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From one violin repair guy, and wanna be mandolin player, to another (violin maker) ----- Absoulutely Gorgious. I don't think I can say anything else that would approximate my admiration for your...

Or a kid maybe?

Wishing you the best Joe. My prayers are with you. God Speed.

-----Barry

SGraham,

Hah, no, no plans for a helicopter but I have considered joining the Teamsters so I can make some money hauling a load every day on the way into work. After the first of the year, I'm...

Ordered mine a week ago today, just got an e-mail saying it shipped today with 4 - 7 days till delivery. Waiting with anxious anticipation.

Barry

I have all 4 of Jay Buckiy's books "Esential Music Theory for Mandolin". He states very clearly that these books are intended for people who have been playing the mandolin for at least a year. I...

Came into a pretty nice older A-style mandolin which looked like the top was a little sunken. After I got it home under the light and mirror, it looks like there is a crack in the treble tone bar.
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Everything Mike said is true. There is nothing like an empty teenage brain that sucks up everything it gets interested in and has lots of time and very little responsibility.

If you can get with...

My experience (2 wives, 4 kids & 4 grandkids) is that family (God bless 'em) has no real motivation to make time for you to do what YOU want to do for yourself. The reason gym's are both popular and...

Don't think you could possibly go wrong with a F9. MHO.

Barry

My understanding is that "flames" are the result of the wood being cut or split "on the quarter" as apposed to being "slab cut" and has nothing to do with quality or species. "Quarter cut" is...

Call Craig at CT Violins in Roswell. One of the best around.

Barry

"Ageing" wood with amonia is a tried and true long practiced method which has been used by violin repar specialists for many more years than I have been alive. If you are interested, it's use is...

When repairing older violins, I age new wood by placeing the wood inside a plastic bag with an open cup of amonia. Check often, the longer you leave it in the bag, the "older" it appears.

Barry

Hey guys,

I lived in Torrance since 1969 but just recently moved to Temecula. I bought a house out there to retire into and ended up moveing into it a few years earlier than I had planned to so I...

I work in Torrance and live in the south IE. Probably drive right past you twice a day.

Barry

There is a huge renaissance going on with ukulele's among high school students in the beach areas of So. California. My youngest son was bugging me to get him one :crying: until I bought him a...

Lucky lady.

Ditto everything that MandoSquirrel and Allen said.

I also have a Kay that I just love to death. Not really sure why, but I do. It is an A style with the classic disconnected ff holes and medium...

When you had it strung up and "buckled", did you look inside (dental mirror) to see if the existing braceing was partially seperated? If so, a little hide glue and some clamps might be all it needs....

I live in So. California, and we only have two weather patterns. They are Pacific Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time. I have central air conditioning and central heating and I think I used...

I've always use a nickel also. Just out of curiosity, I pulled 4 of them out of my pocket and surprisingly , all 4 of them measued 0.074" on my verniere calipers.

Barry

Arrrggggg. Stupid me, you are right. :(. I got stuck on trying to remember her name and threw out the wrong play. My bad, but I still think Allen is smarter than he claimed.

Barry

For some reason, you keep going back to the "e-bay" special. My only point in throwing that out there is that any no-name is not worth any other no-name until you have it in hand. Blueron said he...

Perhaps you wouldn't have to actually write it all yourself, but a new thread on what you would actually like to see in your "intermediate bluegrass instructional book/DVD", along with a list of...