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It took way longer than it should have to make, but I’ve finally finished a jig to quickly and accurately make the main part of ukulele necks. For the headstock and heel I’ve got other things on the...

I am pretty good at this magic trick where I make beer.... disappear.

I will try to show the making of a simple neck without machinery in an album on my Cafe profile page this week.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=2219

Yeah, no. Not yet. Work has been crazy and I've got too much else going on right now. At this point, it's looking like I might get started on this project around October if I'm lucky. I'm still...

No problems, other than tuning issues caused by the tremolo, which are not relevant to a Tele.

I have a habit of putting together frankenstein guitars, especially tenors: more than one 6 string neck has made a few passes through my band saw and been attacked by rasps and planes and become a...

I believe the tef file on mandozine.com is accurate.

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The only thing correct in that video is the key! Here's my PDF of how Bill plays it.

Hey Folks,

I am teaching my second free Facebook Live Lesson with Vintage Guitar Magazine this Sunday 4.19 at 3pm ET from my studio. Just go to Vintage Guitar Magazine to check it out.

The...

I hope everyone is having a great Easter. The link to my new vid is below.

https://youtu.be/WiA-WM4PE74

It's their 4-string electric. Pretty much what I was hoping for tone and playability. This is a budget instrument but is usable.

Bought from Instrument Alley through Amazon.

Scale length...

Thanks Jps, well i have worked it out after a short while, i'm quite pleased with myself actually, it doesnt sound too bad, i just have to play it fluently now lol
one part that i think was wrong...

This mandolin is still on craigslist

There are two types of mandolin players.
Don’t be one of them.

No but I bet the person in the car next to you at a stop light is wondering what the heck you are doing. ;)

I found a Eastman MD807 from 2005. This one was the first prototype for the later MD 805D series.

Looks really cool and plays really well.


https://i.ibb.co/J7YYd3c/IMG-20190226-163703.jpg...

So one of the problems, from a commercial standpoint, is that the vast majority of players expect them to sound bad. Because of how they look.
And all the legend behind wood - you know, aging,...

Thanks for confirming that dark suspicion I always had about BG solos :))

As part of the Gordon County Fiddler's Conventions, John McEuen (founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) will bring his one man show to the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun Georgia on March 29,...

Have this one on me :)

There are a lot of instruments like that. Quality all the way.

No need to waste your time, I'm going to win it. Save yourself the heartache.

I'm starting the year light too, as in down 43 lbs.

Maybe the money was for lessons! :))