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    Re: Origin and significance of "The"

    True, but that wasn't until what... the mid-50's he did that? I wonder if the guy who has the original laminate that he tore up will ever donate it to the Bill Monroe Museum in Bean Blossom someday....
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    Re: Origin and significance of "The"

    Okay, thanks for the lesson in marketing history, Allen. What I kind of get today is that modern builders use it to kind of indicate, "Hey, this is our best stuff." I do like my imagined Bill...
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    Origin and significance of "The"

    I'm new to the mandolin world. I only play occasionally and very poorly. The reason I'm here is because of my daughter who is 10 and has been playing about a year and a half, so I'm still learning...
  4. Newer Kentucky KM-855 or 80's Kentucky KM-800 (Jap)?

    I'm looking at these two models in approximately the same price range. I'm really only interested in quality here though. I know the 80's KM-800 would not be made in the Sumi workshop of the day,...
  5. Re: How to get good resonance from back of mandolin

    I went ahead and got one for her. She does rest the heel of her palm just behind bridge. But I figure if it's good enough for Ricky Skaggs - well...
  6. Re: How to get good resonance from back of mandolin

    Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.
  7. How to get good resonance from back of mandolin

    My daughter plays mandolin but she has one minor issue that needs work and I'm not sure how to help her with it. When she holds the mandolin against her body, it mutes the back of the instrument and...
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    Re: High pitch vibration when playing an A

    Okay. Thanks for all the non-responses, but in case someone else has the same thing, it was the two G strings buzzing against each other behind the nut. A tiny piece of foam between them fixed it.
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    High pitch vibration when playing an A

    I'm having a problem that seems to have developed in the last couple days. When I play an "A" note I get a very high pitched buzz/whine. It's not fret buzz. It's just a high pitched sound that is...
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    Re: Bridge angle after setting intonation

    Yeah, I thought of that too, but it is indeed on correctly. My OCD eventually won out and i adjusted the treble side slightly close and the bass side slightly back. Now the G is -2 cents, D is...
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    Re: Bridge angle after setting intonation

    Yes, I completely understand about compensation on fretted instruments. I've done at least 40 or 50 setups over the years on everything from Les Pauls to 12 string acoustics to mandolins. But like...
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    Re: Bridge angle after setting intonation

    Okay, so it is a fairly common phenomenon then. Odd that it's only on certain mandos that it comes out that way with a precision setup. I'm kinda OCD about symmetry, but I guess I'll just have to...
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    Bridge angle after setting intonation

    I just wanted to run this past everyone here. Not a big deal, but something of a curiosity. I just received my daughter's The Loar LM-590 and I was setting it up as I always do with new guitars and...
  14. Thread: Hybrid Mando?

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    Re: Hybrid Mando?

    Not saying I have any plans to do it. Just curious if it has successfully been done.
  15. Thread: Hybrid Mando?

    by bossfrog
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    Hybrid Mando?

    Has anyone ever taken an F-hole mandolin and put about a 2" hole at the base of the neck to see if they could get some of that depth and sustain associated with oval hole mandos along with some...
  16. Re: im only strum down when fingering. is that bad?

    Ashoken Farewell. Not a real fast song, but very easy for noobs and a pretty song to boot. If you don't know how it sounds, there's Youtube.
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    Re: Refinishing a mandolin?

    No lemon oil... Got it!
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    Re: Refinishing a mandolin?

    Thanks for all the responses so far!

    I'm fine with removing the poly. I actually restore furniture on the side for a hobby/extra income and once removed an 1/8" layer of the stuff from a large...
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    Refinishing a mandolin?

    I have a Rover RM50 that Ibought from Eelderly a few weeks ago. The setup is top notch but I can't help to think it could sound better. I'm considering sanding down the thick polyurethane finish it...
  20. Re: Yes this is a mandolin forum but surely there's a fiddle expe

    I did that as well as a couple other violin forums but they all require approval from the administrator before being allowed to post. I'm trying to get a quick opinion or two before someone else...
  21. Yes this is a mandolin forum but surely there's a fiddle expert?

    I am looking to buy my wife a good beginner violin for her birthday. She doesn't want anything expensive because she doesn't know whether she'll stick with it. So I was looking on ebay and wondered...
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    Re: Are Irish Jigs More Written or "Discovered?"

    Of course, but are most composed on the spot and then put to paper or would most be composed note by note in a composer's studio? I'm guessing more were probably composed very spontaneously.
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    Re: Are Irish Jigs More Written or "Discovered?"

    Sure, and I get what you're saying. Often the tune you think you're making up in your head is something you've heard in some form or another and perhaps expressing only slightly differently. When I...
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    Re: Are Irish Jigs More Written or "Discovered?"

    'Tis the difference between a composer and a performer.
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    Are Irish Jigs More Written or "Discovered?"

    Okay, that might sound silly but here's why I ask. My daughter started taking mandolin lessons last week. She's 8 and not the biggest self-starter but she truly is wanting to learn. So, I sold one...
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