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    Re: Looking for a repair person

    Oops! I wasn’t watching my mail. Thanks, I’ll give them a shout.
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    Looking for a repair person

    Hi All
    I broke the truss rod on my Fylde Octavius mandola/OM. :crying: Does anyone have a recommendation for a good repair person in south Chicago metro area?
    Thanks as always.
    Steve
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    Re: Custom Gig Bags

    Glen Cronkhite made me a very nice and very protective bag. FWIW
    Steve
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    Re: Alternate tuning for mandola

    I tuned my mandola DAEA. it made for easier playing on tunes I’d learned on a bouzouki.
    Steve
  5. Thread: H5 Mandola

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    Re: H5 Mandola

    Glenn Kronkhite makes some fabulous and very protective bags. They’re well worth checking out.
    https://glenncronkhite.com/product/mandolin
    Steve
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    Re: Woke with a chord question

    I guess I should have had that coffee before posting. :redface: DBD makes a Bminor, not seen a whole lot in the stuff I play. Still, it makes for interesting experimentation in chord voicing that may...
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    Re: Woke with a chord question

    Questions like this can make my brain hurt! I tune my bouzouki to GDAD. Fretting only the A string at B yields GDBD, a G chord. If I strum only the top 3 strings I have a B as well as a G? It’ll...
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    Re: Playing with arthritis

    I knew I was coming to the right place. Lots of good ideas, Thanks!
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    Playing with arthritis

    These old hands are beginning to stiffen up with arthritis. That makes playing my long scale bouzouki more challenging. Is there anyone in the Brain Trust here who can recommend some exercises or...
  10. Re: Looking for a octave mandolin case, not having luck

    Glenn Cronkhite makes beautiful and very protective custom gig bags. When traveling I encase it all in a Clam shipping case. Not at all cheap but great stuff. ...
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    Re: Bouzouki, OM, or Mandola?

    Another option to consider gets you two instruments in one. My Fylde short-scale bouzouki absolutely sparkles as a mandola when I put the capo on the 5th fret. Instant mandola tuning. FWIW
    Steve
  12. Re: Thile/Aoife - Fairytale of New York from Wassaii

    The original, and still the best.
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    Re: Irish tenor banjo

    And one more from my local shop,Down Home Guitars: https://downhomeguitars.com/instruments/goodtime-two-17-fret-tenor-banjo-maple-resonator/
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    Re: Irish tenor banjo

    There are a couple of the at Elderly Instruments.
    https://www.elderly.com/products/gold-tone-cc-it-irish-tenor-banjo
  15. Re: Tune Mandola to Mandolin Tuning & What Strings to UseI'm an a

    I once tuned a Fylde (tenor) mandola up from CGDA to DAEA. That helped me switch between the mandola and my bouzouki, which was tuned GDAD. CGDA will give you mandolin tuning on the lower courses,...
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    Re: Ciaran Curran -- new bouzouki?

    Ciaran’s bouzouki was lost on the flight to the states. He had to borrow instruments for a few performances. Happy ending: it was found and returned to him.
    Steve
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    Re: Shipping Costs

    Excellent advice. Thanks for sharing.
    Steve

    QUOTE=Buck;1739883]Neither UPS nor Fedex sell insurance. They will allow you to pay more for high "declared value" items, but that is NOT insurance,...
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    Re: Shipping Costs

    FYI, I have used sites designed for shipping bicycles and parts to ship instruments and saved some money. They’re used to larger packages. I don’t know if it’s strictly allowed but it’s easier to get...
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    Re: Shipping Costs

    They measure all of them with lasers as they pass through the waypoints.
  20. Re: Which higher priced F style models have solid wood scrolls?

    I never realized how the neck/scroll all fit together. Thanks for sharing that.
    Steve
  21. Thread: Mandola?

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    Re: Mandola?

    FWIW, I play a short scale (23”) bouzouki by Fylde. It really shines when capoed up to 3 or 5.
    Steve
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    Re: Buyer does not cover PayPal fees

    Well, I had forgotten about this. Been a long time since I signed up with PayPal. I tend to agree with you. The PayPal fee is not unreasonable and is really no different from what the credit card...
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    Humidifier warning

    Well, I suppose I should have been more alert in the first place but here's my story, posted as a public service.
    Late last Summer I decided that my old evaporative hybrid humidifier was pretty much...
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    Doug Clark mandolins

    A couple of weeks ago I was at a barn concert listening to Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers. I'd never heard, nor heard of, these guys but they put on an excellent show. I was particularly struck...
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    Re: Best equipment for Skype lessons?

    The connection is of prime importance. Wifi didn't do it for me but when I hard wired my laptop to the cable modem the speed and accuracy jumped way up. The camera on my laptop seemed to work just...
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