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  1. Re: Bore scope/ inspection camera - recomendations

    "Download the app that is required for the one you choose before ordering, so you can ensure that it's not a weird ad-supported piece of junk and that it works on your phone, tablet, or PC."

    Great...
  2. Re: Does my 1915 A-model Gibson need a new neck?

    After three other failed "repairs", I don't know anyone with the proper skill set who would have any desire to try add to the mess. This is one of those conversations where I'd be saying, "That's all...
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    That's a beautiful bridge, the detail is wonderful.
  4. Condino red spruce & Brazilian rosewood octave mandolin

    I'm never sure where to post instruments; since I tend to spend the most time in this area, here goes.

    This is one from my personal stash that I don't show off very often.

    It is a 2014 model...
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    Blackwood and spruce flat top mandolin

    Another flat top mandolin, based on Graham McDonald's book but with a 14.75 inch scale length.

    Blackwood and spruce, with ebony binding, a tiger myrtle rosette and a bound ebony fingerboard....
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    Re: Neck angle for Octave mandolin (teardrop shape)

    Draw a plan!

    The angle doesn't matter as such - what matters is bridge height and the break angle over the bridge - get those right and everything else will follow.
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    A Style Mandolin, 10 string

    Thanks for all the help. This one is ready for the finish shop
  8. Thread: Sunrise?

    by Eric Oliver
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    Sunrise?

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    What about a sunrise sunburst?

    Too far, too much, for an a type?
  9. Re: Midjourney AI is learning how to draw mandolins

    So far, Midjourney has nothing on Bill Bussmann's creations. :grin:
  10. Thread: Epifanes

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    Re: Epifanes

    This is what I use to store oil and varnish finishes, from Lee Valley, same principle as box wine bladder. NFI

    206580
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    Re: Guess Wood Species from Sound

    Oh wow, do I win a trip to Hooterville? :cool:
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    Re: Old Woodworking Machines

    The impetus to cheapen a product for the market isn’t anything new. I have many ‘vintage’ tools that were never particularly good and haven’t magically improved over time. Presence of a quantity of...
  13. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    Fantastic. I am looking fwd to seeing what you can come up with in Marty V2.0. :-)
  14. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    Anything by Marty Jacobson. A true original.
  15. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    Tim O'Brien's Nugget octave mandolin. I heard and saw it up close in person. It blew my mind.

    My own Ellis F5 mandolin with Bella inlay is one of the prettiest mandolins I have ever seen. It made...
  16. Indian rosewood and redwood octave mandolin

    An Indian rosewood and redwood Octave mandolin for a chap in Australia.

    This is the first time in ages I've made an instrument that didn't have rocklite binding and ebony head veneers. The...
  17. Re: Dark trails appeared on the neck of my mandolin

    I keep looking at this and wondering if it is sap coming to the surface as the wood dries. How old is this mandolin?
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    Embergher 5 bis copy

    Here are some pictures of an Embergher model 5 I recently completed in Queensland Blackwood. The curl in the grain is more broken than in maple, so it was hard to get the same continuity of pattern...
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    Re: The Australian Mandolin Quartet

    The two mandolins for the quartet strung up today. A bit exciting! The mandola and the mandocello will get done next week. They sound quite similar, but with subtle differences. So far, doing what...
  20. A new Stromberg-Voisinet inspired mandolin

    A post about a 1920s Stromberg-Voisinet mandolin a few weeks back reminded me that I had traced the body and head outline when I did a bit of work on one a few years ago. So here is perhaps the first...
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    Re: Can this be buffed to gloss?

    Then triple that number for the three times it rubbed through the finish and had to be re-done....;)
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    Re: Cost for refret

    I really need to raise my prices lol.
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    Re: Custom mandolin Info

    Wow! What an estate sale! The first mandolin, the Auburn, is from a West Virginia builder. http://www.unionvalleybluegrass.com/about-us.html
    I sold one earlier for the widow of a late friend of...
  24. Thread: IV F5 kit

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    Re: IV F5 kit

    nice interments on your web site!
  25. Thread: DolinmanX

    by diptanshu
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    Re: DolinmanX

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeDxuXThiMk&lc=Ugx85yiiyFv3i2LOJ1J4AaABAg
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