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  1. Jun-20-2007, 10:43pm #1
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    Am I smoking something, or do I recall correctly that Buck White's Tom Ellis mandolin has pennies for tuner buttons?

    Or was that Ricky Skaggs' Ellis?
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    Buck's old Luke Thompson mandolin had pennies for tuner knobs.
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    I believe Russ is correct. Seems I heard that from the builder himself.

    I may see Luke Thompson next weekend (he's working on an old Brazilian dred of mine),Ill ask him.

    As of several months ago he was still building guitars and mandolins.

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