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Dec-03-2019, 6:59pm

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Allesi tuners in General Mandolin Discussions

Have you actually been to the old Waverly shop in Bozeman and tried to do business with them beyond mail ordering from the Stew Mac catalog? I have,...

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Dec-02-2019, 3:28am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread "New techniques" for instrument restoration (NMC) in Builders and Repair

'Can't believe how much I still have to learn.......;)

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Dec-01-2019, 2:39pm

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Allesi tuners in General Mandolin Discussions

Alessi are the only thing I've used for the last ten years. They are amazing and can be custom made to anything you can dream of. He is a fantastic...

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Nov-27-2019, 12:21am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Counting Tree Growth Lines ? in General Mandolin Discussions

Yup; luthiers and tonewood sellers love waxing tales of unicorns and fairy dust about precious old wood...

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Nov-25-2019, 12:02am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Regluing a loose back in Builders and Repair

Here is my variation on the rib-o-matic. It is so common for teens and 20's A models that I have a dedicated jig that gets a lot of use. Also shown...

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Nov-21-2019, 11:52am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Top bracing a Gibson EM150 in Builders and Repair

Did you get the pinstriped tweed case with your em 150???????

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Nov-20-2019, 12:06am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Truss rod or not? in Builders and Repair

"I wish you all lived next door so we could discuss this stuff over beers." +1000!

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Nov-18-2019, 5:22pm

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Truss rod or not? in Builders and Repair

Kick a$$ looking cool modern mandolin! I'll disagree: truss rods are NOT insurance. A poorly designed and built neck can have all the truss rods...

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Nov-18-2019, 2:52am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Top and back graduations in Builders and Repair

No offense intended to anyone here or in other threads, but I secretly get endless entertainment from all the thread comments about the Griffith Loar...

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Nov-17-2019, 10:40pm

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Warps in bent sides in Builders and Repair

The ugly set will sound as good as that fancy LLoarax wood....;)

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Nov-16-2019, 1:35pm

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Warps in bent sides in Builders and Repair

I'm a big fan of solid bending forms, but they use up almost a full sheet of mdf. My first thought is did you cook them a second time? Ribbony...

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Nov-13-2019, 11:47am

grandcanyonminstrel replied to a thread Don MacRostie & Red Diamond mandolins in Builders and Repair

Yes; 'got to see the entire process is detail...

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Nov-12-2019, 11:58pm

grandcanyonminstrel started a thread Don MacRostie & Red Diamond mandolins in Builders and Repair

Dustin & I had the pleasure of a lengthy visit with Don MacRostie at the Red Diamond Mandolin corporate headquarters last week.;) I was incredibly...

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