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Amazing what people can convince themselves that they are hearing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02tImce3AE

Steve

If the old top is to be discarded, there is really no reason to be delicate about removing it. You can just cut most of it out, as long as your cuts remain inside of the linings and blocks. The...

The one thing I learned after my first few (never sold) oval-hole mandolins collapsed:

I used to think of graduations for an archtop mandolin like this: thick in the center, thinning towards the...

Been working on this for a few weeks and have hit the point of diminishing returns, so I decided to set up a mic and close the books on it. The instrument is a Northfield 5-Bar Artist (Engelmann).
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How's this?
https://i.imgur.com/G6L4oXN.png

If you're interested in that, tuning the bass up to A works very well, giving you ADae.
I only ever use that tuning, and I can play in any key. It also lends itself to song accompaniment, especially...

Seems to me you may be over complicating things.

How much sustain gets in the way is down to your technique and playing style rather than the instrument itself. This instrument has a lot of...

One I built doing a variety of things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yW6i3kwWM&feature=youtu.be

Try this on for size :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EqVC20WdI0

I have been using Titebond liquid hide glue for frets for 20 years. Over the course of 100 + fret jobs done this way, I have only had 3 or 4 loose frets come to my attention. When it's time to pull...

Do you really have your heart set on lacquer? It is very toxic, and success includes a steep learning curve. Do you have a ventilated spray booth set up to go with that spray gun you plan on buying?...

Yes, a single action truss rod has to be below the neutral axis of the neck or it just won't work. It might help stiffen the neck some, but it just won't bend it backward. I think the deeper the rod...

Of all the mandolins that I have worked on over the years I can only remember 2 that had a back bow in the neck, and they were both carbon fiber mandolins. I can't remember if the fretboards were...

The second label you are referring to mentions using light gauge strings. I'll have to give it a second look when I get home for it might say more than that.

I love this little 1N! If you see one...