It would be cool to try one, but I don;t know that I have to space to keep one.
But if someone gave me one, I'd find room.
It would be cool to try one, but I don;t know that I have to space to keep one.
But if someone gave me one, I'd find room.
Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?
No, I was referring to Gene Stephenson. Here's the thread: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...764-Mando-Bass
Yes, I've read that before. Was that supposed to clear up something? That article refers to the 1898 Gibson patent for instrument construction, and makes it clear that it's not a mandobass patent. Which is more or less what I already said: there's no patent specific to the Style J.See the discussion of the Gibson style J here:
Have you tried that yourself?Try internet searching "gibson mandobass" pdf, with some variation of plans, drawings, or diagrams between mandobass and pdf. If any style J plans are out there, this should harvest them.
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I saw the Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra last summer. They had 3 bass players, two played upright but one had a mando bass. So there is one more group for your list.
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Actually, the link reinforces what you said, which is one reason I included it. Probably the only definitive way to know would be toOriginally Posted by mrmando;1368857l
do an extensive (and time-consuming) search through http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/ which I have no reason to do. I'm set as far as mandobasses.
[/QUOTE]Have you tried that yourself?[/QUOTE]
Cursory searches using all three terms, not viewing screens and screens of results. I just know that plans, etc. likely are hand-drawn and then scanned-in, and .pdf is the best limiting term to surface that type of document. Even with limiting, you still will get a lot of slop and irrelevance in a Google search. It's the nature of the beast; Google's relevancy rankings are nowhere near as precise and consistent as those used by commercially-vended databases.
I'm not saying that this search will absolutely turn up any plans, only that it is the best way to start.
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