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  1. Thread: Osage Orange

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    Re: Osage Orange

    They also supplied the bridge wood in vintage Dobro spider bridge mandolins.
  2. Re: De Meglio bowlback mandolin: Tuner head graft

    It may have happened, but I have yet to personally ever see a vintage Italian mandolin that did not have a grafted peghead.
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    Re: Stradolins getting kinda pricey?

    I have two vintage Stradolins with in the asymmetrical headstock in my collection.
    They are out there.
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    Re: Archtops of note?

    I don't usually look at the picture forum, thanks. Not a lot of builders post new classical mandolins in the forum (kind of a niche of a niche) so welcome! BTW, I have a classical archtop that was...
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    Re: Bowlbacks of Note

    Something about the soundhole and the tip of the fingerboard says German to me...
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    Re: Mystery mandolin

    Maybe some interior detail will give a clue, but it looks likely Germanic to me rather than Italian. Very nice simple elegance to the construction. How does it sound?
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    Re: Solid Body Mandos

    These can be surprisingly good with a little setup work and a 50$ pickup upgrade. IMO, after that it takes probably $500 to buy better.
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    Re: Question re: Carved top/back

    I got to check out Sunburst's Flat top/back mandola- lovely sound!

    I am tempted to guess that by choosing an oval hole instead of F holes, the OP has already narrowed down the largest predictable...
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    Re: Another old bowl...Any insights

    Time estimate may be rightish, but it's not Greek. It's very American in build style, and the headstock end looks most like Lyon and Healy to me. Regardless, the build quality puts it as an upper...
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    Re: Phoenix mandolin bluegrass model

    I have a Classical model as well. So comfortable! Moving around on it doesn't feel like work. I have heard a bluegrass model in person but did not get to play it. I thought it sounded beautiful....
  11. Re: Anyone familiar with 1930's Dobro mandolins?

    Dave, they have rather different sounds. The Dobros are spider-bridge type, rather than biscuit bridge, very chimey and mellower. Not as loud as a National, to be sure. I have a Dobro mandolin and...
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    Re: Bowlbacks of Note

    I thought very hard about trying for this one- I had the same model once in mandolin size, and it was very nice sounding, comparable to Martin or Vega. Only sold it because the neck was just too...
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    Re: Guiseppe Uglis Catania

    Dave, they don't always have the Reale part, and if you look above Jim posted an undoubted Puglisi brand with not an ant but some kind of Lyre in the center, so I still wouldn't rule it out.
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    Re: Historical Information on Gibson mandolins

    Folks just getting into mandolins don't know LLoyd Loar from Adam, therefore the name isn't doing any harm. It's just a hat tip.
    I have never ever encountered anybody familiar with the name who...
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    Re: Kingston Bowlback?

    This is one of the Japanese labels that seems the same as the more common Suzuki. If it's in playable shape, you can't really expect to pay less. The sound will likely not be super-impressive, as...
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    Re: Intonation - Bridge Placement

    Lots of perfectly normal setup issues can cause bridge position to need a slight nudge. String choice and bridge height can really affect this, for example. A refretting means you will get a setup...
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    Re: jamgrass bands

    This seems like another situation of listener confusion- because if Rascall Flatts actually call themselves Bluegrass I'll eat my hat.

    Mistaken genre labeling by casual fans is only loosely...
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    Re: What is my mandolin?

    Style is American, probably Chicago made. Very unlikely to be 1860's or 70's. The mandolin craze didn't start until the 1880's, and that is a mass-produced inexpensive model of the sort not needed...
  19. Re: Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Blue Grass Stomp

    One thing that has become painfully apparent to me is that jazz guys and non-jazz fans have very different points at which they think someone is no longer playing the melody. Quite a lot of essence...
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    Re: Tuning problems, chords don't sound right!

    Different bridge, Jim, this one's electric. If the frets are level, then bridge saddles and nut are all there is to adjust. I have one of these, and the intonation is fine if the setup is good. The...
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    Re: mystery of bridge shapes

    They don't have correct intonation straight, but easier is cheaper and that's why it was done. You'd be amazed at the horrible intonation people apparently put up with on cheapos a hundred years ago.
  22. Re: Interest for possible Agile Tenor AL (Les Paul-style) model.

    That might get me to buy a tenor for the first time...
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    Re: Trying to identify an old mandolin.

    Plastx (from auto store) will work great to clean up dirt and shine the finish. Try just a very lightly damp cloth first. Don't do too much, you don't want to remove finish, that's a french polish...
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    Re: Trying to identify an old mandolin.

    Looks like the normal veneered Italian headstock join to me, not a replacement job. 99% odds this is late 19th or early 20thC. Italian, Neapolitan in style, though not necessarily from Naples. Far...
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    Re: mandolin and fiddle destroyed

    I don't know about that, the Holiday season is just around the corner!
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