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  1. Scalloping

  2. Bought a Used Mando?

    Following is a pretty common project, with a happy player!
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    Hi Bruce,

    Thanks so much for the great work on my Absaroka! Its playing just like I hoped it would when I bought it - looks and sounds great!

    Best,
    CB


    Re-fret
    Top cleat
    New nut
    New bridge
    Strings
    Inlay redo
    Glue bushings
    Replace TP felt
    Replace endpin ...
  3. Acoustic Background

  4. New Tshirts

    Needed to add to our wardrobe. Thanks to our male mando model, Paul!
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  5. Treat Yourself!

    Bruce upgrading a 98 Yellowstone: New Tailpiece, Traditional Bridge, Radius Fingerboard
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    Perks of luthierie...beautiful firewood (scrap of course!):
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  6. Discount UPS Rates

    We just received a discount on our UPS rates that we can extend to you when you send your instrument to us.
    When you're ready to ship it Bruce can send you a UPS call tag and we will bill you both ways when we ship it back to you. So far the savings have been pretty significant.
    bruce@montanalutherie.com

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    Bulldogs like the peanuts but they're a mess
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  7. Dreadful Over Humidification

    'The marketers seem to grasp that it is not the product but the practice that is really attractive.'
    Shop Class as Soulcraft: An inquiry into the Value of Work

    One of the most damaging repairs Bruce gets in (unfortunately fairly often) is due to over humidification. Remember how he sniffs each instrument? One time an instrument had so much mold (from Hawaii including a fair amount of rust and gecko droppings) that we thought he might have been poisoned after breathing it ...

    Updated Sep-06-2016 at 11:41am by Mandolin Cafe

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  8. Intro and a Little Repair Philosophy

    Kyle, of the Mando Shop in Florida, just started a new blog and asked us to write a few articles...thought I'd share them here too!

    ....... I, Mary Weber, wife of Bruce, will be writing the first few articles as Bruce is a bit under-the-weather right now.

    Kyle asked me to start by telling a little about our new business, Montana Lutherie. For those who don’t know Bruce, I consider him totally ‘The Mandolin Man’. He worked for The Flatiron Mandolin and Banjo Co. before ...
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  9. Don't Do This

    Never adjust your truss rod, then try to do it all at once.
    It will look like this- after it sticks out the back of the neck.
    Ouch!
    Neck replacement

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    It strikes me that I am going to have take some pretty mando, or mando player, pictures to offset repair pics as they are not very pretty. Kinda scary actually. Wait for the next one.
  10. Mando Repair

    It's better to have your mando repaired locally, however you have probably run into the situation where the local guy is really only familiar with guitars. We know mandos are a different animal (I was thinking more grizzly or tiger icon-Scott : )

    Choose the Mandolin Authority
    Feel free to call and chat with Bruce 406-580-6065
    bruce@montanalutherie.com

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