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You could check out the MORTone guitar conversions sold here:

https://reverb.com/shop/mortone-custom-stringed-instruments

Depending on what you're looking for, a guitar conversion is an inexpensive way to go. I've been doing these for a few years. A conversion takes me about five or six hours. A 25.5"scale will tune to...

I have an Eastwood mandocello, and a couple of their tenors (including the oddly named "tenor baritone", which is basically a 4-string mandocello). Eastwood's QC is not the best, so sometimes you'll...

One better. We can embed Facebook videos (instructions) in the forum. Doesn't have an arrow. Just click the image.

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Is this man the best string player ever ? IMHO probably. I think he could have played a string bean!!!:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaryQ2ORGs0 ...

Debated about placing here or in Tenor section, but I think it has more interest to electric players.

https://reverb.com/news/did-you-know-they-made-these-classic-vintage-guitar-models-as-tenors?

I'll try to find time to take a look at the six FM60Es currently sitting in the barn, as well as archive photos, and see if I can discern anything useful about when truss rods appeared.

First two...

I didn't answer because I don't have measurements to offer. I will say .016 at the first fret seems quite high. I think I'm more in the single digits, a few thousandths.

For 5-string I like the C...

I wouldn't obsess over the numbers at the first fret - just set it so it's "right", see: http://frets.com/FretsPages/Musician/GenSetup/NutAction/nutaction.html

You will need a reasonable height at...

Happy Thanksgiving! Let's give thanks for those 3-note altered dominant chord voicings.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTAOrSoBs0

Here's a link to the playlist of all 7 videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcNXelvOblQ&list=PL_Z7psEln2C2WSJPi5HunwtS7VqJp-6r3

"Like A Different Country Over There",
"Don't Eat Them Donuts",
"It Ain't The Mandolin"

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I have both a Fender Mandostrat and the Blue Star 5 string Mandoblaster. And I really like them both.

The Blue Star set up was fine right out of the box, though as I get better I may develop some...

And why not:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPrWo5m-OtM