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  1. Re: Any clues about this British-made mandolin?

    It looks similar to, but not the same as, an Ashbury Style E. The body is very similar, but the headstock is different. I think they were designed by Phil Davidson, but were/are not built by him.
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    Re: New Fender (casein?) Pick

    I think these new Fender picks may come from the same source as Clayton NuTone protein picks. The material, the slightly odd colours, the packaging and price are all very similar. I have a NuTone and...
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    Re: mystery bouzouki II

    I think it's a Paul Hathway. I wouldn't have guessed from the body, but the headstock shape, nut and zero fret look very much like my recently-sold Hathway mandola. I think the label visible...
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    Re: DR 11 strings stockists Europe

    Schneidermusik.de in Germany also have them. If you buy a few sets at a time, the cost per set comes down and the shipping probably isn't too bad.
  5. Thread: Hawk picks.

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    Re: Hawk picks.

    Keratin isn't all the same. Tortoiseshell is predominantly composed of beta-keratins making it much harder and more rigid than horn, which is mostly alpha-keratins. To achieve the same stiffness, a...
  6. Thread: Hawk picks.

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    Re: Hawk picks.

    Hawk picks are made from casein, the same as Red Bears. If you can get one, buying a Red Bear pick from the UK would cost about $42 before any taxes - that would be a more appropriate comparison.
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    Re: Cool: John Paul Jones plays mandolin-2000

    It looks like his 1997 Manson. There are some photos on Andy Manson's website here.
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    Re: Fylde Portugese in OrchestrA

    You can easily remove the octave string on the C/G courses if you wanted a more conventional sound. Depending on how much you need to play in higher positions, you might have problems with the...
  9. Re: Mandolin setup in north east England????? Help me!

    Thanks for the reminder, Nigel. I remember reading on your website that you'd moved to Leipzig.
  10. Re: so a song can be played in any key, but is it? Usually?

    Playing Fisher's Hornpipe in F also wasn't Kenny Baker's wild idea - a lot of older versions of the tune are written in F.
  11. Re: Sobell instruments... becoming very expensive?

    It doesn't help with the current value, but I remember getting a Sobell price list sometime around 2004-ish. At that time, IIRC, small-bodied rosewood mandolins were around £2400 and maple-backed...
  12. Re: Mandolin setup in north east England????? Help me!

    You could ask Nigel Crinson in Hartlepool. He's a violin/guitar builder, but he may have experience with mandolins. He doesn't seem to have a website at the moment, but you could contact him...
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    Re: Sierra Hull's official Black River Video

    I don't think it has a slotted headstock. To me, it looks like it could be a standard Gibson acoustic guitar headstock shape, or at least is based around that shape. Apart from the headstock, it...
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    Re: Irish/Portuguese Bouzouki

    According to Graham MacDonald in this thread, Dave Richardson's first octave mandolin-type instrument was made in 1970 by Gerald Short:


    I also found the following info here:


    There's a video...
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    Re: APC Guitar Bodied Zouk?

    Café member garryireland has one (the first one?) with a cedar top. You posted in the thread about it back in August/September. ;)
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    Re: Irish/Portuguese Bouzouki

    Sobell's first cittern was intended as a sort of hybrid of a Martin archtop guitar and a Portuguese guitarra, not a Gibson mandolin, so the Portuguese connection to Sobell's instruments is fairly...
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    Re: Rationalising introduction to mandolin

    If you don't mind a flat-top, you can get a used Oakwood for £450 that should be good quality. Fylde Touchstone mandolins are around £800-£1150 new, depending on the model, and are very good - the...
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    Re: The Mandolin- A History. Where is it?

    Link to the ad.
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    Re: GHS String question.

    Yes, the Strings and Things website is essentially useless, but I found them helpful when I emailed them.
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    Re: GHS String question.

    If you buy a pick direct from Blue Chip and pay the cheapest shipping to the UK (~$7) plus all the appropriate taxes, it still works out at around $50, so the UK dealer may not be ripping you off as...
  21. Re: Picked up a very nice Strat-o-Lin today! Any info?

    Is this what you mean?
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    Re: Polka Picking?

    It depends on the tune, but I would usually play the straight 8th notes (and anything longer) in polkas as downstrokes, the dotted 8th/16ths as DU and the 16ths DU. As the tempo goes up, I'd...
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    Re: reason for carved top

    They seem more common in the UK. Stefan Sobell and Paul Shippey are probably the best known for carved top mandolins with a flat back, but Richard Osborne has also made some. I notice that they...
  24. Thread: Tone Rite

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    Re: Tone Rite

    There is at least one study in which IBS patients were openly given a placebo and told that it contained no active ingredients, but their symptoms still showed an improvement.

    The placebo effect...
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    Re: Abnett with synthetic back?

    I think the 3-piece back was Peter Abnett's original design, first made around 1970. I've seen Abnetts with the synthetic backs advertised a few times, but it's possible they were different ads for...
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