If all else fails you can always fill in the existing string slots and recut for tenor guitar on the bridge that's on it now.
Jude
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If all else fails you can always fill in the existing string slots and recut for tenor guitar on the bridge that's on it now.
Jude
Have you tried GHS Ultralite strings? The E strings are .009 and I think the G's are .032. I'm using them on my Big Muddy and they allow my 79 year old hands to keep playing. You might also just use...
bigcitystrings.com has them.
GHS Mandolin Silk and Steel
G-LS250 Custom 11/11 16/16 26w/26w 40w/40w $ 7.75
Shipping cost is $3.95 no matter what size the order is.
Jude
But the OP isn't asking about keys. He just wants the name of the chord. If he puts his capo on the first fret it's a F minor chord. Second fret, a F#minor chord.
Play a chord, any chord. Now what...
Try to find a youtube with Wayne Henderson doing anything with a mandolin. I've seen one where he's setting up one of his builds and it has a minute or two of him playing it. Wayne uses thumb pick...
I would try Flitz or Simichrome. Both come in a small tooth paste size tube and have removed tarnish (tarnish is you want if off, patina if you leave it on :-) from brass and aluminum alloy whistles...
Big City Strings has Wegen picks and their shipping is only $1.95 per order.
Jude
String it up, lets hear it without any finish. You may have started something big.
Jude
Steve Kaufman has a mandolin instruction book, "Flatpicking the Gospels for Mandolin" at Flatpik.com.
Jude
You might cover it with blue painters tape to keep stuff out until you decide on a fix.
Jude
I bought mine on ebay.
Jude
I was hoping you wouldn't notice that. My bad, senior moment or should I say senior minutes? You pointed me in the right direction and I missed it. Thanks again for your help.
Jude
Got it! A little counter clockwise did the trick. I can actually see the string move a half-a-hair when I do the bit with the first and twelfth frets. A dollar has a very small amount of drag whereas...
I understand all of that and I agree with you but no one has answered my question. I use the G string for a straight edge, capoing at the first fret, holding the string down at the fourteenth fret....
Understood, I just want enough so that I can slide a business card between the strings and 6th fret to insure that there isn't any back bow. I got this recommendation from Frets.com.
Which way do should I turn the truss rod, clockwise or counter-clockwise to increase fingerboard relief? The mandolin is a Kentucky 505 and has no relief in the fingerboard.
Jude
It is a Kentucky, you can see part of the label on the inside of the body. Nowhere does it say it is a kit. The neck was originally attached with a dovetail. You can see the remains of it. The dowel...
Yep, it's food grade mineral oil with carnauba and beeswax added.
Jude
A light application of mineral oil will work and you can also use it in the kitchen on cutting boards and wooden utensils.
Jude
I read it as a married woman giving a single girl advice about married life.
Jude
Hi Bill,
Did you send the magazine off to someone? Just wondering.
Cheers,
Jude
Email sent to you Bill. I was nineteen years old in 1956 and used to buy the mag every month. Would enjoy reading fit again.
Jude
Insist that the buyer sends the cashiers check to whoever's going to pick up the iten. Let them cash it and pay you cash. The way he wants to do it looks like a scam to me. I've heard about this...
This mando appears to be listed here in the Cafe Classifieds and has been relisted on ebay.
Jude
I would offer a couple of hundred less than I was willing to pay. He make take it or make a counter offer you can live with.
I like the looks of that one and would willingly pay a thousand for it if...