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    Re: Tonewood

    No matter what wood you use, you'll never achieve the real experience of playing a finely crafted, rare, vintage instrument with something the player knows is not.

    That's because there are two...
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    Re: Buff polymerized tung oil?

    You can buff polymerized tung oil (I have some experience with Sutherland Welles, and I've finished several instruments with Waterlox, which is not polymerized tung oil but acts very similarly in...
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    Re: Carbon Fiber for neck reinforcement

    Not really. I made a spring out of glass. It's squishy just like a normal steel spring.
    It's the shape and the material combined that matters, not just the shape or the material alone.
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    Re: Carbon Fiber for neck reinforcement

    Many people have found that adding carbon fiber stiffeners can render a truss rod ineffective. The problem isn't that the truss rod can't apply enough force to be effective, the problem is that the...
  5. Re: Bore scope/ inspection camera - recomendations

    They're all pretty much the same image quality under $50. Just look at the ones with the best reviews. The most important thing is the software and connections (especially if you're connecting to an...
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    I use hex nuts as suggested by David Cohen, and an interlocking beam that allows the moving top part of the bridge to be taller than normal. Taller means stiffer, in addition to preventing the...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Second time this mandolin's been on this bench. Last time, it was a 10-string fanned-fret instrument, now it's got a new lease on life as an 8-string mandolin.

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  8. Re: Midjourney AI is learning how to draw mandolins

    I didn't even post any of the disturbing ones!

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    There is no case in that picture, Jim! It's just a really fancy Jackson Pollock painting, haha. So bizarre to wrap your head...
  9. Midjourney AI is learning how to draw mandolins

    Just playing with Midjourney to mess with design ideas. MJ started out coming up with some fun, trippy, but ultimately not very useful suggestions such as these:

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    Re: Guess Wood Species from Sound

    The Tupperware answer was the closest. This is a piece of 3d printed plastic.
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    Guess Wood Species from Sound

    Hey everybody,

    If you had to guess the wood species from the sound (you don't), what would you guess?
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qhld5svawhu5fj/tap%20test.mp3?dl=0

    :popcorn:
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    Re: Waxing the mandolin

    "Hey, I waxed my mandolin while I was changing the strings I've had on there for 6 years. It sounds so much better now! I think I'll wax my mandolin every time I change strings!"
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    Re: Headstock question

    You actually can calculate the volume of an object in Maya, then multiply by the density to get the mass.
    Guess I can't post links anymore? Forums dot autodesk dot com then...
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    Re: Headstock question

    Do you have CAD software? You can model these up quickly, plug in the density values for the woods you're using, and get the weight calculated for you automagically. If you don't, I highly recommend...
  15. Re: Carter Vintage Guitars is now Carter Vintage Exchange

    That's probably true. However, my generation didn't grow up with name brands. We grew up with knockoffs and MP3's of Nirvana songs. Even my rich kid friends didn't have "real" Strats, they had...
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    Re: Spring Reverbarator---1901

    https://vimeo.com/110633932
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    Re: less heavy tuners

    Tie a helium balloon to the mandolin headstock. Problem solved.
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    Re: Bourgeois M5A Mandolin

    "Waverly Golden Age" tuners... this whole thing is a bunch of branding fun. I'm not saying they aren't decent mandolins. But leveraging brand recognition to the max. This reminds me of the Abarth 124...
  19. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    Nice, I'd love to own one. Those are from 2014.



    Thanks for the kind words. I have a ton of crazy ideas I can't wait to try out, as soon as I extricate myself between the current rock and hard...
  20. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    In this one 10-foot area, two of Stefan Passernig's fantastic mandolins, a Mowry F-5, and a Mowry A-style f-hole mandola. The guys are pretty great, too.
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  21. Re: Yet another Thomastik-Infield string question

    Here you go. Same mics, same processing (none) into Audacity.

    With EJ73's:
    https://soundcloud.com/martyjacobson/jacobson-nautilus-26

    With Thomastik Mittels:...
  22. Re: Bondhus Screw Grab for stripped screw heads

    Bondhus makes good stuff. They wouldn't sell a gimmick or garbage. Interesting product. I suspect it's primarily for socket-head screws, which is their primary product line. It should work basically...
  23. Re: Dark trails appeared on the neck of my mandolin

    I also think this is sap. Seasonal changes cause resins to move around. If it were sanded flush with the surface of the neck, and has now diffused into the surrounding wood, it could certainly make a...
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    Re: Reset bowlback mandolin neck

    What's the value of the mandolin? I'm assuming this mandolin isn't worth a $1000 repair/restoration, except for value-in-use. I think the most cost-effective option would be to remove the fretboard...
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    Re: Bass Builder Undertakes Mandola Build

    Yep, I've shipped redwood mandolins nearly 8mm thick in the center. The whole "redwood mandolins sound great but don't develop over time, may wear out or cave in over time" myth is based on people...
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