Abalone Buttons

Mandolin · 03-02-2009, 01:48 PM

Has anyone used these? you can get them from Siminoff.

Mandolin · 03-02-2009, 06:56 PM

I guess no one has because no one has answered. That is very unusual on the cafe....

man dough nollij · 03-02-2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mandolin

I guess no one has because no one has answered. That is very unusual on the cafe....

If it were me, I'd stay away from the Michael Kelly. I'll have a ham sandwich.

There, feel better?

Mandolin · 03-02-2009, 06:59 PM

I have coffee all over my computer now! Thanks!

JEStanek · 03-02-2009, 07:43 PM

OK. I'll answer. I have not used those on any of my mandolins. Those are pretty non traditional buttons and I guess many people prefer the pearl or ivoroid better. I like wooden buttons myself. The question is, do you like them? If so, why not use them.

Jamie

man dough nollij · 03-03-2009, 01:41 AM

Actually, they look pretty cool. I'd like to see more pics. You'd have to cut 'em out of a pretty huge piece of abalone to get it right, and I'm skeptical that they would be very strong, unless they're laminated, which I doubt. They could look really cool with abalone inlay. I'm not a real "blingophile", but natural beauty like that isn't obnoxiously "blingy".

(See, I can get serious once a day...)

Timbofood · 03-03-2009, 07:33 AM

I can see them on one of Hans' all black stealths with very subdued inlay, all Abalone, of course. That could almost as sexy as his "Testarosa." My name for it not his.

Michael Gowell · 03-03-2009, 09:43 AM

Exactly my first thought, they would be stunning on an all-black mando.

Mandolin · 03-03-2009, 09:46 AM

I think they would look fantastic on a traditional sunburst F5, with an abalone Fern

Rick Turner · 03-03-2009, 03:01 PM

They'd be good on a "Testosterone" with a couple of dingle balls hanging from the strap...

Paul Hostetter · 03-03-2009, 04:29 PM

Thanks for that, Rick.

Paul Hostetter · 03-03-2009, 04:37 PM

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You'd have to cut 'em out of a pretty huge piece of abalone to get it right, and I'm skeptical that they would be very strong, unless they're laminated, which I doubt.

They are indeed laminated for strength and thickness.

Rick Turner · 03-03-2009, 06:44 PM

In my next lifetime, I'd like to be laminated for strength and thickness, too...

JEStanek · 03-03-2009, 09:24 PM

Rick, just take 5 shots of tequila. Then you may not be laminated but you will be plastered and think you're the strongest guy in the room.

Jamie

Paul Hostetter · 03-03-2009, 10:19 PM

5 shots, with a raw egg in each one. You'll be a new man.

Mandolin · 03-03-2009, 10:39 PM

or you could just swallow a couple of these. your insides will be laminated!

Timbofood · 03-04-2009, 07:04 AM

Good one, Rick! Maybe a "Noir Nuggy"

crazymandolinist · 03-04-2009, 12:56 PM

Layers of knobs should be as follows: abalone, 1mm ebony, 4mm flamed maple, 1mm ebony, abalone. Who's with me?

crazymandolinist · 03-04-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Turner

In my next lifetime, I'd like to be laminated for strength and thickness, too...

I'd like to be laminated for strength too, but not thickness. I'm thick enough as it is.

man dough nollij · 03-04-2009, 01:31 PM

(As a brick.)

D C Blood · 03-04-2009, 01:57 PM

What's Roger's price on a set, and can they be put on an existing set of tuners, or do they have to come on their own set?

Paul Hostetter · 03-04-2009, 02:37 PM

You could easily contact him via his website at http://www.siminoff.net/ and ask. I think the buttons are around $85 and he carries Gotoh machines, which is probably what they fit.

crazymandolinist · 03-04-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by man dough nollij

(As a brick.)

So you ride yourselves over the fieeeeeeelds and
you make all your animal deeeeeeals and
and your wise men don't know how it feeeeeels.....to be thick, as a brick

03-02-2009, 01:48 PM	#1
Mandolin Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 74	Abalone Buttons Has anyone used these? you can get them from Siminoff. Attached Thumbnails

03-02-2009, 06:56 PM	#2
Mandolin Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 74	Re: Abalone Buttons I guess no one has because no one has answered. That is very unusual on the cafe....

03-02-2009, 06:59 PM	#4
Mandolin Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 74	Re: Abalone Buttons I have coffee all over my computer now! Thanks!

03-02-2009, 07:43 PM	#5
JEStanek Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Pottstown, PA Posts: 8,225 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Abalone Buttons OK. I'll answer. I have not used those on any of my mandolins. Those are pretty non traditional buttons and I guess many people prefer the pearl or ivoroid better. I like wooden buttons myself. The question is, do you like them? If so, why not use them. Jamie __________________ There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946 + Give Blood, Save a Life +

03-03-2009, 01:41 AM	#6
man dough nollij Yearling Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Near the bottom Posts: 2,430	Re: Abalone Buttons Actually, they look pretty cool. I'd like to see more pics. You'd have to cut 'em out of a pretty huge piece of abalone to get it right, and I'm skeptical that they would be very strong, unless they're laminated, which I doubt. They could look really cool with abalone inlay. I'm not a real "blingophile", but natural beauty like that isn't obnoxiously "blingy". (See, I can get serious once a day...) __________________ Lee "Pen" Gwin http://pen-gwin.blogspot.com

03-03-2009, 07:33 AM	#7
Timbofood Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI. Posts: 739	Re: Abalone Buttons I can see them on one of Hans' all black stealths with very subdued inlay, all Abalone, of course. That could almost as sexy as his "Testarosa." My name for it not his. __________________ Timothy F. Lewis

03-03-2009, 09:43 AM	#8
Michael Gowell Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: kittery point, maine Posts: 731	Re: Abalone Buttons Exactly my first thought, they would be stunning on an all-black mando.

03-03-2009, 09:46 AM	#9
Mandolin Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 74	Re: Abalone Buttons I think they would look fantastic on a traditional sunburst F5, with an abalone Fern

03-03-2009, 03:01 PM	#10
Rick Turner Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 1,352	Re: Abalone Buttons They'd be good on a "Testosterone" with a couple of dingle balls hanging from the strap... __________________ Rick Turner www.renaissanceguitars.com www.d-tar.com

03-03-2009, 04:29 PM	#11
Paul Hostetter Café habitué Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 4,160	Re: Abalone Buttons Thanks for that, Rick. __________________ . ph º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º Paul Hostetter, luthier Santa Cruz, California www.lutherie.net

03-03-2009, 06:44 PM	#13
Rick Turner Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 1,352	Re: Abalone Buttons In my next lifetime, I'd like to be laminated for strength and thickness, too... __________________ Rick Turner www.renaissanceguitars.com www.d-tar.com

03-03-2009, 09:24 PM	#14
JEStanek Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Pottstown, PA Posts: 8,225 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Abalone Buttons Rick, just take 5 shots of tequila. Then you may not be laminated but you will be plastered and think you're the strongest guy in the room. Jamie __________________ There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946 + Give Blood, Save a Life +

03-03-2009, 10:19 PM	#15
Paul Hostetter Café habitué Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 4,160	Re: Abalone Buttons 5 shots, with a raw egg in each one. You'll be a new man. __________________ . ph º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º Paul Hostetter, luthier Santa Cruz, California www.lutherie.net

03-03-2009, 10:39 PM	#16
Mandolin Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 74	Re: Abalone Buttons or you could just swallow a couple of these. your insides will be laminated!

03-04-2009, 07:04 AM	#17
Timbofood Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI. Posts: 739	Re: Abalone Buttons Good one, Rick! Maybe a "Noir Nuggy" __________________ Timothy F. Lewis

03-04-2009, 12:56 PM	#18
crazymandolinist Luthierus Amateurius Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in Florida Posts: 332	Re: Abalone Buttons Layers of knobs should be as follows: abalone, 1mm ebony, 4mm flamed maple, 1mm ebony, abalone. Who's with me? __________________ "The Beauty of Grace is that it makes life Unfair" - Relient K "THEY'RE HERE!!! THEY'RE HERE!!! the Albino Brain Chiggers!" - Harry from 3rd Rock

03-04-2009, 01:31 PM	#20
man dough nollij Yearling Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Near the bottom Posts: 2,430	Re: Abalone Buttons (As a brick.) __________________ Lee "Pen" Gwin http://pen-gwin.blogspot.com

03-04-2009, 01:57 PM	#21
D C Blood mandolinist, Mixt Company Join Date: May 2006 Location: Madison, Tennessee Posts: 437	Re: Abalone Buttons What's Roger's price on a set, and can they be put on an existing set of tuners, or do they have to come on their own set? __________________ D C Blood Mixt Company '96 Ratcliff Silver Eagle/Angel www.myspace.com/mixtcompany www.myspace.com/silverangelmandolins http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=109 photo album url

03-04-2009, 02:37 PM	#22
Paul Hostetter Café habitué Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 4,160	Re: Abalone Buttons You could easily contact him via his website at http://www.siminoff.net/ and ask. I think the buttons are around $85 and he carries Gotoh machines, which is probably what they fit. __________________ . ph º º º º º º º º º º º º º º º Paul Hostetter, luthier Santa Cruz, California www.lutherie.net