Mandolin Set-up E-Book by Rob Meldrum

[Nick Eanet]

Thanks Rob. I expected a lot from everyone's enthusiasm and it exceeded expectations. A great deal of incredibly useful information every mandohead should have.

[kenny boy]

ROB. wow thanks nice work

[Rob Meldrum]

Thanks, all. If you request the ebook between now and the first week of August I am going to be out of town in isolated places where Internet access is unpredictable. It may take a few days or so for me to respond to your requests. Have patience!

Rob

[Jeff Mando]

Just got it, Rob! Looks great! Thanks, so much!!!

[journeymanjohn]

Thanks for the book. Great information to have.

[Ozzy50]

Thanks so much Rob! I am still waiting for my first mando to arrive but i will definitely be using this great resource in the near future.

[Eileen McCullough]

Want to thank Rob for emailing me a copy of his eBook, I received it very quickly and from what I have read so far I should be able to understand it and get a better sound from my mandolin. Thanks again Rob🙌

[Master of None]

I got my copy of the eBook this week and am really looking forward to using it. I built both of my mandolins before ever even playing a mandolin (odd order, yes I know), so I didn't really have a baseline what is "right". Consequently, I'm sure there are many improvements to be had. While I have already done some work with the intonation by moving the bridge, I believe there is still much I can do with the action. One of the two mandolins has become my preferred to play by luck-of-the-draw on string height, so it will be good to make improvement on both in that aspect. Thanks Rob!

[Magical mandolin]

Hi all, I just got the ebook of Rob, it's great, very informative, especially since I'm new to the building and repair, side of mandolining, robs a top bloke I had a small trouble (the 1 in a million) loading the page, and he was SUPER helpful, and helped me sort the issue, (I just had too many files open)
Thanks Rob your tops

[rkcran]

I received the e-book from Rob this weekend; wow, what a wonderful job he did on the book.

I'll be picking up my mandolin next month and cannot wait to jump in on the setup process.

Thanks, Rob.

[BeKrue]

Many thanks for Your work. I begun the setup without Your book, why I havn´t know it. When I read Your Instructions, I have done some more I had not done. My Mandolin now has an action of 1,1 mm at the 12th fret against 2,3mm before. I was frusretet and now I´m happy to play this Washburn MW3 SWK (used from eBay). Thank You (excuse please my bad English)
Bernhard

[Sakari]

Thanks Rob.
A great book!

[Alaina]

Wow, what an amazing book. I emailed Rob yesterday evening and when I woke up this morning I had the book in my inbox.

I bought an inexpensive student mandolin to learn on, and paid $75 to have it set up by the store that sold it to me. It has all sorts of issues, and even a quick scan of the book and a quick look at my instrument shows me that some of the basic stuff Rob talks about hasn't been done.

I'm at the cottage right now, but when I get back to Toronto tomorrow and can get my hands on the tools required to do the setup properly, I'll be all over it.

Thanks, Rob - it's hard to believe that this book is free!

[roberto]

Thank you, Rob. Very helpful book!!

[Billbass1]

My first post here on the Forum and I wish to give a BIG thank you to Rob for his very generous ebook set-up guide .
My new mandolins and recommended tools are ordered and in transit .
This looks like a Great Site with Tons of useful info and I am happy to be here .

[bingoccc]

I just received mine a few days ago. Thanks so much for your work and kind offer.

[BOb Orr]

Thanks Rob very informative, just need to build my mandolin now!

Cheers, Bob

[Chris Widmer]

Thanks for the Ebook, Rob. This is great, very thorough and hands-on and lots of tips that I haven't read anywhere else so far. Thanks for sharing your experience - for free.

[NOTLguy]

I received my ebook last night. Thank you so much for freely sharing your knowledge by distributing your book at no charge. Kudos to you Rob,

Regards,
Bill

[Stainless]

Tks Rob

I recd the book yesterday and have started to work through it. It is very well done. Thanks for sharing.

[Ragmop]

Thanks for this very useful and easy to read compilation of your practical knowledge of making adjustments to the mandolin. I would have never thought of making your own nut-cutting tools out of feeler-gauges. I checked the setup on my Kentucky KM-140 using your recommendations and (thankfully) found it to be pretty close to tolerance. Close enough to not want to change anything, that is. I learned the importance of checking the setup of a stringed instrument from a time when I purchased an electric guitar from an internet musical supply company. I didn't want to put a lot of money in it because I didn't know how much use it would be getting. Fortunately for me, the manufacturer had some very good setup instructions on their website. I found that I really enjoyed taking the measurements and making the adjustments to the saddle(s) to get the proper intonation and action as well as adjusting the relief with the truss-rod. Thanks again for the ebook.
Ragmop

[ajay]

Great tool to have. Free to Mandolin Cafe Members. While I'm a relative newbie, this e-book is very informative and would serve well all but the most experienced in getting the best out of your mandolin.

Thank you for a wonderful free ebook on setting up a mandolin...Ajay

[Russ Jordan]

The e-book was in my inbox this morning. Took a quick look--lots of great information. I look forward to reading it closely.

Thanks Rob!

[Joey Anchors]

Thank you to Rob for sending me a very quick reply and writing such am indepth book. Now I can setup my own mandolins with out worry of finding a shop as I live in the high desert.

I highly recommend you get your own copy ASAP!

[AdamBHarris]

I've just been using this wonderful guide to help me set up a no name mandola. The difference is remarkable, this together with the videos is a wonderful resource to anybody dealing with these instruments. It gave the confidence to do work on the instrument that I normally wouldn't have felt comfortable doing myself.

Rob is to be congratulated on this great book.

regards
adam