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  1. Re: Ukulele as a gateway to mandolin for my daughter?

    I'm with Ivan, cat, Tim, Geordie, etc. --

    Learning to play any instrument, especially a fretted, stringed instrument, helps anyone learn other fretted, stringed instrument. Learning how to hold...
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    Re: Mandolin For Dummies - For Real

    Well...you could follow in.the tradition of Bill Monroe who put tape over the Gibson name when he got mad at them .....put tape over the cover and change it to read Mannedolin for Anne
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    Re: Favorite Folk Song?

    Big Bill Broonzy, the great blues singer (and wotta guitar player!) and friend to Pete Seeger and others summed it up this way:

    "All music is folk music. You never heard no horses sing it."
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    Re: Case for Octofone?

    Well, this one looks good:

    http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/AGB1-3/4.htm

    but then I thought about the Washburn Rover Travel Guitar case -- it seems a little sturdier. Has anyone ever...
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    Re: KM 150 or 160 for a beginner

    Oh, and everyone has their own tastes in looks, of course, but the 160 comes in a very sweet looking "honey amber" natural color, rather than sunburst ....
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    Re: KM 150 or 160 for a beginner

    Well, I'm not sure how different the sound is (assuming both are set up very well, which is important or comparisons are meaningless....) -- but the 160 does have " hand carved and graduated" top...
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    Re: Opening a mandolin up with high SPLs.

    1) There ARE many things that science can't measure precisely.

    2) And there are EVEN MORE things that get measured inaccurately based on "uncontrolled" experimental design (feelings, hunches,...
  8. Re: This one appears to be a scam: Gibson F4 in England

    Yes, houseworker I do agree with you 100%, actually. I was just making a general comment about how we "guesstimate" where someone is from based on grammar and syntax and cadence, etc. Perhaps if I...
  9. Re: This one appears to be a scam: Gibson F4 in England

    Well, I agree about 95% with what houseworker wrote, especially the last few paragraphs.

    The points about poor syntax, grammar, errors in the way that English words are put together can be a...
  10. Re: This one appears to be a scam: Gibson F4 in England

    I would not buy ANYTHING on ebay if I can't use Paypal. Period. And when someone has some weird "extra instructions", well, it gets really weird. You can also look at what other items that...
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    Case for Octofone?

    Now that I found out that my excellent condition Octofone (basically an octave mandolin, 21 +/- inch scale) is worth more than fifty dollars I guess I need a case for it ... other than the fifteen...
  12. Re: This one appears to be a scam: Gibson F4 in England

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    Re: Looking for a new mando.. suggestions?

    Well, there're two DIFFERENT posters who have the same question but might be looking for different answers.

    Since this topic has been covered about a billion times on this site, usually not in...
  14. Re: This one appears to be a scam: Gibson F4 in England

    Oh NOOOOO! I just bid on this. Of course, my bid is $1.26, so if I win this at that price, it will be really AWESOME.

    Hey, let me make it clearer to bmac, who used the rather strong term...
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    Re: 1920s Regal "Octofone" on the 'bay

    Well, your "D" is 17 while the one in the Irish zouk set on mine is 11 and your "G" is 20 (wound) while the one in the Irish zouk set on mine is 16 (plain steel -- I'm not sure how the tension of...
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    Re: Replace bridge on Octophone

    In case you don't catch this same post on that other thread (shhh....don't tell the mods) ...

    -- what strings are you using? I don't want to stress this thing out; it seems light. But I put GHS...
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    Re: 100+ temperatures and a mandolin?

    I don't think 100 degrees in the shade would hurt it, but in a car, even if the mando is in a shaded part of the car...well, the inside of the car could get up to 125 or more if the car itself is in...
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    Re: 1920s Regal "Octofone" on the 'bay

    Hey A.H. -- what strings are you using? I don't want to stress this thing out; it seems light. But I put GHS Irish Bouzouki mediums on it 11/11 16/16 28/11 40/16 (tuned GDAE) and the strings...
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    Re: 1920s Regal "Octofone" on the 'bay

    I wish -- since I was given one 20 years ago in better condition than the one on eBay. On the other hand, there are only two bidders fighting for this one at the $850 level. The third bidder...
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    Replace bridge on Octophone

    I have an Octophone. It's pretty neat. The bridge is not fixed and seems kind of low. Would it make any sense at all to try to get another bridge for it so as to maybe "tighten up" the sound a...
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    Re: Flatiron 3MC with issues - value?

    Generally, unless you are very knowledgeable and have the time and energy to invest and the money to "tie up", it usually is not a good idea to buy an instrument with the idea from the outset that...
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    Re: What make of Mandolin & who cares ?.

    About Gregor:

    Yeah, but with all those appendages, he can play all the instruments by himself.........
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    Re: Case Color & Temperature

    I wonder if a very lightweight, perhaps ripstop nylon or a very light vinyl, in silver or white color could be tailored to slip over a black case, kind of like a pillow case? . I know, this is more...
  24. Re: fresh frozen cherries and mint tea - pay attention ...

    My research has uncovered that the formula used by that great 17th century Italian mandolin luthier, Lloyd Fibonacci, to make his spectacular varnish consisted of the following process:

    dissolve...
  25. Re: 5 bucks for a Weber Bighorn A? - it's a raffle

    Why would ANYONE want more than one mandolin? I mean, you can only play one at a time! And the same is true of picks. Who needs more than one pick anyhow? How many can you play at one time? Also,...
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