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    Re: couple of beauties on Ebay

    And I thought this Rustoleum burst was bad:...
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    Re: Alvarez f style mandolin - "the alvarez"

    Anyone have an idea about the double point model in the above ad? My wife's cousin has one, but he's four states away and I have no way of evaluating it, except that it's never been out of it's case...
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    Re: Do Mandolin Frets wear out over time?

    Benny mentioned that you can build up notches that are too deep with bone dust and super glue. Recently I learned that you can use baking soda and ca glue with good results. I can't say whether one...
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    Re: Ash as tonewood?

    As Len mentioned, ash has long been used in Fender style bodies. It isn't commonly used in necks AFAIK. Depending on the variety, ash is pretty dense and makes for pretty heavy instrument parts. I...
  5. Thread: Tremolo

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    Re: Tremolo

    Listening to the CD Traversata with David Grisman/Beppe Gambetta/Carlo Aonzo prompted me to look up this thread. "Oh, Mio Babbino Caro" is a gorgeous little gem with some incredibly delicate tremolo...
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    Re: Top-Center Joint Separation

    I was reminded of this tool at Stewmac:
    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Knives/1/PowerKnife/Pictures.html#details

    No user serviceable parts here, though.
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    I finally overcame my hesitancy to permanently screw up an instrument and fixed this one. In two steps I glued the crack itself and installed a transverse brace to ward off further cracks. I carved...
  8. Thread: Yikes!!!!

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    Re: Yikes!!!!

    When I was a toddler I beat the snot out of the ivory keys on my grandma's piano with a Lincoln Log. Needless to say I heard about that more than once growing up.
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    Thanks for your help on this Paul. I'll try to get some time next weekend to go to work on it.

    This board is a fantastic resource!
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    So gluing the crack itself is the easy part and the first step in any case. The challenge would be fitting the lateral brace to the proper curvature and cutting notches to accommodate the existing...
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    There are just the two longitudinal braces, each positioned directly under the bridge, and they extend to the edge of the soundhole. There is no transverse bracing.

    I was also thinking along the...
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    Paul, I have the earlier, larger sound hole model. I raided the wife's cosmetics stash and found a suitable little mirror that I epoxied onto a stiff wire and looked inside with an LED headlamp as a...
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    Thanks, Rick. I'll poke around with a mirror this weekend and post my findings.
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    Thanks for the kind wishes, Jamie. As far as the mando goes, I'm a DIY kind of guy so this is something I look forward to tackling. Just want to be sure i'm approaching it from the right direction....
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    Re: Paris Swing repair question

    I bought it from a guy on Ebay, so it appears I'm on my own.:(
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    Paris Swing repair question

    Hi folks- I'm new to the forum. Last year I bought a Chinese made Paris Swing D-hole mandolin on Ebay:

    http://www.janetdavismusic.com/paris_d_hole.html

    that I immediately fell in love with...
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