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Yesterday, 9:39pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread How To Avoid Losing An Expensive Pick in Equipment

A cautionary tale! From now on when I send a contract for a gig I will always request a contrasting colored table. In fact I will also request a room...

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Yesterday, 9:02pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Resonance Bar in General Mandolin Discussions

This is just another of off-ramp creations in the superhighway of luthiery that I find so very interesting. Actually the fiddle I play designed by a...

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Yesterday, 8:16pm

Pete Martin replied to a thread Non Mandolin Jazz in Jazz, Swing, Blues, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer, Ragtime

I find piano phrasing very similar to mandolin, multiple strings picked. Guitar also phrases similar due to being a fretted string and a pick. ...

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Yesterday, 7:05pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Classical on an A-style Kentucky Mandolin? in Equipment

Yes, Bruce is an excellent player and sounds great on whatever he plays.

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Yesterday, 7:03pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Pango Mandocello in CBOM

I think you should work on some Chinese tunes to play on your Pangocello when it arrives. How about this one played with lots of tremolo:

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Yesterday, 6:59pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Documenting Instrument Condition ??? in Builders and Repair

You have a good list already. I agree with Br1ck to take loads of photos and include any case candy or other stuff, in fact include whether it has a...

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Yesterday, 5:01pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bowlbacks of Note in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Here's an interesting one on etsy. It looks like a DeMeglio without the sideports but the seller says it is labelled Carl Rickmich. I found a couple...

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Yesterday, 3:59pm

Jim Garber started a thread Resonance Bar in General Mandolin Discussions

I know this is not a mandolin but the concept could work on a mandolin, if someone were so inclined. I know that Joseph Bohmann, the crazed...

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Yesterday, 2:25pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Loar Picture of the Day in Vintage Instruments

I liked the tones I got out of the Virzi-fied one I played but I have liked the others too.

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Yesterday, 9:16am

lflngpicker replied to a thread Opinions on the Dobro Ampliphonic Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Just wanted to add, Don Young, the founder of the 2nd iteration of National Reso-phonic Guitars, designed the RM-1 and developed those mandolins. He...

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Yesterday, 9:10am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Post A Picture Of Yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

I didn’t mean that the Levin in your photo was just for posing just that one in Django’s hands. I suppose he did try it but it would be a very...

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Yesterday, 8:06am

lflngpicker replied to a thread Post A Picture Of Yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

That guitar is a hoss! Thanks for posting. :)

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Jan-15-2019, 11:24pm

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread Classical on an A-style Kentucky Mandolin? in Equipment

Words to live by! Great discussion here. For what it's worth, in classical situations (symphonic works, operas, chamber music, mandolin...

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Jan-15-2019, 10:19am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Post A Picture Of Yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Wow! Including a Levin DeLuxe guitar. Of course, that was really just for that photo.

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Jan-14-2019, 9:02pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Opinions on the Dobro Ampliphonic Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I had the same problem and I just deepened the slot in the bridge a bit. My only complaint is that they are a royal pain to change strings with that...

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Jan-14-2019, 9:00pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bach Inventions in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

There are transcriptions for violin duet that a friend and I used to play on two mandolins.

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Jan-14-2019, 8:52pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread 'Mandolin d'Amore' on eBay in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

And here is a hardanger mandolin by Harald Hougaard, sort of a mandolin version of a hardingfele or hardanger fiddle.

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Jan-14-2019, 8:46pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread The Baroque Theorbo in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Really a Pete Seeger harp lute. It is a lute with bass extensions. We were joking about this instrument back in 2006 in the Classical section of...

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Jan-14-2019, 7:30pm

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread 'Mandolin d'Amore' on eBay in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Fascinating! It was built in 2001, and the seller (and presumably the player on the video) is the builder. So maybe it's the one and only Mandolin...

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Jan-14-2019, 8:25am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Rigel tailpiece problem - help! in Builders and Repair

Peter Langdell is still around. Maybe he has are replacement or a solution. Rigel Instruments

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Jan-14-2019, 7:53am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Opinions on the Dobro Ampliphonic Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Unless the have changed the specs on the RM-1, I believe they are only 1/8” longer in scale length than standard mandolins—14”. The neck is a little...

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Jan-14-2019, 12:19am

Jim Garber replied to a thread How To Avoid Losing An Expensive Pick in Equipment

I am waiting for Blue Chip to have a tracking computer chip embedded in their picks. Do you think they are reading this thread?

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Jan-13-2019, 10:36pm

Bruce Clausen replied to a thread A little improvisation in Song and Tune Projects

Excellent! Fine playing and production. Thanks for posting.

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Jan-13-2019, 8:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Information about bowl back mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I just saw this on Elderly site, a Conqueror mandolin which is also made by Suzuki. The OP's mandolin bears a definite resemblance.

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Jan-13-2019, 8:37pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Mandolin Advice in Looking for Information About Mandolins

If a mandola it would have a 15 1/2" scale length. Bridges sometime move so measure from nut to 12th fret and halve the scale length which would be...

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Jan-13-2019, 8:19pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Tatra bowlback in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I am not sure if this is an old mandolin—I don't know this brand or maker. If it is more modern, say Asian made, it is possible to find a modern...

3 replies | 251 view(s)

Jan-13-2019, 8:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread E. S. Warren mando in Vintage Instruments

Then tailpiece is similar in shape to some that appear on mandolins by Luigi Ricca but that means little since your could buy those from suppliers....

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Jan-13-2019, 7:38pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread 1933 Gibson A50 with an Oval Soundhole in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Yes you are correct. I see it but in my browser it is in the yellow area.

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Jan-13-2019, 7:23pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread "Mandolin Homemade Project" in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I assume that it was originally meant to be a lefty? Also, it looks like the top wood grain runs crosswise. Better to buy yourself some wood...

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Jan-13-2019, 7:13pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Information about bowl back mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

This one is not really like the one in the linked thread above. It looks to me to be similar to ones made by the Suzuki Company. I had one made in...

3 replies | 537 view(s)

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