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    Re: Pomerory - Don Paine

    Wow...I love that color.

    Mine is 224 - close enough to be siblings
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    Re: Pomerory - Don Paine

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    Family portrait
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    Pomerory - Don Paine

    I just bought my 2nd Pomeroy from Don.

    This is a (in his words) "bare bones" oval hole A, to join my 2 point violin style built in 2018.

    His fit and finish and choice of woods is wonderful....
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    Re: Just got a Pomeroy two point

    Reach out to Don...I'm sure would be happy to make you one -
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    Re: Just got a Pomeroy two point

    Wait until I get your armrest on it! I'll be sure to post pics
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    Re: Just got a Pomeroy two point

    I had a Campanella Due for awhile and you're right: the construction is the same (both Don and Joe are violin makers).

    The Campy had a delicate sound; clarity of tone and also an emphasis on the...
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    Re: Just got a Pomeroy two point

    I should add Don made a pick guard for me as well....I'm also adding an ebony arm rest ordered from Doug Edwards of Hill Country Stringworks.

    If you don't know Doug's work, you should...another...
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    Re: Just got a Pomeroy two point

    Here's a pic: the more I play it, the more I like it....and yes, it is the one on his site.

    Besides wonderful depth of tone, it has one of the most comfortable necks I've ever played. I find the...
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    Just got a Pomeroy two point

    Built like a violin...haven't played it a lot yet, but out of the box, the instrument already had a voice. Seemed to emphasize the highs, but overall very balanced and if I wanted to, would be a...
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    Re: Campanella "Due" in the classifieds

    I owned one for awhile (not this one)...a marvelous instrument...played quite well, with a sound that was well suited to classical, jazz, swing or old-time...never took it out to play chop chords.
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    Eastman MD614 Oval Hole F Model

    I just purchased one; got one new for dealer cost - just couldn't pass it up.

    I've played a couple of oval holes in the past, I like the sound as a player and since I'm exclusively a swing and...
  12. Thread: WTB: Mandola

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    Re: WTB: Mandola

    - Please limit selling and buying activities to the Classifieds section of this web site or other external locations.
  13. Thread: WTB: Mandola

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    WTB: Mandola

    Please post in the Classifieds per forum posting guidelines. You'll get a better response there. No harm done.

    - Please limit selling and buying activities to the Classifieds section of this web...
  14. Re: Western Swing - Stay All Night - Eldon Shamblin style chords

    Saxophones and trumpets are pitched in Bb and Eb...so when guitarists call for tunes in E or C (those that haven't mastered barre chords) it pitches the horns in F# or C# (alto sax) or D and A: not...
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    Re: Suggestions on Buzz and another oddity

    Thanks Mandobart, this is a travel kickaround mandolin, so I was trying to not spend too much...and just changed strings, so the prospect of changing the bridge...but something I have been thinking...
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    Re: Suggestions on Buzz and another oddity

    Well, can't do relief: there's no truss rod on the Muddy's...nor is the bridge adjustable.

    Yeah, playing around with the nut might not be a bad idea. I might try filing down the 11th fret and see...
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    Suggestions on Buzz and another oddity

    I have recently acquired a Big Muddy koa...very nice sounding mandolin...the sound reminds me of a Weber Oval hole I had some time ago.

    However; two things bother me, both on the 3rd string, the...
  18. Re: Western Swing - Stay All Night - Eldon Shamblin style chords

    Great stuff, Pete...thanks for posting.

    Eldon was truly a master of the electric guitar and who seemed to absorb a great deal from both Charley Christian and Freddie Green
  19. Thread: My eBay rant

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    Re: My eBay rant

    In 1996 when eBay was just getting off the ground, it was really the first of it's kind.

    Brick and mortar shops had limited (if any) online presence and forums had not yet gotten to the point...
  20. Re: Campanella mandolin - opportunity to purchase

    I happen to own a Campanella mandolin.
    A two point (is that a duetto?) with the violin appointments...after owning and playing Flatirons, Gibsons (inlcuding one signed by Bruce Weber), Weber's,...
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