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The golden age of the Neapolitan lutherie (1750–1800): new insights on the varnishes and decorations of ten historic mandolins

I have three custom made armrests from David Brown, in Australia. They are the best you can get.

... and Mike Marshall, Radim Zenkl, Paul Glasse, Emory Lester and a few others..

I'd say that the G strings are the bottom strings and the E strings are the top ones...

I just installed the last registered version with no problems. Alan, when you purchased TablEdit your received an email with a user name and password and a download lin. Click on the link, enter your...

The Mandolin Store has a nice looking Eastman MD 604 (oval hole) for $599 (NFI).

If your list includes used mandos, Rigels A+ should be in there. They are a great value and usually sell for a little less than $1500.

True. I had all the work done on mine knowing it was a hit-or-miss thing, and it fortunately worked out fine, but I could end up with a cool looking ornament only.

Not only cool looking. I have one of those Framus Nevada, with a mahogany back and sides and a black pickguard that I bought from Dennis Vance. The neck was slightly bowed, so I had a new neck...

I had to drill new holes to fit a Weber cast tailpiece into my Weber Y2K.

All my mandolins (Breedlove OF, Rigel A+ Deluxe, Weber Y2K5, Framus Nevada mandolinetto, Eastwood Mandocaster, TC Octave and Mann 5-SEM Octave) say that I need to buy less mandolins and practice...

Mi father used to play the violin and he flew to San Diego a few weeks back to pass his instrument to his granddaughter, who is a gifted musician at 15 (she started playing the clarinet and the flute...

I believe that's a mandolin banjo. A banjolin has only four strings.

Very respectfully and not to start and argument or to hijack the thread, but the mandolin is always in fifths, no fourths. The interval between g and d’ is a fifth going up and from d’ to g is a...

That clarifies a lot, thank you mandroid and Ted. I am the proud owner of a Rigel A+ Deluxe, and it's great to know that Pete is back into handcrafting so fine instruments, even as a one man shop...

This reads today on the Rigel Instruments website homepage:

"February 3, 2010 - Rigel mandolins are now available directly from Rigel. These mandolins are still made in the USA using the finest...

NFI, but I use this "String Wizard" tool from John Pearse to create loop end strings from ball ends. It works really well.

Reading Alan's post (I totally agree - I have to re tune my mandolins after it rains), and also knowing that at cold temperatures my mandolins go flat and sharp when it's hot, it makes sense that...

Ditto + to all of you and your loved ones. Laissez les bon temps roulez...

I wouldn't mind telling her about how much I pay for my music purchases (instruments, accessories, books, recording equipment, etc.), but she doesn't ask...

Another vote for Dennis, Kathy and Brian at The Mandolin Store. I have purchased five instruments (and multiple accessories) from them in the last two years and their set up and customer service are...

Scott, please change to Sergio Saldivar.

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I think it basically has to do with what the dealer is offering: just an instrument "as it is" or an instrument with a set up (which would of course include playable strings). I don't think that we...

Isn´t this what pickguards and armrests are precisely intended to prevent? :)

Sergio

Even when I totally agree that sound and playability come first, I want to make a case for the looks of an instrument: A well-crafted mandolin is an object of beauty, designed to be pleasant not only...