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    Re: Quality of Harley Benton vs Eastwood/Revelation?

    I have a clearwater emando, and I'm very happy with it... In fact, I spend a lot of time on it (change the fretboard, the nut, the pickups, shield all the cavity, check all the wiring...) and it can...
  2. Thread: Home made pickup

    by Ronny
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    Re: Home made pickup

    https://youtu.be/bf8_R2hvqis
    Here's the test of my pickup.
    I play the original mic first, then I play my homemade pick up.
  3. Thread: Home made pickup

    by Ronny
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    Re: Home made pickup

    162796 Here's my sewwinding machine !
    162797 and the pickup is almost done.
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    Re: Raga and indian music theory

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    Some years ago, I began to play indian music with a sitar player. I wrote down some data I find from the internet and other books (Ravi Shankar autobiography and some other books) to have a...
  5. Thread: Show your cboms!

    by Ronny
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    Re: Show your cboms!

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    I finished the refurbishing of this waldzither last week... I'm just waiting for the string to start playing it !
  6. Thread: Gelas mandolins

    by Ronny
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    Re: Gelas mandolins

    My Gelas mandolin now works...
    Here's a little video of it (sorry if the D strings are a little out of tune !!!)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyt2M_HL5dE
  7. Re: Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

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    Finally done !
    Because of strings tension issues, I have to tune it two steps lower than CGDA...
  8. Re: Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

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    Almost done !!! Now, I only have to find strings !
    In france, mandocello strings are not available, so I think I'll have to buy two sets of drop C r drop B tuning designed guitar strings,...
  9. Re: Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

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    The maple bridge isn't finished yet, but the sanding is.
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    Because of the 0 fret, i've made a horn nut instead of a bone one.
  10. Re: Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

    Yes... Making a new neck is far too difficult for me !
  11. Re: Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

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    Head veneer : beech wood...

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    Tail piece cover (from my previous Kasuga-tail-piece-cover-missing-tail-piece) : birch wood
  12. Another guitar to mandocello conversion project...

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    In few months, if I succeed, this cheap german archtop guitar will be converted in a mandocello...
    I will share the steps of the conversion, always seeking for (good) advices...:)
  13. Thread: Jethro Tull

    by Ronny
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    Re: Jethro Tull

    Some times ago I tabed out Cheap Day Return... But I never played it :redface: (I'm too lazy). Here's the tab i've done...
  14. Re: Looking for MP3s of mandolin playing Irish/Celtic tunes

    You can explore this website too :
    http://www.rileyirishmusic.com/modules/music/index.php?pg=tun
    A lot of nice tunes !
  15. Re: Mandolin not set up....bridge in separate bag, what to do nex

    Just unwind the strings to put the bridge under, then adjust the height of the bridge, then adjust the bridge position (using an electric tuner, be sure that the string unfretted and fretted at the...
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    Re: scottish tunes question

    As Niall said, the bagpipe transpose to Bb, so the scale is :
    Bb C D Eb F G A Bb, with a low Bb...
    But now the A frequency isn't 440Hz, but it tend to be around 450 Hz (last summer, when I played...
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    Re: Acres Wild Jethro Tull

    By the way, I saw Ian Anderson playing Thick As A Brick 1 & 2 yesterday.... No mandolin used during his concert (which was great).
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    Re: Paul Beuscher mandolin restoration project

    And now, it sings :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgGNlXSsrI0
    :mandosmiley:
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