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    Mandolino & Theorbo Duet.

    https://youtu.be/CZme5SwFJyI

    This is rather lovely, there are two other videos in the series.
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    Re: Body movement in a 1915 A.

    OK, that changes everything... or nearly everything.
    The fingerboard surface of the neck will need to be milled for a good glue joint to the fingerboard, so milling it level with the riser block...
  3. Re: 'Good Vibrations' for 7 mandolins and 3 mandocellos

    For your covenience, I embedded the video:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRftx0ANA7M
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    Funk Mandolin - "Kiss" by Prince

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSseN0A3kRw
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    Re: Recordings of Mandolins as String Quartets

    This arrangement of a Zappa piece was never intended as a string quartet, but it does amuse me:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_w5h9UTxL8
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    A "bowed guitar from a cello" would be a re-invention of a very old instrument: the bass viol (or viola da gamba). Cello-size, six strings, fretted and bowed. Played upright like a cello or (more...
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    Dennis Havlena is a real tinkerer and inventor of really odd instruments. He made the guitello. His web page is a real blast. Be sure to scroll all the way down to take it all in....
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    Something like this?
    http://youtu.be/42aYxC26WFA
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    Interesting, but it didn't start a trend!
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    D'Angelico did it with a guitar:

    http://www.americanguitarmuseum.com/dangelicor2.htm

    j.
    www.condino.com
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    Theres guys are correct.

    Plus the body feels really wrong to me when held like a lute or guitar. I've tried;)
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    Yes, the critical geometry related to supporting string tension is all wrong. The neck angle is way too high, to start with. You could put a new neck on it and beef it up enough, presumably. But then...
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    Re: Cello to Mandocello Conversion?

    It would be like playing a guitarrón.
    It would not work well. Bracing, sound post both wrong. Only room for 4 strings. Hard to hold.
  14. Re: Who Likes Non-Traditional COLORS on their Mandos?

    Here's a few of mine...
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    Re: Charlie Parker's Tico Tico Backup

    Here is the version the OP probably means, in A minor.

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    And here is the classic hit version from 1945, in G minor.


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  16. Measurements of Mike Marshall's cello nut and bridge

    I am coming into an Eastman cello and I've read all about the string spacing issues with this instrument. Mike Marshall was nice enough to provide me a tracing of his nut and bridge. I added a ruler,...
  17. Re: How long carbon fiber rod for a Gibson A?

    There are so many thousands of old Gibsons that clearly have no need for a CF rod, after 70 or more years. Why are you doing this?
  18. Re: How long carbon fiber rod for a Gibson A?

    It's not necessary to continue the channel / rod through the neck joint and into the head block. Besides complicating future repairs on the neck joint, the amount of support it adds in that location...
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