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  1. Re: "Thumpy" C-string on short-scale cittern?

    My Fylde cittern is strung GDAEa (.42/ .30-32/ 20/ .11/ .09). I use single guitar strings. As a melody player you will have great use of the high a- string which gives you easy access to the higher...
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    Re: New Batwing coming soon

    Mine is now played hours and hours and beside tuning needs no attention. But as Ed writes it is very slippery, I can‘t play it whithout a strap, even sitting is impossible. I have not decided to put...
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    Re: New Batwing coming soon

    Obviously it’s quicker, it came via Liverpool, GB, Hamburg to me.
    Tom, mine plays fine no picking problems. But your is the original, mine is only a copy.
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    Re: New Batwing coming soon

    Got mine two days ago here in Germany. It is also green and looks great in that color. After a quick inspection I found it top crafted. Set up is good and I could play it just as it came out of the...
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    Re: Tonedevil FM product feedback requests

    I love the violin aesthetics and also the finish. But I am a celtic guy and not a bluegrass player. The headstock could in my opinion whithout the two horns but that is really a minor point.
    Bernd
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    Re: Octave mando 4 or 5 courses?

    I play four and five course, both Fylde. The four course is an octavemandolin with 53 cm scale. Tuned GG DD AA EE I can play ist like my mandolin with a some loss in speed when ist comes to higher...
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    Re: Stuck in customs

    Hi Neil, a some years ago I sold an octavemando from germany to the us. A nightmare was it. Stuck in us customs for two month without information where exactly it is.
    Could have been in the ocean of...
  8. Re: Are there any good vintage noname mandolins ?

    The mandolin pictured is typical for german made mandolins. Most of them, although often handmade, are of a poor quality. I have owned some and played more. None of them had good working...
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    Re: Folkfriends OHG Irish Bouzouki

    A Folkfriends Octavemandolin was many years ago my start in the octave world. To cut it short, I was not happy with it. Although nice to look at, I didn‘t liked the sound. Not much of a charakter,...
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    Re: My email got hacked

    Hi, I got one too. Thought it is very strange and a possible hack, cancelled.
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    Re: Octave String Pairings

    You can hear it here:

    https://youtu.be/uqXnVvDUxV4
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    Re: Octave String Pairings

    I have a cittern, tuned GDAEa: 42/22, 28/12, 20/009 and 009 for the high a pair. 20/009 or 22/009 works fine, scale is 23 inch.
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    Re: Pick (nerd) journeys

    Thought I am the only one with Herdrim picks. Very pointy, each side a different gauge and cheap.
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    Re: Living room concert

    Hi Jim,
    the first is a Fylde Cittern, tuned GDAEa. Lowest three stringpairs are in octaves. The high a strings makes it fast and short to the highest notes.
    The mandolin is a ten string mandolin...
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    Re: Living room concert

    Here are some more:
    https://youtu.be/8y-xvSZ24vY

    https://youtu.be/feLCSARPHcY

    https://youtu.be/FdsXq_t7WVA

    https://youtu.be/tOU6p-Ji41g
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    Living room concert

    Hi All, it's a long time since my last post.

    Sunday I had a sudden idea. Since we all more or less locked in our houses, I thought I could play a living room concert and share with my family,...
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    Re: German folk songs

    Thank you Martin, I have a copy of a Zupfgeigenhansl somewhere in the cellar. I'm starting the search for it right now (instead of changing strings).
    Bernd
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    Re: Ovation MCS148 Mandolins

    Bob you did right! I own a MM-68, for around 7 years, and before that an MCS148. I take mine everywhere and I have to travel a lot, I play it on stage and for practise, it is my worker. It never...
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