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    Re: Rigel tailpiece again

    I hadn't played my G110 for a couple of years, opened up the case and surprise - one of the G string hooks had broken. I emailed Gold Tone and bought a couple of "B" stock replacements for a very...
  2. Re: Don Kawalek Mandolin Building Workshop, March 25-30, 2018

    Have a well earned rest Don - pour yourself a large martini - oh wait!

    Are you going to build instruments to order?

    Hop you guys enjoyed the workshop, your builds look pretty good.
  3. Re: Don Kawalek Mandolin Building Workshop, March 25-30, 2018

    Sterling - I've been to several of Don's camps and enjoyed every one - my first had about twenty people attending and Don was running around like a crazy guy trying to make sure everyone went home...
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    Re: Kawalek Build Workshop in Virginia

    Two participants! You guys will have a great time and with Don's attention between two of you, you should finish up with something special. At the first camp I did with Don back in 2003 I think we...
  5. Thread: Workshops

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    Re: Workshops

    Sorry to hear you are winding it up Don.
    I still have my mando from the early Front Royal Days - not much to look at compared to the more recent kits, but it still very playable. The Front Royal...
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    Re: Who's your favourite CBOM player???

    Brian McNeill in his Battlefield Band days
  7. Thread: The Hurricane

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    Re: The Hurricane

    One of the Simon Mayor books (forget which one) has fantastic tab for The Hurricane, it shows how he uses open strings to aid the left hand position change to get to the high bits with enough fingers...
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    Re: The Kawalek Workshops

    Most people bring along other instruments and jam in the evenings - or you can sit round and have a few beers with guys from all over the place. It obviously depends on the characters who show up but...
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    Re: The Kawalek Workshops

    I'm a serial attender (?offender) at Don's camps. Accommodation is basic and food is plentiful. The evenings can be riotous. Building with Don's help is great fun - as long as you can tolerate his...
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    Re: Don Kawalek's Mando/OM Banjo Building Camp

    Hi Jeff - you should have dropped by one day to see how things were going, we would have kept some beer cold for you - good fun as before.
    Karen, I've been trying to convince Don for ages to make a...
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    Re: Don Kawalek's Mando/OM Banjo Building Camp

    Leroy - it is fun - especially if you like pork/bacon - I guess it must be a staple in that part of Virginia. It's only a few miles away from Appomattox Court House National Park - well worth a...
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    Don Kawalek's Mando/OM Banjo Building Camp

    Here's a collection of photos from Don's camp in Appomattox that took place at the beginning of the month. Apologies to all the guys, I'd hoped to post these sooner.
    The camp was, as usual, a great...
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    Re: What if there was an electric mandolin camp?

    Don't know if Niles (mandocrucian) is still running any sort of group mando camps, this could very well be the sort of thing to tempt him back from his flute. I think he did an emando tutor with...
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    Re: Simon Mayer mandocello

    Just saw this and yes it is his Mike Vanden mandocello - but you already found that out. One thing I've always noticed about Simon's playing is how much he varies his "picking area' between close to...
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    Nicely done Barry, I'm interested, as I did mine at a camp where I could devote all day uninterrupted to the task - how long elapsed time do you think it took you start to finish.
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    I agree with Karen on the neck shaping, on the one hand it really is a piece of customization that you as a player are free within certain bounds to express your preferences, on the other hand those...
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    Barry, the binding is much easier if you have 4 hands. At the camp we teamed up to do this, glueing and taping a few inches at a time. It was pretty messy work and there was a lot of cleanup sanding...
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    Here's the one I did at Don's camp last year, the shot on the right was with flash.
    I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out, plays well and sounds good. One day I'll do a build from scratch...
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    I think it was Karen (Otterly) who mentioned about the hardware with Don's kit, I'd agree it's not "high end" but clearly meets the needs of the majority of folks who are trying this building...
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    Re: IRISH BOUZOUKI (OCTAVE MANDOLIN) Kits

    Kip, talk to Don regarding the OM kit, I went to the camp last year, had a blast and came home with a pretty reasonable good sounding OM. It sounds like your woodworking skills are way beyond mine,...
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    Re: Beginning luthier

    Another vote for Don K. If you can get to one of his camps - it's a blast, if not, his kit + teaching support is hard to beat.
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    Re: Strings for octave mando?

    I don't understand why CBOM builders/owners don't fit tailpieces that will take both loop and ball end strings. That, and a tension calculator should be enough to let you use your favorite materials...
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    Re: The finished article

    Thanks Bill, I guess the one in the middle without any reflections or flash is the closest, the top is redwood and I believe Don just sprayed it with nitro so no additional staining. I'll take a...
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    The finished article

    I previously posted some pictures of the OM I built at Don Kawaleks camp in April, at the time I asked Don if he could spray it for me. I picked the finished article up from on yesterday.
    I'm pretty...
  25. Re: John Hamlett is my hero! Sully resurrected again

    Another fan here, I'm just back from a 12 hour round trip drive to John's place to pick up an instrument he was fixing for me. Despite my best efforts over the winter my cittern suffered a top crack...
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