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    Default Nice Fylde Lucetta on eBay UK

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fylde-Luce...p2056016.l4276

    The website gives the price as £2300 GBP, so this is a real bargain for somebody...
    "Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....

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    It's on my watch list... but pretty unlikely.

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    I bought it. I just love Fylde mandolins.
    It will compliment my Fylde Single Malt, I hope it sounds as good!!!
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    Default Re: Nice Fylde Lucetta on eBay UK

    Congrats... you got a good deal there!
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    Default Re: Nice Fylde Lucetta on eBay UK

    The look of the Single Malt is amazing. I've never seen wood exactly like that on any other instrument. I'd love to know how they do it. I.e., is it all in the figure/cut or is there a secret finishing technique that they use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by G7MOF View Post
    I bought it. I just love Fylde mandolins.
    Definitely a bargain! I wish you joy of it, I was very very tempted but have my eye on some other instruments at present.. and you can’t buy them all...
    "Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....

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    The Fylde Single Malt instruments are made from re-cycled whisky vats and wash back vessels from the Talisker Distillery on the Isle Of Skye, this where the unique colour comes from.

    Great whisky too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Hanson View Post
    The Fylde Single Malt instruments are made from re-cycled whisky vats and wash back vessels from the Talisker Distillery on the Isle Of Skye, this where the unique colour comes from.

    Great whisky too.

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    The top is burnt with a blow lamp to give the colouring and texture. Oak is something I really didn't think would work with a mandolin but it's incredible.
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    Are you sure its a blowlamp? I thought that they set fire to the inside of new barrels in order to seal them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by G7MOF View Post
    The top is burnt with a blow lamp to give the colouring and texture. Oak is something I really didn't think would work with a mandolin but it's incredible.
    Heading off to Home Depot, ready to start blowtorching a few of my mandos ... after soaking them in whisky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by G7MOF View Post
    The top is burnt with a blow lamp to give the colouring and texture. Oak is something I really didn't think would work with a mandolin but it's incredible.
    Apparently a blow lamp is more controllable in giving the desired finish.
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    The tops are not burnt at all, the colouring comes from holding hot liquids over many years service at Talisker.

    Using a blowlamp would seriously harm the wood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by G7MOF View Post
    I bought it. I just love Fylde mandolins.
    It will compliment my Fylde Single Malt, I hope it sounds as good!!!
    Well done, I am glad someone from here got it -and that I didn't bid against you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ray(T) View Post
    Are you sure its a blowlamp? I thought that they set fire to the inside of new barrels in order to seal them.
    Two different woods in these mandolins: the back and sides are from old oak barrels. If I understand whisky lore correctly, these are used three times -- first as new oak in bourbon (which is where the charcoaling of the inside comes in), then as sherry casks and finally as Scotch single malt casks. The tops, however, aren't from barrels at all and therefore haven't been burned at all. They are made from pine reclaimed from an old washback vessel at the Talisker distillery.

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    Default Re: Nice Fylde Lucetta on eBay UK

    This thread about a Single Malt guitar from the Acoustic Guitar Forum suggests that a blowtorch may be used on the oak back/sides, but not the top. It also says that the burn marks on the top sections come from the steel bands that hold the staves of the washback vessel together.

    In the July 2014 Fylde newsletter, there is a guitar with a redwood top that has been gently "shaded" using a blowtorch, so it can be done.

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    According to Roger the Oak arrives with burn marks but they largely get sanded off during construction. A little creative work with a blowtorch gets the colour back where it started.

    I have a beautiful Fylde Goodfellow guitar made from the single malt materials, the best acoustic I've ever owned.

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    I can't believe it, an oval hole that has some chop. This lucetta is stunning to play and has an incredible amount of power.
    Just what the doctor ordered!!!
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    You’ve listed it again on eBay?
    "Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....

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    Yes! Read my posting called (My Tale Of Woe) in General Mandolin Disc.
    It hurts me to sell it but I can't live with what I hear. It's me and not the mandolin that is at fault...
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    Quote Originally Posted by G7MOF View Post
    Yes! Read my posting called (My Tale Of Woe) in General Mandolin Disc.
    That’s a real pity, you were so pleased to get it! Sadly my finances are recovering from my last purchase plus fitting a new bathroom so I’ll have to try to ignore the listing….
    Good luck with the sale… hope it goes to a good home.
    "Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....

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    I had one of these when they were carved top and back, my hearing was better 15 to 20 years ago as well so with the carved mandolin and better hearing in mind I thought I'd get another.
    It does really does break my heart to sell it as I love Fylde mandolins. (I do still have one though).
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    Quote Originally Posted by derbex View Post
    It's on my watch list... but pretty unlikely.
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    I have a 1979 one if you’re still looking

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