone under 30 who went through the Kittery schools , odds are good that they know me. Let's make a point...