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Another good strategy would be to bring along the mandolin that you are looking to improve upon and A-B them in the same room. At least you will get a useful comparison.

Just to clarify for accuracy. My standard nut width is 29mm, which is 1.142". 1-1/8" = 1.125" therefore, my standard width is .017" over 1-1/8" Not enough to make a noticeable difference in feel.
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Bill, I just shipped out the first and, so far, only LS voiced mandolin down to Nashville a couple of weeks ago. Forrest says he'll get around to recording a demo of it in the coming weeks. If he...

Forrest traded his Grand Classic in for the first of my new "Loar Spec." models. You can read about it on my blog page (Near the bottom of the article) Here's a link to the YouTube video that was...

OK, here's my 3 cents worth (Canadian exchange rate), First, I know this started as a thread about the possible phasing out of "traditional" lacquer products and so my apologies for going a little...

I veneered the buttons with Madrone and hand shaded them.

Here's my Art Deco version of the Toronto skyline featuring the CN Tower. The truss rod cover is the reflection in Lake Ontario. Yorkville is a neiborhood in Toronto that had a very rich musical...

Dibbs on "AND"!

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Here's my current set-up. I've tried various ways of routing the binding rabbet but this is my favorite. The router table method is also very good and I will second that a Dremel is under powered for...

I agree that without a physical explanation, time or playing or time+playing having a perceived affect on the tone of an instrument is only anecdotal. That doesn't prove that it does not exist, only...

Pirsig, a tragically misunderstood intellectual giant.
God rest his soul.

Personally, I hold the scientific method in high regard in its ability to determine objective reality. The issue, as I see it, is that "good" tone cannot, to my knowledge be objectively defined. The...

That could be arranged.

That is one ingredient in my "secret sauce." There are a number of innovations regarding tone that I have developed over the years. I happen to have just talked about some of them on the blog page of...

Thanks everyone for the enthusiastic reception of my jazz model mandolins! I carried the concept for these "J-models" around in my head for many years and was finally able to make them a reality a...

I like to keep as many of my tools as possible on the walls above my benches. This way they are easily and quickly accessible and are also easy to put away. I learned this from guitarmaker Grit...

The frets in the photo look like tang frets to me.

Hi Cary.
To check if the nut slots are too low, fret the string just ahead of the second fret then check the gap between the top of the first fret and the bottom of the string. There should be the...

I found that the best way to measure the tuner spacing is to measure the outside posts center to center and divide by 3 (the number of spaces) I find this to be more accurate than trying to measure...

Yes, that's very callipygous.

I've been offering radiused fretboards as standard for over 40 years and the vast majority of my customers much prefer them. Not everyone of course and for those I offer a flat board at no charge....

Yes, Adruan is right. I get anhydrous alcohol from a company called GreenField Specialty Alcohols. They have extremely pure ethyl alcohol (not 100% of course) and I am told that they have operations...

It's simple physics. I don't understand it myself but........
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I'm not a mathematician but it seems to be correct.