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I swear I thought this was a photoshop joke. Vega Cylinderback Plectrum.

On the Gryphon Strings web site, they explained:



Here is the description on eBay:

Several years ago, I splurged about $3k on a McClanahan F style. This seemed to be the entry level price for a handmade instrument at the time. I added it to my homeowner insurance and then treated...

I came across Jethro Burns' book and it was an eye opener for me to see that there were only 3 shapes you needed to play 3 voicings over every major chord.

My advice would be to learn only 3 major...

This is great. Thanks. I'm eager to look into these resources!

Hi Mandolinner, here’s my advice—not as an expert, by any stretch, but as a beginner like you. I started learning mandolin almost a year ago. I’m also a long-failing fiddler (but I won’t concede...

I have a 1930's regal spider bridge. I use Newtone .008's on it. The intonation was WAY off when I got it. I ended up machining some metal off the lower three spider legs, re-drilling the hole for...

Not familiar with all the brands you're considering, but I'd stick to lighter gauges. I have them on my '30's Dobro mandolin.

You could get a custom-built cover plate with a lower profile, at...

Here's a pic of the ebony inlaid buttons

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As a lifelong professional finisher (NOT instrument builder nor luthier) I keep up with a lot of these posts but rarely dare to chime in.

When making a general statement like this one, it's not...

"Gibson didn't brace the H1s and H2s for the long haul . . ."

Well, maybe yes and maybe no, but the most frequent causes of top sinkage on these old mandolas [and mandolins] is:
1. The...

We need to make an observation here, then we'll butt out.

The official position is the Cafe has no problem with Reverb as a service. We allow people to link to their Reverb sales as we do Craig's...

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Once you have tried the new Schaller GrandTune mandolin tuners you will never go back to the old Schallers. It has taken a while, but I have finally got 3 sets of the GrandTune tuners and one set is...

Samuel Siegel was a mandolin star of the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. He was a Regal endorser. This does look like a moderately fancy Regal esp with the inlaid logo and ornate fretboard inlays,...

It's amazing how a change in finances can affect MAS. (Well, really, it's not all that amazing when you think about it.)

The finances haven't changed dramatically but they will. Eddie Blevins in...

The average mandolin player's take from the tip jar at a Labor Day gig?

Hey there everybody! Dan from Mandolins and Beer here! Been a while! I’ve started playing music pretty much full time now and have been working on something I call Lick of the Day.

I’ve been...

The advantage to French polish over spraying shellac is that it produces a beautiful finish when very thin, which makes the top responsive, but if you rely entirely on the shellac to provide color...

My kids gave me a T shirt that says "All I Care About Is MY MANDOLIN and like maybe 3 people". I do get stares.

My grandson was into doing custom T shirts and I`ll check and see if he still does them and if he does maybe I`ll be posting some for sale in the classifieds....

Willie

At "the factory", we sprayed clear finish over Dutch Boy flat black rattle can paint. They had a test piece with the clear finish (catalyzed varnish) sprayed over a bunch of different hardware store...

Since black doesnt need to show the wood grain, a nice little trick for sharp binding edges, is to first spray a few clear coats. Sand somewhat smooth. Then spray your black coat. Then scrape the...

I have always read that the bare wood should be sealed first before applying any stains as to prevent a blotchy finish. I like the idea of using a Dye mixed with alcohol since my top finish will be...

This is clear shellac with black alcohol-soluble dye added. Brushed on, wet sanded to level and then hand buffed.

It would have made my life easier if I'd dyed the wood black first, as this finish...

I've used black wood dye (probably labelled as "ebony" coloured in the store), then finished over with shellac or endurovar. You can get a deeper black if your dye is mixable with your finish and...