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Graham McDonald replied to a thread An possible opportunity to advance purchase some spruce in Builders and Repair

The link came from the Cremona Musica music trade show in Cremona, and there were certainly major storms through Italy around October. The Ciresa...

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Today, 5:22am

Graham McDonald started a thread An possible opportunity to advance purchase some spruce in Builders and Repair

This link popped up in my email this evening. It may be useful. ...

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Dec-10-2018, 4:04pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread 1920's Mandolin orchestra with Gibson snakehead+Paddlehead copies in Vintage Instruments

I have never found any catalogues suggesting that there were any European music companies producing carved top mandolins before the 30s, and even...

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Dec-08-2018, 6:42pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread 1920's Mandolin orchestra with Gibson snakehead+Paddlehead copies in Vintage Instruments

The interesting question is who made them, as most of them look as if they may well have come from the same source? If dated a few years later I...

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Dec-04-2018, 9:34pm

BJ O'Day replied to a discussion 2018-12 Tune of the Month -- The Rakes of Kildare in group Newbies

Hank, I think around 112 bpm is what dancers prefer. I learn a jig at 60, move up to practice at 70 to 75. I never really counted the timing at the...

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Dec-02-2018, 10:58pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Long scale octave mandola bracing in Builders and Repair

I see/hear a tonal advantage. The lighter a string gauge is for a particular pitch the more harmonics there are in the sound of each note, an extra...

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Dec-02-2018, 10:40pm

BJ O'Day replied to a discussion November 2018 Tune Project in group Newbies

Nice playing Hank.

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Dec-02-2018, 4:51pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Long scale octave mandola bracing in Builders and Repair

Bernie, there is a whole musical sub-culture based around guitar scale octave mandolin, aka the Irish bouzouki. More in Britain and Ireland than the...

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Nov-25-2018, 7:55am

BJ O'Day replied to a discussion Invitation in group Newbies

Nice site Hank. Outside of being a golfer, you seem to have it together. BJ

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Nov-22-2018, 8:59pm

Rob Zamites replied to a thread Cheap electric mandolin- Eastwood, Kentucky, Gold Tone, or... ? in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

I’m loving my generic/unbranded Mandocaster: No idea what pickups these are, but they have good response over all 4 courses of strings.

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Nov-22-2018, 8:53pm

Rob Zamites replied to a thread mando tuned ukes? in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

Pop rivets for fretboard markers - GENIUS!

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Nov-22-2018, 6:53pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Long scale octave mandola bracing in Builders and Repair

Phillip, I still can't follow your reasoning for wanting more tension than a short scale mandola. Guitars and many of the octave mandola/bouzoukis...

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Nov-22-2018, 1:34am

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Long scale octave mandola bracing in Builders and Repair

I am still puzzled as to why you would want that much string tension on an instrument of that string length. I would also note that the information...

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Nov-20-2018, 4:46pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Long scale octave mandola bracing in Builders and Repair

What the OP is describing would be more usually called an octave mandolin or even an Irish bouzouki at that standard guitar scale length, rather than...

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Nov-14-2018, 8:05pm

Rob Zamites replied to a thread Home Amp for 5 String in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

I’ve got a THR-5a (the acoustic one), and love it for my acoustic-electric ukulele. It’s got a clean electric setting and I’ll be using it with my...

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