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Just tell 'em that Tim O'Brien said it's okay... http://timobrien.net/sites/default/files/splash-hot-rize2.jpg?1277754699

Over my 50 years of building mandolins I have seen literally thousands of neck joints and have never seen one as sorry as this that was claimed to be usable. It is not difficult to cut a perfect neck...

Some people use a CNC for this job but I use a CNA. A cramped numb arm.

Hi Paula,

Don't be overly discouraged. Learning an instrument is not a straight-line proposition. You will have good days and bad days, but when you look back over a longer time-span, you will...

Hi,

To be honest I don't care for the pickguard, but the rest of it is just perfect. Well done.

Regards

You can spend $10K if you want to, but you can spend less and get just as much from many builders. In other words, I think it is better to use $10k as an upper price limit while shopping, but don't...

My conscience requires me to say: There are an awful lot of fantastic, master-quality mandolins in the $5000 range (maybe even lower). You could spend years with such mandolins without discovering...

I just stained David Surette's new mandolin to look like an old Gibson pumpkin top. I photoshopped a Gibson for comparison. It still rough and hasn't been buffed yet. Max used a modern voicing...

Any time you see a claim of increased loudness and sustain, it's a suspect claim. Unless we increase the efficiency of the system (hint; it takes more than a simple tailpiece swap to do that) we...

Well, hell. I thought it was Friday. Surprise!

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Because it makes you look like a middle-aged lawyer or businessman. Which, if you're playing bluegrass, is who you're most likely to be.

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Bill Bussmann sent me pics of my almost-ready-to-deliver mando today. I could not be more pleased. Redwood top, mesquite back and sides, ironwood fretboard, turquoise inlay. I told my...

It's not so much that Bill's instrument was exceptional in particular, but rather that he played one and everyone else decided to create a huge demand to sound like Bill. The same happened with Earl...

When I built my second mandolin I was working for a company. That mandolin, and several after it, had the well known name of my employer inlaid in the peghead, not my name. They sold as fast as I...

I am a professional musician, at the small festival and coffeehouse level. Ten years ago, after learning on a Teens beater Gibson A for 5 or 5 years, I purchased a Collings MT for $1650. Since then,...