Jake Wildwood
Jul-16-2011, 4:48pm
Here's a link to the full blog post... click here! (http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2011/07/c1925-regal-made-flatback-mandolin.html)
The scoop is that this fella plays nice and has great volume/cut. It's a little lacking in sustain but for tremolo and fast tunes there's not much to worry about there, and sort of to be expected with the birch back/sides.
Work included: new mid brace, reglue one old mid brace, fret dress, cleaning, setup, new bridge, whatnot. Because some braces had come unglued under tension for a long period the instrument banana-ed a little bit, hence the pretty low bridge after regluing the braces all back up.
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The scoop is that this fella plays nice and has great volume/cut. It's a little lacking in sustain but for tremolo and fast tunes there's not much to worry about there, and sort of to be expected with the birch back/sides.
Work included: new mid brace, reglue one old mid brace, fret dress, cleaning, setup, new bridge, whatnot. Because some braces had come unglued under tension for a long period the instrument banana-ed a little bit, hence the pretty low bridge after regluing the braces all back up.
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