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I vote shooting board.

Becky,

The tailpiece, though plain, is fine.

The tuners really surprised me! I think they are pretty good.

The nut? No good (Plastic). Go to PetSmart or some such pet store and find their...

As far as building one of these things, I would NOT make it my first build.

I strongly recommend the Stew-Mac Ukulele kit as a starter project. I built 2 of them and it really taught me a lot.
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Jean,

I was in France in 2005 on a tour with Wayne Henderson.

Were you the fellow who brought a mandolin to one of our shows for Wayne to see?

Greg in Tennessee

See my thread here for an idea.

First IV Kit

After gathering information from this message board, I purchased the A-style mandolin kit from International Violin.

I completed a couple of the Stew-Mac Ukulele kits last year before tackling...

Heritage Insurance

These guys here know what they are doing and no don't depend on homeowners or auto insurance to cover valuable instruments.

I have purchased several instruments from them with never a problem. They are one of the premier dealers in the US.

Probably a little wiggle room on the prices but I think they are usually a...

Some folks may not have a reamer, so for me the easiest solution is to cut a small strip of paper, maybe 1/4" wide and an inch or two long. Wrap the paper strip around the tapered part of the pin and...

Good point...........but the fellow who is builiding it for me is a good friend and will trust my judgement. Curly maple is common in our area but quilted is a little tougher to find.

Those are...

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Sounds great...........THANKS

I am looking to buy a set of mandolin tonewood for a very special mandolin I am having built.

I want a set of fancy, nice quilted maple.

Who would you folks recommend as THE person who could...

Jonas,

That is excellent! The tune is played simple and straight and the guitar back-up is very tasty.

Your mandolin sounds very, very nice.

Great job.

The builder is Audey Ratliff and he lives not far from me.

Give him a call at his shop. I'm sure he'll try and work soething out for you..........a great guy.

Phone is 423-357-4381.

I hope this is not a duplicate post.

Here's a little Christmas greeting with a couple of mandolin pickers you may know. Click on the link below and enjoy.



Jingle Bells !!

Willie,

It's hard to disagree.

As you look at how music has been performed over the millenia, we can easily say that most music heard over these past centuries was heard live and unamplified to...

From my experience, at these bigger festivals, the sound support is contracted to an outside company. I would guess that most of those outfits have a lot of experience with pop/country/rock concerts,...

Our luthier friend Wayne Henderson will be playing on Prairie Home Companion this Thanksgiving weekend.

Enjoy.

I just checked one of those videos.

Adam gets extra points because he had his shirt-tail tucked in. (Bass player had a Hawaiian shirt so tail-out is allowed)

Regular shirt-tail out is 50...

[/QUOTE]Tennbidder,

I meant to tell you in my last post how impressed I was with your improvements to the Uke kit.

I don't know how to put a link to a thread but if anyone wants to see...

I just finished one of these kits and I was very pleased with the way it came out.

I did not cut the "extra" off the top or back until I had glued each piece to the sides.

I think if you glue...

I think I'm in love

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You're right !

It IS Sunday Night! Rick had me all torn up.............but I'm better now.

All together now..........Kumbaya,my Lord.................Kumbaya....................

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Moderators, Thanks for leaving this thread open ! It's been great!

Rick,
You keep talking about instruments; I'm talking about attitudes and courtesy. I was just pulling your leg a little bit in...

Nice educated reply, but we weren't disputing your advice, for the most part. I did not disagree that it needed to be looked at by a professional.

We were just disputing your attitude.

No, you...