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Today, 9:27am

Timbofood replied to a thread Question for Experienced Players in General Mandolin Discussions

There is a great tendency for break neck speeds for breakdowns (sorry, I will go to my corner) and a very great amount of Bluegrass music, the...

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Yesterday, 2:28pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Is this really worth $70k? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I repeat myself: “Askin’ ain’t sellin” It’s a great mandolin I'm sure, CJ has excellent taste in mandolins, and knows what he wants. He clearly...

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May-21-2020, 11:42am

Timbofood replied to a thread One Mandolin - forever... in General Mandolin Discussions

I know but, I don’t think it’s my place to tell. Demetrius, let the world know buddy!

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May-14-2020, 7:16am

Timbofood replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Sad but, I have to agree. The younger generation does not use sterling flatware and consequently sells that for scrap nine times out of ten too. I...

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May-14-2020, 6:49am

Timbofood replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

What’s it worth? Depends on whether your buying or selling. And like I’ve said before, ”Askin’ ain’t sellin’”.

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May-13-2020, 10:24am

Timbofood replied to a thread Feline String Change Caution in General Mandolin Discussions

I used to just take them out to the trash, no matter where I’d put them the silly cat would find them until they were put the door!

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May-12-2020, 6:50am

Timbofood replied to a thread My band asked me to stop playing guitar in General Mandolin Discussions

That’s great! You now can be the butt of all the “littlest instrument” jokes but, you don’t have to haul that big guitar or ridiculously heavy banjo...

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May-11-2020, 7:04am

Timbofood replied to a thread was looking at a mandolin for a friend, and this happens......... in General Mandolin Discussions

Darryl, Did you look at your wife and say “This little guy followed me home, if I had ever brought him in, somebody was gonna steal it!” It worked...

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May-10-2020, 12:34pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

This reminds me of being in the jewelry business and people asking if “Gold was up or down?” The answer was generally “Yes”, it’s all relative. They...

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May-10-2020, 11:12am

Timbofood replied to a thread That Stitched band around a case lid in Builders and Repair

Yeah, we don’t need Mike to do ALL the work! You are indeed one of a kind Mike! You have kept a smile on my face through all this misery, thanks...

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May-07-2020, 8:31am

Timbofood replied to a thread One Mandolin - forever... in General Mandolin Discussions

I was wondering if Demetrius was going to ring in with that one! When I gave it its test run back in ‘07 I really didn’t want to give it back! It...

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May-05-2020, 7:21pm

Timbofood replied to a thread That Stitched band around a case lid in Builders and Repair

Mike, why didn’t I think of that just ten seconds earlier!?

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May-05-2020, 7:03am

Timbofood replied to a thread That Stitched band around a case lid in Builders and Repair

Try a plastics place, something like what they make flexible plastic rulers out of might bear fruit more readily than reaching out to a manufacturer.

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May-03-2020, 11:33pm

journeybear replied to a thread Is this string about dead? in General Mandolin Discussions

As Ed and Jim noted - and the OP implied when he mentioned the strings are EFT76 - it's a mandola. But that still doesn't explain why the A string is...

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May-03-2020, 10:34pm

journeybear started a thread The Hollies - Look Through Any Window in General Mandolin Discussions

I am in the middle of an interweb game of tag - for ten days in a row, post an album that influenced you, and each day nominate someone to do the...

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May-02-2020, 6:02pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Gibson Mandola Restoration in Builders and Repair

Congratulations on seeing that this is in need of some restoration. Also, very wise to seek out some help simply because mandolin Luthiery is...

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May-02-2020, 5:38pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Leather Calton Case Cover in General Mandolin Discussions

Take a trip to Brownsville TX! You could have it “Tuck and Rolled” to boot (or upholster). I like the saddle maker direction, but, I’m not sure how...

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Apr-28-2020, 5:41pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Lester 'Road Hog' Moran in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

Mike I’m going out to work on dinner and will rack up some of the you tube offerings. I was actually introduced to Lester through Bill Halsey! Those...

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Apr-28-2020, 7:20am

Timbofood replied to a thread Lester 'Road Hog' Moran in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

But, we are a rather “obscure bunch” aren’t we? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Apr-28-2020, 7:07am

Timbofood replied to a thread No mandolin content. Taylor Guitars story about sourcing woods in Builders and Repair

I thought it was a a very strange article/advertisement. Rolling Stone has become a bigger than life corporate entity, no longer a source for the...

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Apr-28-2020, 7:00am

Timbofood replied to a thread Concerning Loar copy mandolins in General Mandolin Discussions

Absolutely! Would never even think that he was, many fine craftsmen come from the draftsman/illustrator school.

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Apr-27-2020, 6:32pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Lester 'Road Hog' Moran in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

I saw it but, failed to remember that connection!

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Apr-27-2020, 6:20pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Concerning Loar copy mandolins in General Mandolin Discussions

Bill has been on the “right” wood lookout for a while and had gotten some from my cabinetmaker/banjo player friend of years! He referred to some of...

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Apr-27-2020, 12:17pm

Timbofood replied to a thread Mandolin Registry Startup Help in General Mandolin Discussions

Bill, you might reach out to carleshicks, a member that has done a MM registry, he might have a few ideas of things that work or do not.

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Apr-27-2020, 10:49am

Timbofood replied to a thread Concerning Loar copy mandolins in General Mandolin Discussions

Bill was involved with the initial F-5L project with Roger Siminoff and Aaron Cowels but, aside from that he was not “employed” at the factory....

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