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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    Per the maker:

    "Also, with regard to the weight. Each tuner weighs 31g."


    At first he wasn't sure he had any tool to weigh that small, so I suggested he ask any of his friends who smoke weed....
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    Chris gave me his permission to post his Etsy message reply here in the thread, though he hopes to drop by in person later:
  3. Re: Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    Overall report:

    Big picture, I'm loving this axe! I've gotten used to the funky body shape, it's grown on me. The electric components are "serviceable" and that's good enough for the price. The...
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    That must've been awesome! Before my time, I got into the scene in Seattle in the late 1990s (when grunge had faded and punk had a brief revival). I do emphasize I follow scene protocols, so I'll do...
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    I just wanted to give the Alpaca fellow a chance to speak for himself; but since none of the info appears sensitive, I'll just post it if I don't hear back soon.

    Re rough handling: I have plenty...
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    The maker sent me a detailed reply to all your concerns. I've asked him if he wants to join the conversation directly, or just have me share his comments. He's also going to weigh the tuners so he...
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    Why? This is for my beater travel electric mandola, and one of the most vulnerable points on the instrument is the tuning pegs sticking out. So I'm going to have the local shop trim the head down...
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    Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    I'm about to take the 8 cheap tuners off my Eastman Airline electric mandola and go to four-string, and I was looking for durable and compact tuners since I carry my mandola around traveling, on the...
  9. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    Spiffy! Do you have any comments about what parts are most in need of replacing that you could post over at my other thread?
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  10. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    Already fixing the aesthetics...

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  11. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    Lots of factors to consider... After a little tweaking on the Airline, it's a ton better, so I think I can happily play this for a while until I have a really solid idea of what I want to upgrade to,...
  12. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    Fair enough, some valid points there. I'm just used to concertina waitlists which can be 2-6 years, but if e-mando waitlists are measured in months to a year, I can put off getting on a list until I...
  13. Re: Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    Quick adjustment question: do I fix the intonation at the bridge first (it's individually adjustable with a Phillips) or do I set the action height first (two screws per course, takes a 1.5mm Allen)?...
  14. Re: Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    Diagnosing a buzz on the C course, turns out my newer string is a smudge too fat for bridge notch (G might be a little too), so since I left my needle files in West Africa, I guess I need to make a...
  15. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    That is lovely, but some of these other options are closer to US$600, so I'm inclined to the affordable end so long as I can overall get what I like.
  16. Re: Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandoli

    Some good suggestions here, and good points about options and time-value.

    I am indeed tweaking my Airline to try different settings, I trashed the crappy stock strings and put on decent ones,...
  17. Who makes an affordable full custom 5-string electric mandolin?

    As posted in the other thread, I recently bought an Eastwood Airline electric mandola, and I'm overall pleased for the price ($300 shipped for a pristine floor-model), but would want to upgrade...
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    Going to re-string it tonight; the stock strings are crap, and overall are slack at pitch (the C course is terrible). I think I'll try re-stringing it single-string and see how that feels. I haven't...
  19. Re: Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    Thanks for the good advice! Got my axe last week, and generally really pleased with it for the $300 I paid (practically new). Frets aren't too sharp (still might dress them a bit), action is decent...
  20. Re: Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    Got a barely-used floor model off eBay for $300 shipped, about as good as I could hope for from shopping around. Will update folks once I get the critter.

    I would get an amp in the US, but I'm...
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    Good deal, sounds like a plan then!

    And in preference to putting it on my luggage, I'll try to just carry it on as a "musical instrument exemption" since it's pretty small. And from past...
  22. Any advice before I buy an Eastwood Airline electric mandola?

    I'm looking to move to Montreal to chill for the summer, and since I'll be traveling light I'm thinking to get an Eastwood Airline e-mandola (the run in the mid-US$300s). That way I can practice it...
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    Re: Portuguese guitar (cittern) as CBOM

    I'm by no means the first person to try DADGAD on these, a couple older threads on this forum mention it, but I figured it'd help to post the gauges for others; mine is a Coimbra-style (shield head,...
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    Re: Portuguese guitar (cittern) as CBOM

    Just finishing up my order from Tico Rodrigues at Porto Guitarra: getting a mid-quality locally-made guitarra with string looping tool, fitted capo, hard case, and shipping to Austin, US$725 total.
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    Re: Portuguese guitar (cittern) as CBOM

    Cavaquinho I'm familiar with, and the rack behind him has ukes, cavaquinhos, and on the top row Portuguese equivalents, but the critter Dorsey is holding in his photo in the link clearly has six...
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