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If you haven't settled on a portable amp, another recommendation to try out a Roland Cube EX. This amp is a big step up from the Street Cube, I've had both and the Cube EX is a great battery...

I'm the poster boy for the use of the Safe-T-Planer (and now it's off-shore descendants), using it for everything from surfacing rough lumber from my sawyer to finish planing cuts to level fret...

Thanks for the replies so far, that's exactly the kind of information I'm looking for.

I'm 65 years old, 5'9" with big paws. I've been playing guitar, electric and upright bass, banjo, mandolin,...

I wrote this "how to" article posted on the Emando.com website detailing the conversion of a mini-strat to an electric octave mandolin. You could use the same techniques on many different...

I can highly recommend watching the Soda Rock Ramblers playing O Detto al Sole, a Matteo Casserino cover. True to the original and shows how dynamic and beautiful this music can be:
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A wise idea. Nowadays you just can't assume too much. ;)

Ditto.

You can pour in a half pound of white rice and shake it around to clean up an instrument with dirt problems.

Shake it out carefully and you'll have a clean mandolin.

Most definitely.

My octave was made by modifying a Taylor GS Mini (23-1/2" scale) neck (someone had the "neck only" on Reverb) and attaching to a 40's Kay arch top guitar body. The tone is great...

I have a 23-1/2" scale octave on which I use .011", .022", .034", and .044". strings. I picked the guages to be easy multiples of 11 so they would be easy to remember, although I had to bump the D...

Exactly how I use mine, but no gloves. I don't feel I'm in any particular peril as long as I have both hands in the proper places on the angle grinder. I also use mine with a momentary foot switch...

I've used DesignCAD2D for years for all sorts of drawings. I used to produce full size construction prints for musical instruments and used to provide them in pdf form for end users, but had to halt...

I also had an early StuMac fret slotting saw that promptly went to the circular file.
I use a small screw slotting circular blade (available from McMaster Carr) fitted to a small sliding mitre saw...

When I was experimenting a lot with piezo discs I found that the only way to eliminate induced hum was to shield the sensor side of the disc, too. I cut brass to shape and soldered it to a bit of...

You'll be missing both the effect of doubled strings AND the jangle of steel strings. If you want to hear what nylon doubles sound like, here's my first "low tuned mando" made by converting a cheap...

I buy the bulk sleeves or a dozen individual Phosphor Bronze (and un-wound single strings) from Musician's Friend for my octave; cheap and free shipping!

My octave has a tailpiece that uses ball...

Hi All,
I don't post often, only if I have something significant to add. Here's a new Octave Mandolin done as a conversion of an old Kay body and adding a 23-1/2" scale length Taylor GS Mini neck. ...

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I use these Rubbermaid storage containers. I cut the height down so the just clear my tallest item (tuner) with the lid on. The lid doesn't fit as nicely once it's trimmed down, but that...