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Today, 8:08am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Is this how it starts? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Take a look at this thread. It shows what I did on my Strad-O-Lin and my old Kalamazoo. Combine the two methods and your in. ...

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Yesterday, 9:09pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Martin Style 20 Interest in Vintage Instruments

Shipping has been pretty funky with all the carriers. I sent some important papers to my daughter in Baltimore a few weeks ago and I mailed them...

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Yesterday, 8:51pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread NBD: 1895 Lyon & Healy (Banjo related) in General Mandolin Discussions

+1 for Bob. As an aside, Bob and I got to know each other in the mid-1980s when we both participated in a weeklong class with Jethro Burns at...

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Yesterday, 6:19pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread diminished value from a repair? in General Mandolin Discussions

Now it's probably the most valuable mandolin in the world. Go figure.

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Yesterday, 1:15pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Gibson opposes Collings' headstock trademark registration, citing in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm surprised they didn't send you to Stew-Mac or All Parts. Over the years when I have been looking for parts from them I usually got that as an...

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Yesterday, 12:51pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Weymann Model 85 in Vintage Instruments

The Reverb seller I linked to above just reduced the price and is accepting offers. That one looks pretty good to me. Frankly the only MB I can...

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Yesterday, 12:48pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread diminished value from a repair? in General Mandolin Discussions

Take a look at this thread. Frank Ford weighs in on how he fixes them as well in that thread. There are literally dozens of threads about this on the...

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Yesterday, 12:44pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread diminished value from a repair? in General Mandolin Discussions

First off, that scroll breaking off is common. It's not going to affect the structure. It's more cosmetic than anything else. Send it Don and don't...

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Yesterday, 11:25am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread diminished value from a repair? in General Mandolin Discussions

If it was me it would already be on the way to Don for the repair.

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Yesterday, 10:58am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Gibson opposes Collings' headstock trademark registration, citing in General Mandolin Discussions

Could be an issue

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Yesterday, 9:57am

JEStanek replied to a thread Gibson opposes Collings' headstock trademark registration, citing in General Mandolin Discussions

This shouldn't even be a case but it will be. If you have eyes, you can see it is distinctly different! Jamie

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Yesterday, 9:54am

Jim Garber replied to a thread NBD: 1895 Lyon & Healy (Banjo related) in General Mandolin Discussions

May favorite five-string is a Fairbanks Senator I bought from Bob decades ago. It still sings like a bird. That L&H is very nice.

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Yesterday, 9:51am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Weymann Model 85 in Vintage Instruments

I have a style 25, the one with a very small head. Attached is the original bridge from that one with measurements. I see this Model 85 on Reverb...

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Yesterday, 9:32am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Trying my hand at building a Mandocaster. in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

What pickup did you use?

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Yesterday, 8:39am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread $59,000 Reward for Missing Gibson Shipping Ledger in General Mandolin Discussions

I wonder if they'd go up to $60,000.00?

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Jul-14-2020, 7:17pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Maybe it has historic value: owned by *both* Bill Monroe and J. P. Morgan. :)

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Jul-14-2020, 3:44pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Rogue mandolin has no braces in Builders and Repair

I don't recall any large number of problems but it was discussed heavily when it first came out. I'm not shocked about the Rogue.

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Jul-14-2020, 3:41pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread $59,000 Reward for Missing Gibson Shipping Ledger in General Mandolin Discussions

It will probably show up on eBay one of these days along with a bunch of unfinished F5 necks.

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Jul-14-2020, 3:38pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Gibson opposes Collings' headstock trademark registration, citing in General Mandolin Discussions

There were bowlbacks using the open book headstock shape before Gibson was incorporated. This is ludicrous.

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Jul-14-2020, 10:34am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Replacing Worm Over with Worm Under in Equipment

I haven't been able to determine if the new Schaller's even come in a worm over configuration. The old ones most certainly did as we both know :)

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Jul-13-2020, 12:59pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread yamaha mandolins in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Apparently it's still elusive. I really want to see the pics.

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Jul-13-2020, 12:56pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread project mandolin on Ebay in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I'm not gonna jump on this one :cool:

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Jul-13-2020, 12:45pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread 1957 EM200 disintegration of tuner buttons in Builders and Repair

They are selling replacement sets of Kluson tuners, replace them and keep the originals with the instrument. The button rot is common on these tuners...

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Jul-13-2020, 8:59am

JEStanek replied to a thread New f-5 in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

What a beauty!

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Jul-12-2020, 8:13pm

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Strings for Nerve Damaged Hands in Equipment

Silk and Steel.

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Jul-12-2020, 12:59pm

tuhker replied to a thread Don Stiernberg Quartet cited as a best jazz recording of 2020 in General Mandolin Discussions

Bravo, everyone should hear this one, congrats Maestro Donnie!

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Jul-12-2020, 9:07am

lflngpicker replied to a thread Describe your MAS progression in Equipment

My progression/education/MAS experience is one that evolved into becoming a hobby seller and buyer. My love for guitars and tube amplifiers has also...

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Jul-12-2020, 8:41am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Replacing Worm Over with Worm Under in Equipment

I pretty much had to have this concept beat into my head by some Cafe members before I finally got it. Here's a chart to make it easy. Look at the...

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Jul-12-2020, 8:21am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Replacing Worm Over with Worm Under in Equipment

A manufacturer can simply use the same worm gear used on worm under tuners to make a worm over set of tuners but they will turn backwards. It's...

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Jul-12-2020, 8:11am

MikeEdgerton replied to a thread Anybody know anything? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

We could introduce the concept of "known unknowns" vs "unknown unknowns" but even that might not show what anyone knows or doesn't know.

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