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  1. Tone and backwood?
  2. Neck problem
  3. Neck shaping !
  4. Accidental Meet up with my Gibson’s Builder: Allen Jones
  5. Importance of the "14th fret" when measuring for dovetail?
  6. Scratch build on an extreme low budget!
  7. Truss rod for mandocello?
  8. Lovin the Variety in Tuners These Days
  9. Neck repair
  10. What exactly constitutes a "setup"?
  11. Protecting wood binding from dye
  12. truss rod cover hole spacing (need to know)
  13. Question on Gibson oval hole style design
  14. Great Cafe people
  15. Bridge Setting
  16. Basket Case
  17. Source for pick guard material- Gibson style
  18. Marking for Accurate Tuner Hole Placement
  19. Best learning kit/tools?
  20. E string issue
  21. Qualified mandolin luthier in Peoria or St. Louis?
  22. Optimal Humidity
  23. Bringing up the E string
  24. construction instruction in the Southeast
  25. Replace tuners for 1966 Gibson A40
  26. Suggest a mando repair shop?
  27. What Tuners would suit my needs?
  28. How-to keep a neck dovetail true in neck reset
  29. Bridge placement
  30. New label or not
  31. Mandolin luthier in central Illinois?
  32. Behlens Rock Hard varnish
  33. Black is Black
  34. What books for luthiers do you recommend
  35. Virzi?
  36. Ed Weber joins Big Joe's Guitarworks
  37. Kluson Bushing (mid 60's)
  38. headstock damaged by clip-on tuner
  39. Finish question
  40. Dovetail joint and neck alignment - why can't you do this?
  41. Where can I get a bridge?
  42. Converting a Ukulele to Mandolin tuning ?
  43. Installing frets in a radiused fingerboard
  44. Mandolin Maker
  45. Japanese milled tooth files
  46. Gibson A tonal quality of soundboard and back.
  47. Gluing on wings
  48. Collings MT Tuners
  49. Tuner Replacement on old Stadium Mandolin
  50. inlay filler that doesn't shrink too much?
  51. Thinking of carbon fiber truss rod - tips, pointers, advice?
  52. replacing a bridge-two techniques for bridge foot fitting
  53. Too wet and windy to glue
  54. Best time of year to build?
  55. Neck Block Crack
  56. Gibson AOO mandolin (1934)
  57. Hand cutting peghead binding slot (where needed)?
  58. Sign of unstable wood for neck?
  59. McIntyre MT-100 Transducer Disc re-glue.
  60. Pin Router
  61. pinky wear
  62. 1906 Gibson A tailpiece problem/information wanted
  63. My cheap truss rod cutting jig for router.
  64. Emando; Minimum Distance Between Controls, etc.
  65. One of the Cafe's own..
  66. Help for sunken top?
  67. Tuning machines from the workshop of Nicolo Alessi
  68. Cold Temps.
  69. mandolin tailpiece rib has bulged from maple back
  70. Can I get a primer on hard/soft maple?
  71. Another string buzz problem
  72. Source for bar fret wire?
  73. F5 Peghead Binding Slot Oops
  74. Cool wood trick
  75. Golden Age Restoration Tuners for A-style Mandolin , who has used
  76. Saga-AM 10 mandolin kit
  77. Total Newbie builds Don Kawalek OM Kit
  78. Use Kiwi black dye for ebony peghead?
  79. Best strap button location for A model Mando
  80. source for side materials
  81. Stinky case
  82. What tuners are these?
  83. Softening old .070 tort binding?
  84. Thin ebony shims ok for dovetail?
  85. Shoring Up a Serious Cave-in!
  86. One more question before I glue up my dovetail joint.
  87. bending bloodwood binding?
  88. Looking to attempt a Mandocellocaster
  89. Hide Glue and Varnish?
  90. How can I reproduce the Gibson Pumpkin finish
  91. HOW long to actually complete a build?
  92. Weber Abalone and MOP Purfling
  93. Somebody help!
  94. Drying green wood for tops
  95. Where can I buy a Fox Universal Bender?
  96. Need some feedback on back of peghead/neck shape.
  97. Effect of body size?
  98. Binding the fretboard... most tedious part yet.
  99. Setting the bridge on a mandolin
  100. LM-600/Cumberland Acoustic Bridge once more...
  101. Glueing procedure for neck joint.
  102. Spalted Wood for Back and Sides?
  103. Another crazy wood question - Camphor Burl back and sides?
  104. How tall can a tailpiece be?
  105. Need repair shop in Atlanta area (Marietta)
  106. top split
  107. NEW Tuner Buttons
  108. Truss rod and louder mandolin
  109. 1895 Benary mandolin needs repair
  110. Neck set, neck angle, bridge height
  111. Inlay routing gap - How much is too much?
  112. Layered binding - glue up first or layer in one at a time?
  113. labels
  114. Height of Strings Above Soundboard (NOT Action Height/Fretboard)
  115. Need help with touch up for Gibson F5G
  116. Maple fingerboard finishes
  117. JUNE A5 #34 AND #35 and GUITAR #14 BUILD
  118. Very interesting supply source
  119. Repair Work in Upstate New York?
  120. The Ultimate Mandolin?
  121. Luthier in Boston Area?
  122. Mould UNDER a Finish?
  123. Mandolin Tuning Gears Question
  124. No mando content, but anyone will find this worth a look !
  125. My Grandpa's Gibson A-50
  126. Fungus mandolins?
  127. dry time for spirit varnish
  128. Pickguard fell off my Stanley...
  129. Help with black binding
  130. Fret Job InProgress
  131. Is There a Mandolin Building Camp?
  132. Binding removal help
  133. French Polish questions
  134. Tailpiece angle adjustment
  135. tools for basic fret work
  136. Kevin Mathers...
  137. splitting maple
  138. Stainless Steel Frets.
  139. Baritone Ukulele -> Octave Mandolin
  140. Questions: I am pondering f-hole surgery...
  141. looking for a luthier for a varnish finish repair
  142. Screwed up big time setting neck.
  143. A good reason to pack a floating bridge separately...
  144. String slippage: physics, or does the universe just hate me?
  145. Rare and sad '31 Rosewood Kay Kraft; MandoCafe to the rescue!
  146. Getting started in instrument repair?
  147. Stromberg-Voisinet mandolin repair questions
  148. Anyone know what happened to John Dickinson/Yonkle?
  149. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz -- very annoying
  150. Joining two back halves that have already been carved.
  151. Asked question before, try again...
  152. Wood ID - Pearwood?
  153. Refinish
  154. Davy Stuart - earthquake news
  155. Experimental Bracing
  156. Does Sanding Close the Grain in wood
  157. Replacement rosewood saddle source?
  158. Shipping Newly Purchased Used Mando Directly to a Luthier?
  159. Is my idea for a custom mandolin-family instrument possible?
  160. Have you built an instrument that became your main instrument?
  161. What do you think of my mandocello bracing pattern
  162. Gotoh Stealth Tuners
  163. Stagg M50E Tuner Replacement Specs
  164. Removing a (very) old tuner button
  165. repair recommendation near Pittsburgh, PA?
  166. Coated Strings v. String Cleaner Smackdown
  167. need mandolin setup in vicinity of NH
  168. Octaphone measurements
  169. 2011 mass production
  170. Strap button mystery
  171. Dealing with sharp fret ends
  172. timbre of strings
  173. Clarity of notes
  174. Cracked
  175. Harmony H8018S replacement tuners...
  176. Dirty spots between rim and binding.
  177. A5 weighs 652 grams. OK?
  178. Humidity Questions
  179. Dust Collection Systems
  180. Gibson Victorian mandolin
  181. Keeping maple bindings clean?
  182. Photos of bridge fitting jig.
  183. Gloss nitro to satin finish,,,is it possible?
  184. Installing K&K internal?Easy?
  185. worm over? worm under? opinions please
  186. Suggestions for a decent spray mask?
  187. Chip in nitrocellulose finish
  188. Fret dressing file recommendation
  189. Newell mandolin fret saw
  190. Need a little advice on top thicknessing
  191. Some construction shots GW Zooks
  192. Sound post...why not in a mando?
  193. Dovetail router bit recommendations
  194. Bryan England Mando
  195. Mid 20s Gibson finish?
  196. Electric frying pan on a hotplate
  197. Bridge for a high arch.
  198. Smith Creek CNC mandola plates?
  199. Best Replacement Tuners for Martin Model 20 1929
  200. New Army Navy
  201. Beautiful kevin mathers l & h repro with top sinkage
  202. Setup/Tuning question
  203. fret grief
  204. headstock veneer and pickguard underway for my Kay Kraft
  205. Expensive Gibson Repair
  206. larger frets to smaller traditional frets, a question:
  207. Ebony
  208. L & h tuning machines
  209. Mandola bridge?
  210. Another Carbon fiber/ kevlar creation
  211. Making sawdust
  212. Wood sources?
  213. Vega deconstruction?
  214. Gibson Mandolin
  215. How much stock do you place in the "in the white" sound?
  216. Can scratches on fretboard binding be removed?
  217. Mismatched Spruce Tops
  218. Back thicknesses should be thinner than you'd expect?
  219. Aging
  220. New Keith Newell Roger Landes (RL) model 15.5" scale mandolin....
  221. Fingerboard extension-Lose the screw
  222. Rover RM75 headstock veneer
  223. Mahogany top for a "K-5" mandocello
  224. nut slot burnishing
  225. lubricating the nut
  226. "repairman" warning for Los Angeles area
  227. Does anyone know if Tony Sutherland is still in the lutherie biz?
  228. Fingerboard inlay and glue-in fret job tutorial
  229. Soundhole purfling
  230. Mandocello conversion of Gibson Style O guitar?
  231. lacquer, varnish or polish - how can 'ya tell?
  232. 1950 Gibson F12
  233. Best A-style tuners
  234. Quick gouge question
  235. Deflection of top with strings on.
  236. Do large/tall frets cause tuning problems?
  237. Dark Era Mando neck joint question
  238. Finally starting - Neck and Body
  239. How to cut back sets.
  240. Wound A
  241. need to teak a nut:
  242. my mandocello build
  243. 23 Snake Head bridge cracked
  244. Bel #1 in the white.
  245. Recommendation for refret/repair of 1921 A2
  246. Forms and Molds, can they work well and look good?
  247. Cumberland Acoustic Flat-Radiused
  248. My mandolin came from the builder perfectly set up...
  249. Great service by Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA
  250. Newb Builder's Question