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why not mount a pick up in the soundhole in an oval hole model? like LR Baggs and likeness do for guitars if thats the route you want to go. though a piezo or likeness sounds like the best way to...

That neck looks REAL tilted, never noticed that before. though I think the mandocaster was never quite stright either.

Steve Smith is the guy who played Uncle Red on the red green show in Canada on the CBC! he used duct tape to fix or build everything and had even had scotch endorshment. no wonder you are not into...

middle names, first letters of names use like "D Schneider" for example.

I did some looking on emando.com and found lots of mandolins like this, the aria and rouge and New York Pro are the same is the fender and the aria looks more like the BM-5. I think all these things...

there was a nice artical in the winter fretboard journal with a cigar box maker. he took them apart and thined them reassembled, well it was not a quickie project but a nice guitar! tin reso and...

I think we can add the Fender FM-52E to that list, same thing i think w/o headstock binding

I think it depends on if you consider your insterment art, like the music played on it or just a plain old tool.

Has anyone made a decent dust collecter dor their shop? if so how. also what effect does saw dust have on pets? just wondering.

you get to drive the new car I pay for

remember that europe trip you got that ate my play money

Count the times I fixed your car, home, parents stuff and a $10 hr wage would more then cover it.

Most insterment wood/ lumber stores will do resawing/planeing for a small charge. My local one has a luthier working at it. I have a 9" Ryobi that has worked so far for 7 solid bodys and only runs...

Is an indie fan I have heard meny VERY BAD sound men, to bad becouse the performer ends up looking bad to most in attendance.

This all boils down to can factory equipment do a better job then a guy with an assortment of mid grade tools. however the time a luthier spends on details a factory justs lets the cnc work alone in...

Dearing recomends a keyboard amp for its Crossfire E-banjo for all thats worth. I just use a small guitar amp and small effects board. Guys out thare use vintage Fender amps. It's all about what...

Anyone play his Trapazoiedal necks? those look quite weired. He got a patent for it though it looks like a normal unprofiled neck (or a square drobo neck) to me.

well here it ishttp://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr221/dandhr61/mandocasterback.jpg I know it was made out of 4 wood strips, I'm a cheap and out of money luthier

Very Nice mandolins!, how do you guys find the time to play all those?

Is that a modified banjo bridge? looks like the one on my banjo!

city boy? I lived in a small pulp and paper town of 900 for a time in northern ontario. I play acoustic and electric, I wanted a midrange between a strat and a real acoustic mando. That and I am a...

stupit question, will laquor over abs have a reaction. I had a model rc car body that did with laquor paint.

Thanks for all the help, it looks like I opened a can of worms here. Stewmac appers to be selling Weld-on Red, same is Johns idea so off to the hardware store tomarrow. Only fear is the kids (and...

the stew-mac plastic, I think ABS comes in white, cream or black

Hi all, first off I can't import the stew-mac binding glue so I need to know what hardware store brand will work to stick the plastic to a solid body electric. and any first time advice is great to...

thought about making one? 4 Alnico magnets, some flat work, 2 brasseyelets and a spoll of wire and some tools is all it takeshttp://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr221/dandhr61/11/mandocasterhome.jpg ...

Yes thoses are brass stew-mac comp tele saddles #5167 the bridge is a peice of Paulin 90 degree metal stock cut into a 50mm long and cut some of the top off. polished good and gave a shot of poly...