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Typically in New Zealand we read forum discussions about new instruments , and then it is a few months before the first samples arrive here.
. Six Kentucky 606 mandolin recently arrived in NZ....

Sunburst, Tavy, thankyou for the advice. I will try hot water, and strong vinegar separately on parts of the open top/side joint - see if anything dissolves. I would have expected hide glue because...

Good morning mandolin lovers. Here's a little repair query from New Zealand. I have been hanging around on the Cafe for years, rarely offering any ideas - because someone else has usually done it...

As Rack specifically asked me for this NZ store's contact details, I guess it is acceptable to post it here:
Alistair's music, 215 Cuba St, PO Box 9527, Wellington. (04) 917 4487. Nice people,...

My Lafferty F5 wide-neck arrived in New Zealand last week. I am delighted with the instrument and very happy with the service from Dennis. It's exactly what I wanted - fat lower end, not too bright...

Kia Ora Rack. Congrats on discovering the delights of mandolin. I don't know where you are, but if you are near Welly, I think there's a monthly americana jam at Miaow cafe which might interest you....

More than feasible if one happens to prefer octaves a couple of cents sharp :) Thanks for the number crunching.

(quote from David C.)..... " fret spacing using a divisor less than.... 17.817. If you were to use a divisor of around 17.75...with approx .025" nut compensation, you can focus more of the net...

David Collins referred to some old Gibson boards ".... first fret is often already a cent or two flatter than modern standard, and frets two through four often range from 5-7¢ flat....

David, if...

Absolutely agree with David C. "most motive for nut compensation ....disappears, or ....diminishes greatly", after string height at nut and clearance over 1st fret has been lowered to a working...

Following on my previous thread.... Some folks were interested in how the neck was joined on this Samick A-model. A shadow of a glue joint was faintly showing through the finish; I noticed that the...

... rather half-arsed joint that uses two wooden dowels to secure the neck. Underneath the fretboard is a rather large trussrod rig that is best avoided....

Hi Rob, Big Joe, Coop. Thank you for...

This is a kind of recycling project. I intend to remove a bendy bad-grain neck from an arch-top A-model Samick mandolin and make it a new, slightly longer neck and fingerboard, for 15 inch scale and...