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The case that came with my OM is pretty heavy, so I picked up this gig bag: http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/sales/products/GR32993/viking-vomb30-premium-octave-mandola-bag/

Here are my thoughts...

https://youtu.be/0D0RKv0nqNU

There were at least three different designs used on these over the years (probably more) but they are all the same basic screw pattern. The tops were not totally interchangeable either but they are...

You can use the screw in the middle below the tine that is ready to fail- it is in a reasonable position. It is unusual to have a screw there- normally there are only three screws on this sort of...

I think that is a great name for a band made up of luthiers: "Clamping Conundrum". Thanks, Karen! Also, glad to see you are doing that luthier job. I still have the box of parts -- I intend to put...

The show last night was so much fun. He played for a solid two hours with a mix of Bach, stuff pt1, Bach, Stuff pt2, Bach, Stuff Pt3, Bach, encore. On stage he's a mix of David Tennant and Jim...

Amazing concert tonight at Zankel Hall (Carnegie) in New York City. He played pretty much non-stop for close to 2 hours, an amazing joy ride thru multiple genres touching on Bach throughout, some...

Saw Thile at the Newman Center at Denver University a few weeks back. Probably seats around 800 or so and great acoustics. I did not hear much yawning going on. Amazed me how an individual and a...

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It is hard to find words that adequately convey Chris Thile’s spectacular performance in Seattle last night. Chris’s interpretations of Bach are masterful and...

I really do think that this Cafe is an incredible place. The group that has developed here has met the community-building promise the internet held before us at its outset. I am not sure that can...

I kept looking for the little "thumbs up" image to post, but I guess there isn't one... so imagine a little "thumbs up" icon here.

Karen, you're not alone. It is annoying on what's out there and how things are marketed. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I need a 'Hello Kitty' strap for my instrument. But, if it encourages...

I think you are thinking of Brian Dean's Grand Concert mandolin dad. Fantastic little number it is too. It's got 2 backs, one operates like a toneguard.

Here's my 2 cents: there are two aspects of mandolin-making -- the visual aesthetic and the acoustics aesthetic. We here in cyberspace can ohh and aah to infinity over hundreds of different makers...

This doesn't really apply to mandolins, but I've always thought that the standard approach to designing travel guitars - i.e. making them small enough to fit in a rucksack - is the wrong way round. ...

What Bertram said.

I would encourage you to go with the longer scale and the GDAD tuning and see if you like it. One pointer, though, you will want to approach it as a completely different...

My .02 - Buy a used decent quality, like Eastman, OR to really get the best bang for the $ spent go with a flat top like mid-mo/big muddy, Redline, etc. Less hours spent carving the top and plate...

If you get no other tool, make sure you get a round tuit.

Donzen -

I'm pretty much with the others - refretting is the kind of job that seems to require a specific quoted price, so the "good" and "bad" jobs are more or less averaged to allow for that. ...

If your interested, you can visit the cracked headstock section of my website, it actually shows a typical repair process

http://www.ultrainspections.com/Cracked_Headstocks.html

Steve

I had several bottles of different species of wood dust, but after I saw this at frets.com I dumped them all out. I use a scraper rather than a chisel because I don't like to dull my chisels by...

Although I generally agree that you should buy no tools beyond scrapers, really good chisels and fingerplanes ... I do think a bandsaw is a pretty nice thing to have. I probably use my bandsaw more...

If you have the money for a good band saw, get one, but if you can't afford a good one, don't get one.
IMO, a band saw should be as big, heavy, stiff, strong and high quality as you can afford and...

Change your strings mate ...geeez

Here's a link to Frank Ford's Frets.com info about hhg...

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/Data/Materials/GlueTest/gluetest.html

If you look in his topic index there's more info about...