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The top is WV Red Spruce and the back is maple. Both are carved. The mandolas are 100% made in the Marshall, Michigan shop. Thanks for the emando strings link Doug. How long do the emando strings...

A couple days ago my new Northfield Quickstep mandola arrived and I am quite impressed with this fine instrument. I got the Ox Amber/spirit varnish finish, and it is just gorgeous. I've played the...

"Gibson never used the designation A-1 as far as I know during this early 1920s time period- just A-Jr, A , A-2, A-3, A-4. The Style A began to be made in 1910 and the A-1 finished production about...

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My 2002 A9 is #21029030. My understanding is that the formula for eight-digit mandolin serial numbers is YMMDD##Y. The first Y is the last number of the year. MM is the number of the month from 01...

I think the term "eagle's beak" is frequently used to describe this issue with scroll's. At least I think this is the same phenomenon that is being referred to here as "hawksbill". This old thread...

This mandola (not mine) built by Michael Heiden is nice looking. 196346

Then there is this. Anyone tried it?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0795X4FL4/ref=twister_B08KZ9XJCC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

It seems that he did use the '25 Fern on most of the recordings. This pic 189337 and description is from the "Tone Poems" CD booklet.

There's a used Northfield F2S in the classifieds right now in fact (NFI) https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/154578#154578
I had one once and they are pretty nice, but it just never sounded quite right...

I think the applause might partly be the audience's appreciation for Nancy being such a trooper. Right before the applause, at about 3:00, her strap falls off her shoulder right onto her right...

Due to some arthritis in my hand, I decided to reshape the neck of my Northfield Big Mon. After removing the finish and reshaping, I stained it with some amber/brown aniline dye and finished it...

Looks like Bill Amatneek.174443

Here's a wonderful rendition of Gentle On My Mind by Molly featuring some tasty mandolin by Joe Walsh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTj_wY_6Tas

I'm afraid that I can't locate the bookmark for the site where pic #4 appeared. Seems like it might have been posted on an old Café thread, and I think it was just a peghead only shot only as I...

Good news for Monel lovers! Curt Mangan Strings now has Monel mandolin strings available, and I just got my first set yesterday. Medium gauge is 11-15-26-40, which is just perfect in my book. I...

Well, there's this: http://www.mandolinarchive.com/documents/junior.pdf No description of the bridge, but the picture looks like a one-piece. There are also numerous photos in the A Jr section...

I received my new Big Mon this weekend. I could not be more pleased. I got a red spruce top, sugar maple back, and the large sound holes. It sounds like a young, frisky Aretha Franklin. Every...

The radius is actually 14". See this thread: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?51219-Gibson-Jam-Masters-New-Models&highlight=master
I love mine and find the nut width and radius...

Here's a pretty good article with some historical information and other stuff.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?74698-Full-mandolin-article-from-The-Old-Time-Herald

Here's the pic of Bill showing Tony a few licks.

The tune is on Skip Gorman's OLD STYLE MANDOLIN VOLUME TWO, but there ain't no trombone on it.