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Never. My ex-girlfriend has had my old instrument since I upgraded. The poor thing, I couldn't think of no worse fate for a good ol' buddy.

I did break out my first guitar again this summer...

My brand new flattop arrived a few days ago, it was made by Clay Alden from TN.
It's got a Mahogany body with a cedar top, and a few small inlays (a maple leaf on the head, and a beech leaf on the...

You know the horror movies you should not watch on foggy nights, when you can hear the coyotes out back and the distant thunder?

This thread is the same thing...
I have a mandolin en-route, USPS,...

How much does the case matter?
I am having a flat top shipped to me in a few weeks and I was going to have it sent in a gig bag and pick up a hard case when it gets here.
If it is packed well in a...

Classic, better your finger than somebody else's I guess. That would have been a little awkward.


I have always been afraid of breaking an instrument with the strap like that.

Too many serious threads lately, this is not healthy for the shortest day of the year.

Just as the title says:
To date, what is the strangest thing you have had trapped in your mandolin?

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hmmm... sheep shears. That is something to think about right there, unless I can find a sucker to trim up the long-haired billy-goat for me this spring those things might be worth it.

Big Joe, I can see your point about painting and mandolin building not being applicable.
How about this one, when I am fishing I would rather fly-fish or use a handline than something more...

Great post labraid.

That put it perfectly.

Still, to me I means as much if it is a small builder as it does if it is hand made. I feel that even though they are using a machine they are still...

Why would anyone do an oil painting of a landscape and sell the prints when they could just take a photo and photoshop it or just paint it on the computer? What reasons are there to photoshop instead...

I recommend Audacity as well, and you can't beat the price, or lack there of.
I got my basic recording stuff off of craigslist. Someone was moving up in the recording world and sold me a small...

My local one looks like it's doing fine...with no help from me.
I go in, find a book I want, write the name down, and order it from my one of the two little book stores I love. As far as music, I am...

I bring my mandolin to school most days. I have long breaks between classes so I sit in my truck and play. On Fridays I bring my guitar also.
It was nice earlier in the fall, I could walk some of...

I guess the price is going to stay the same no matter what the top is, so I'm going cedar or all mahogany. I'll see how it sound in a month or so I guess.

I told the builder that I like the cedar, but it hinges on the price. If the cedar is going to be a huge amount more I can do the spruce.

Chances are there would enough exotic wood there so you would not need it. You would be sure to find some tone woods people have never even heard of...
so when you get back to civilization you can...

After listening to some recordings the cedar is growing on me.

What about a mahogany top as well?

I wish I could afford to have two made. The closest thing to a mandolin I have built is a (not...

Actually I am not looking for a bluegrass instrument.
Sorry, I think my sentence structure in the original post was confusing.
Thanks for he help though.

I am still looking at the spruce, the...

I was leaning that way, but what are your reasons?

I am having a mahogany pancake mandolin made for me.
One of the questions the builder presented is if I wanted a spruce or cedar top. What would you guys say? Pros and cons of each?
I won't be...

I put some on last week.
I like the sound of them but I could see how some people might not, they don't have much treble.
They were pricey, the price tag was $24-and-change and I paid $22.
Yes,...

Haha! nope. All missing the same side unfortunately.
I found a neat homemade childs fiddle up there too, hand carved by my great grandfather.

Thanks.

Just glue on the inside between the joint?
Right now I have it stored inside my frame-pack, I'll stick a humidifier in it, as long as I don't need my pack for some grand adventure it...

I found a few bowl-back mandolins in my grandmothers attic a few weeks ago. I took the one in the best shape but it still needs work.
Should I bring it to a repair person? before I break it, or...

That was a really great post.