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Yesterday, 9:23am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread 59 a-5 in Vintage Instruments

Pretty nice sunburst though. Was it a Taka, but not a Mine?

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Yesterday, 9:22am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread 59 a-5 in Vintage Instruments

Must admit I hadn't considered a re-neck. Here's a Taka that's clearly 70's but like all of those, no crosspiece.

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Yesterday, 8:52am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Hilburn #66 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

No one wants to hear me play it. Maybe I can get some video of Don playing it in a couple of weeks.

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Apr-16-2018, 9:21am

Jim Hilburn started a thread 59 a-5 in Vintage Instruments

I posted this photo from a calendar I have in the thread on my new mandolin because I had used it to get my inlay from the A-3. But it occurred to me...

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Apr-16-2018, 8:25am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Hilburn #66 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

The calendar lists these mandolins as a 1908 F-2, a 1916 F-2, a 1927 A-3 and a 1959 A-5. The A-5 is very curious because it appears to have the same...

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Apr-15-2018, 11:29pm

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Hilburn #66 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

So which of those mandolins doesn't belong with the others?

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Apr-15-2018, 11:27pm

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Hilburn #66 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

The story of the inlay is that I had a Stew-Mac Vintage Guitar calendar from 1997 and this is one of the pages. I've seen an A-3 up close since but...

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Apr-15-2018, 6:06pm

Jim Hilburn started a thread Hilburn #66 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

So this one's been a few years in the making but finally done. the current plan is to hang onto it for a while.

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Apr-06-2018, 9:37am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Lacquer lifting in Builders and Repair

I never used to use shellac at all as a sealer but went right to lacquer. That's actually something Don Mcrostie did on a 30 year old Stew-Mac how to...

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Apr-03-2018, 3:41pm

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Lacquer lifting in Builders and Repair

Did some research on a woodworkers forum and there was talk of making sure your alcohol is fresh. It takes on moisture after being opened.

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Apr-03-2018, 10:30am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Lacquer lifting in Builders and Repair

Well it was a guy with the initials SG that told me that.

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Apr-03-2018, 8:41am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Lacquer lifting in Builders and Repair

I've been pretty dormant for a while but I'm doing a lacquer finish right now. I've been told that shellac has a shelf life, even the flakes, and I...

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Mar-27-2018, 11:06am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread What If Top Wood Grain Was Askew? in General Mandolin Discussions

If you think about it, getting //////\\\\\\ isn't possible in a bookmatch without reversing one side. You end up with ////!/////.

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Mar-24-2018, 8:49am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Varnish vs Lacquer in General Mandolin Discussions

There is no doubt you can get french polished spirit varnish or something like Tru-oil will be thinner than lacquer and will have the least possible...

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Mar-24-2018, 8:42am

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Varnish vs Lacquer in General Mandolin Discussions

So I've made mandolins with nitro, violin oil, Rockhard oil, boat varnish, water based varnish, french polish on oil and straight french polish. I...

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Mar-23-2018, 12:49pm

Jim Hilburn replied to a thread Varnish vs Lacquer in General Mandolin Discussions

I was in touch with Mike K. when he first did varnish and got to play his first ever varnish mandolin. Ironically it has since been re-finished in...

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