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    Re: RIP Frank Ford

    Frank did a wonderful service to the lutherie world thru frets.com, as well as his teaching and willingness to share his knowledge. Whether you were looking for information on guitar neck sets,...
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    Re: RIP Frank Ford

    One of the great gentlemen of the stringed instrument world. Rest in peace, Frank.
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    Re: Hester tribute loar a5 pair

    I’m bumping my all-time favorite thread in honor of Gail’s special day. Happy Birthday, Gail, and thanks!
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    Re: A request of builders

    For any instrument that comes in, if it is a living builder who did substandard work, I ALWAYS refuse to work on it and tell the owner to send it back to the builder. By correcting it, all you do is...
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    Re: Cliff Sargent mandolin

    I had the great pleasure of meeting Cliff when he moved from CA to Missoula MT where I was living, somewhere about 1980 - 81. Funny, I had gotten a phone call from him, I didn't know who he was but...
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    Re: Richlite bridges

    As a mandolin builder, I see no reason to ever not use a 2" wide wooden fingerboard. They are cheap and readily available, regardless of your wood choice. When mandolin fingerboards are no longer...
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    Re: Luthier Paul Hostetter has passed away

    Rest in peace. Always sad to see a long-time member move on. On behalf of the Mandolin Cafe, condolences to his family and friends.
  8. Re: Anyone interested in a system to measure depth and chart it?

    http://www.magicprobe.net/
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    Re: F style with broken scroll -- couple of ?s

    Here's how I usually do it:

    REINFORCING A BROKEN HEADSTOCK SCROLL
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    Did a good deed today

    A good friend has been helping a family that has recently relocated to Minnesota. There are two sons that like music, but have never played. Someone had donated an acoustic guitar for one of them....
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    Craigslist cocobolo....

    Once in a while it pays off for all of that looking; I'll have a few new instruments coming out of this in a while. Out behind the barn past the kudzu from my granddady's uncle's third cousin twice...
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    Happy Birthday Jerry

    Today is Jerry Garcia's 75th birthday. A great musical presence in my life
    and a wonderful human being whose memory I'll always cherish.

    Cheers Spud-Boy!! — Dawg
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    Re: Flaked top of 1917 Gibson A

    Time to get it in the hands of a competent French polisher who can do a nice job on the top. All this discussion about maintaining originality gets a bit tedious, particularly when you have a...
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    Re: My new Hester A5z mandolin

    Unless he bought the ad word. :cool:
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    David Grisman and Tony Rice

    A recent video popped up on YouTube of these two American Treasures in concert together from 1997. It's a full show, just over 2 hours of greatness. Wanted to share so you don't miss it.

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    New Hamlett A

    Just picked up my new Hamlett A custom built with my specs
    Red Spruce,satin finish,block inlays,fleur de lis Evo frets ,black buttons
    I really like it
    It's lightweight already sounds great has a...
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    Re: To Do or Not To Do, that is the question

    Good chance it will not sound like it does now once you start reshaping, reducing wood mass, adding new parts, etc. I know musicians that have done this and seriously regretted it. Problem is, you...
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    41 Years Ago Today

    Unfathomable, incredible and wonderful!
  19. Re: Who Likes Non-Traditional COLORS on their Mandos?

    Made a few, mostly blue, except for fish, melons, and custom whiskey.....
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    Re: 1924 A Jr. Snakehead Pickguard Identification

    This looks like the original pickguard. Even tho you don't like to use them, it would be nice to keep it with the mandolin it belongs to. A future owner would appreciate having it I am sure. I know I...
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    Mother of Pearl buttons for Gotoh tuners

    NFI. The price is a little cheaper than I've seen.These are for the newer models with the elongated hole as opposed to the older tuners with the square hole.
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    Early on in my building career I was an advocate for cf non adjustable rods, but time and wisdom has caught up with me.

    Every repair person who works on your instruments in the future will thank...
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    Re: Building Oval Holes

    I am reminded of the scene from The Quiet Man in which Michaleen Flynn says, "Madame, when I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water." There are times when two wonderful...
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    Vintage Back and side wood

    Just for interest sake, I thought I would post some photos of a 1925 F5. As a general rule, Loar signed F5's and those immediately following have elegantly understated flame or figure in the wood. It...
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    Re: crack in mandolin top suggestion on fix

    A couple of caveats:]
    1) A professional luthier would probably use hide glue on this repair as it wicks in very well and is easy to "unglue" should that be needed. Stronger, too. Unfortunately, for...
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