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[QUOTE=HonketyHank;1877081]Two things I am curious about:
a) what year was your Yellowstone made?
b) I am surprised that it had polyurethane or that it was so thick./QUOTE]

This looks to be a...

sounds like you certain, and i won’t disagree, but when trying to get that stuff off was very thick and hard and having stripped some strat bodies that i know were poly was very similar

the original condition of the mando with that pick rash is how i got it, the second is my best attempt at copying a Weber distressed model

Weber Yellowstone, I posted about this awhile back but I've made some improvements so here you go.
after removing what seemed like 5 pounds of poly on this and revealing some awesome flame also...

if you need to get more of a gap between the feet you can take a box cutter type razor blade and scrape that out very easily. Some folks prefer a complete fitting bridge also

Thank you, thank you very much

This Northfield is my main player, I like everything about it but thought that it deserved a nicer truss rod cover so I fabricated my own out of ebony.

Thanks Bob, I will have to try those on my Northfield

fine picking BTW

I agree, I've got a CA bridge waiting to be fitted.

Charles, didn't fill it with anything just sanded the existing finish off then went back with some lacquer, the pick rash is actually below where the previous spot is. I was going for the wear I saw...

Mike it was actually what I think is called a dark cherry finish

It's definitely louder, and what I consider a woody tone that wasn't there before. I had the same thing happen on an F4 that somebody had refinished and put way to many coats of nitro on. Yes there...

This started on this thread awhile back. I'll post before and after pics here also. This mandolin had some awesome flame that was hidden and with all the heavy finish removed this mando really barks...

Wow, just stumbled on this thread about my mando, I actually don't know how the top got like that, i got it in a trade and the previous owner didn't say, the most surprising question while on ebay i...

I always put a new set of exp's on my Gibson about a week before Winfield and they last very well, but the festival is about 3 weeks of nonstop jamming for me and by the time the festival is over...

Perry, sounds good to me!

Bill, I agree, I may do more to it or give it back to my boy and see how much more distressing he can do to it :)

Well lets see when I first got this I scraped the neck, then I recently let my grandson use it well he's hard on his stuff and put some pretty good divots in the top. So I started to sand them out. I...

I guessing this would take a big chunk of my retirement savings. I might have to work a little longer

Maybe you could get Bill to reshape for you, from Mandofest 2005@Mass Street Music

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I understand what the op is asking for but after reading all the books and learning all the notes the best tool I've found is having a friend to jam with that is patient enough to let you try...

Recorded this a couple of years ago in Olathe, looking forward to seeing Sam again in July



http://youtu.be/FpvKnTFKLpY

Yes I'll be there Friday night, hope to get some good jamming in. Always a good time and lots of jamming

On the Loar 600 I own I thought the bridge was ok it just needed to be fit better and I didn't like the post and thumb wheels on it though kinda cheap looking. I've owned and own several mando's and...

Congrats on the new 400! That back looks great! I'm very happy with my 600 and have hot rodded quite a lot