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I didn't ask or know that was an option. The neck feels different to me though. I'll ask him if that's the case. It's certainly thin and allows me to position my hand better..feels thinner or...

Binding and purfling:

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Back close up...colors not completely on. The web safe colors don't allow the picture to show the subtle honey color of the back and rosette.

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The front...the soundhole actually is more delicate looking in person. It looks bigger in pictures but fits the body quite well...I didn't like it in the pictures he sent to me but loved it when I...

Ok guys,
I apologize up front for all the images. Also apologize I didn't get more detailed with my photos. The house I'm in here in the states is really cluttered and I was worried about dinging...

I'd go Garrison. The cedar top will be as durable as you allow it http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif . I've had one Cedar top OM and I loved what it did for the sound. A...

No insight needed...people want to make things sound good in order to sell them. There are mandolins that everyone loves to play that might not suit the owner...or maybe he's moving up even more....

I think it's a recent change as so many people were ordering customs with tone bars...kind of like the Bitterroot now being a tone bar, maple instrument. It's something that's been debated on these...

I fingerpicked a bit on my Crump guitar styled OM I had a couple years back. The thing was so balanced and the tone so easy from it...it was just as loud fingerpicking as flatpicking. He can build...

Seems like logic would say they were trying harder when first introduced to make a good impression in the market. I'd think you'd see the folks releasing them carefully scrutinizing them earlier on...

If you use Firefox mandolin cafe ALREADY has spelling check http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Only problem for some on the boards is you have to get close enough in...

I've played some flat Flatirons and some really, really nice ones that sung. Every MT I've played has been perfect and consistent the sound was great. So for me if buying used online without getting...

Thanks for that. I'd give my left arm to be able to hear/understand music well enough to tab or transpose something out. My playing enjoyment has always relied on folks who take the time to do that...

Careful for that. If it's too close you might get sued http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Too soon?

Paul

Apk said that just permission from the creator is usually good enough...I wish it were that simple. I make media stuff for a Christian based Relief and Development Organization. There was a small...

I've had photos used without my permission and it result in more work for me once people who viewed tracked me back down. I've personally bought over 300 dollars in music from folks that I've seen on...

I'm in an industry where reprint was always king and where the profit was made. I cut out reprints and give away digital negatives to clients so they can reprint. I've seen customer satisfaction go...

Less is more for me. The ones that go to black or whatever and look like someone barfed on the mandolin (cough Breedlove cough) drive me far away no matter what the sound. I've seen some Collings and...

He had an interview on co-mando a while back and said that his faith was written into his business plan and all practices. I started looking at and buying Webers after that. I'm not one to blindly...

I had this experience with TI strings.

What I meant was what you said. Our ears are subjective, but is technology that we created with our limited knowledge actual reality or is what we hear? That's the debate. We do hear the differences...

It's an interesting argument then. Because if it's our ears that pick up the phenomenon and technology is actually recording the reality we are in the debate as to whether what we perceive or...