- Early Gibson Care
- Possible Influence who designed my a.c. Fairbanks mandolin
- Replacing Eastman tailpiece with a James tailpiece
- "New" 1942 Gibson K-50 mandocello
- Replacement TAIL PIECE for Rigel A
- Excellent primer on stringed instrument construction and physics
- Tailpiece losing it's golden coating
- Mark your Calendar
- Top cracks - mortal or not?
- a few (more) questions on Tru Oil
- Port Orford Cedar questions
- How long carbon fiber rod for a Gibson A?
- involuntary luthier w/neck angle query
- Finger rest addition on lovely Girouard A5....
- Pearl inlay cutter
- strings go sharp
- phone pole species
- Other finishes over Lacquer
- Yaron Naor in the press
- Tuner bushing install caused cracks
- Finish texture
- Live in South NJ looking for a thorough tech to set up new mando
- Damp E Course
- Adjustable bridge issue
- F2 repeatedly broken headstock - time for a new neck?
- Gibson Repair
- A slight crack on the side by the neck
- Two Questions on Installing Strap Button
- Custom Mandolin Questions
- Seeking Top finish repair/redo and neck reshaping advice
- Figuring it out...kinda...yeah...that's it
- remove pickup?
- Carolton.Miller mandolin
- Mandolin Builders and Luthiers for free Vending for FESTIVAL
- A Trick to Replace an Endpin with a Strap Button
- Relic that Brass!
- Shaving Tonebars...
- Armrest dilemma
- Golden Age Nickels - StewMac
- Disaster!
- My new fret shaper
- Truss rod adjustment tool
- belt/disc sander - which grit?
- Port Orford Cedar Hacking
- 1915 Gibson with custom Alessi tuning machines
- Jewel in the rough...
- Trim Routers Gone Crazy
- Need some info on truss rods
- Crazing
- Siminoff fretwire
- intreresting bracing approach
- Rim prep question
- Repeatedly broken E string
- Bracing (flat topped Uke cum Mandolin)
- Finnish Oakbridge mandolin (not Oakridge)
- Wanted to give a shout-out to a SUPER-nice Dude...
- Position dots on neck: Changing a "lefty" to a "righty"
- How would remove paper stuck to back of 1915 Gibson mandolin?
- Spiral bushings
- Removed Bridge from Mandolin
- Pickguard question
- Homemade?
- Lesson for the day
- fret wire before binding or after
- Black nut material
- Butternut as top wood.
- Fretboard locating question
- neck grain direction
- Pickled Wood?? Anyone?
- refreting Black Richlite fingerboard
- Help me cause myself untold hours of grief
- Interanl piezo pickup re-glue
- Mandolin repairmen/setup folks. Is there a list somewhere?
- My recently finished IV kit A-5 mando
- A Bridge too far
- Birdseye Maple versus a flame maple back
- Neck Angle
- Rubio Monocoat?
- Nikos Apollonio Apollo Stringed Instuments
- Silver or Sugar
- What problem was Lloyd Loar trying to fix?
- Strap Button Repair in Neck
- zero fret
- Blotchy shellac colour coat
- Fixed bridge to floating?
- fix for broken off plastic tuning peg?
- Nice Frets
- Firewood or Not
- Banjo-mandolin rim stuck in the bowl...
- is this F-style RAS kit more popular these days ?
- Little OT, 5 String Fiddle Conversion
- Acceptable custom build nut width tolerance
- Sticky Fiddle Nut
- Repairing a cracked rib
- Bridge Adjustment- Success!
- Osage orange vs. hickory
- Cool old mandolin - need some fixing advice
- Gibson F-5G frets
- Question about bridge placement
- Truss rod cover
- Grain filler
- Help for a Newbie
- Need maple? (Edmonds, WA)
- Opinions on birdseye?
- Bad Bridge?
- My carbon fiber mandolin
- carbon fiber mandolin: building pictures
- How to fit a full contact bridge on a deformed top
- String dampers
- A mandolin's chop
- Wood body resonator mandolin plans available
- Introduction and some questions.
- sinker wood
- dovetail neck joint
- Lebeda name inlay finish problem
- Replacement Tuners for a Strad-O-Lin?
- Practice Projects
- ebony binding
- THE JIM HARVEY STORY - by Deke Dickerson
- Kerry Builds a 'David Collins Style' headstock repair jig.
- 'Converting' a ukelele
- Need Bridge for older manolin
- Are these two kits the same ?
- a great resource for mando builders
- Buckeye Mandolins
- Introduction and question about a strap button placement
- Need Feedback ASAP-Bending rim crack on figure
- Army Navy Mandolin Form
- Hardwood binding- first time
- Sanding the finish off the neck...thoughts and advise wanted
- Where to buy "Gold" Jescar EVO FW43080 or EVO FW37080 fretwire
- Neck has back bow, truss rod maxed???
- How to Contact Bob Altman?
- Tonewood preparation
- Question about Intonation Adjustments and lubricating Tuning Pegs
- old De Santis mandolin
- Is this firewood?
- Luthier for a Refret
- guitar nylon string not holding tune
- neck contour for right/left handed mandolins
- Best Cleaning Solutions
- Vintage Flat Top Mandolins
- Finishing or refinishing an inlaid Gibson style headstock
- New technology sucks when
- Ack! Help choosing tuners (machine heads)
- Tusq Nut String Spacing Too Wide?
- International Violin Viola Neck Block
- fixing up a light scratch ?
- Must have band saw accessories? Rebuilding about to start
- This buzz is driving me crazy...
- Christmas List Help
- fretboard backbow
- Tuner Baseplate Width---Which Brand is the Most Narrow?
- 36-inch Band saw on Craig's List for only $600
- Staining a black top mandolin
- What is your favourite peghead design on a mandolin headstock
- Sunburst stain.
- D String Fret Buzz
- StewMac Shop tips visits Frank Ford
- clamping suggestions?
- Trapeze tailpiece
- Lie-Nielsen Beauty
- Griffith A5 design details............
- String Tension?
- Best glue to repair peg head
- Torch and wire headstock inlay---what type of shell is used?
- I can feel the bindings on my mandolin
- Building (part of) a bridge
- "In Lace" inlay material
- Staining ebony
- yet another possible loose endpin solution?
- French Polish and Cloudiness
- scale length
- Kit Building
- SoundBoard
- Any users of Nexabond instant wood adhesive?
- Here is my new mandolin. (I am terrified!)
- Refinishing Options
- Here's a nice band saw for somebody with lots of room.
- F5, A5 Mandolin Plans
- Bridge to nowhere
- Use LMI Luthiers glue for fretboard
- Sm,all dent under the bridge
- IV F4 kit?
- beyond serious mandolin tweaking
- questions re. approach to swapping out tuning machines
- Turnover Mandolin Ukulele
- stuck tuner button
- Old Hondo Mandolin Needs Facelift
- #2 screw pilot hole size?
- problem with new grover 309s
- How to fix buzzing E string?
- String Height Question
- Stradolin goes under the knife
- Truss rod?
- tuner bushings
- wire Inlay
- Humidity Levels
- Oversize Cases
- Plrease explain fretboard radius measurements
- Bandolim dimensions
- water based lacquer
- Lookin' for some science, Part I: Box volume
- Lookin' for some Science, Part II: Of Plane Geometry and Music
- mandola kit build
- Identifying a sunken top on an old Gibson
- 1921 Gibson A2 repair question
- Plate thickness
- how to fix a split on the back plate?
- Fun with the Ipad
- Looking for some lutherie recommendations
- Yet Another Tuner Thread - for OM
- Polishing pickguards
- Should a setup bankrupt you?
- Heiden's workshop
- Octave bracing.
- best beginning to end build thread?
- Tuning peg problem
- Old Mandola Repair. I'm a newbie to this and can't find old parts
- String Height at the Nut
- The start of my first Octave
- which of 3 ways to enlarge peghead holes for knurled bushings?
- Refinishing a mandolin?
- string spacing question...
- body length and scale measurements
- fretboard extender volutes
- Dry spot in finish
- armrest hardware
- Octave Mandolin Kits
- 22" Octave string guages
- Octave bridge compensation
- Tonal Quality of Polish Birch
- My "New" Octave Mandolin (or mando cello???)
- fret sizes
- Hilburn #63
- Humidity, arch shape and bridge fitting
- Tapping finished and unfinished tone wood
- 1st Project - My Pimped-out Kay Mandolin
- comparing quailty of instruments: why cant my cheapo keep up?
- Sapele or Mahogany?
- Bar Frets
- magliari scale flat fretboard
- Peghead Poster
- Set-up Qs: zero frets and tensioners
- Stromberg Voisinet
- Newbie introduction
- Anyone build bowl backs anymore and why have they lost favor?
- Installing bushings into small peghead tuner holes
- What would you ask Will Kimble?
- What to use for stain/finish?