Kevin Dempsey the Guitarist is still going strong, but Martin Jenkins and Swarb left the party early. Kev's a great Guitarist and an old mate from Coventry. Both Guitar and Mandocello were made by...
Kevin Dempsey the Guitarist is still going strong, but Martin Jenkins and Swarb left the party early. Kev's a great Guitarist and an old mate from Coventry. Both Guitar and Mandocello were made by...
I bought one from JJ Ryan in Glasgow, it's really excellent. https://www.jjryanmandolins.co.uk
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Hi Folks,
just acquired this nice little Instrument. I've had quite a few Guitars over the years but this is the first Mandolin. It has the usual cracked tailpiece but someone has brazed a chunk...
Fiddle and Mandolin have four strings & are tuned the same so "fiddle tunes" can always be played on Mandolin.
I had Elixir strings on the G and D (36 and 24) which I replaced with Daddarios and the sound is much more solid.
I found a piece of firestripe so I made it another Pickguard and I'll save the...
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the sticker is wrong and a recent replacement. It's a National 1930's Mandolin, probably Style N. I think The coverplate "rib" should point toward the tail. I suspect it's an early one as...
As I understand it, wood doesn't shrink lengthways so I'd say nothing is shrinking. A set of Mandolin strings have around 90KG of tension, which presses the bridge downwards and pulls the headstock...
Thanks for the info. I've posted for a friend who isn't a Member, so haven't seen it. The tuners and headstock are clearly made for one another and the strings take a strangely sharp angle as they...
Hi Jillity, going on the pic you posted, that's really not a typical Session. Six squeezeboxes makes it a Squeezebox Band. The Sessions I go to are heavy on fiddles but generally one Melodeon and a...
Thanks for the replies, folks. I have a nice brick Garage with power and light, some decent power tools, cordless drill, orbital sander, circular saw. Also some good chisels, mallet; all the things...
Here she is. Lovely job by Matt Ryan, Manchester UK. Replaced the first seven and dressed the rest to match.
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Here's mine:
It's a Beltona. 185410
When I got interested in acoustic guitars, I started collecting them and soon I had about 25. Anyway, time passed and I was only playing three of them so I sold the rest which took a year or so. My...
Hi Todd, your instruments look beautiful and original and I wish you success. I’d keep contributing the Mandolin Cafe and publish pics of your latest builds. We all like to see what’s being created...
i’ve recently bought a Beltona. Haven’t played it at a Session yet as it’s gone back to Steve Evans for a slight adjustment. I previously had an RM1 which was really too loud & made me self...
It sounds really good to me especially for the classical-type piece you played. My old friend Martin Jenkins played a Mandocello which he christened the "Swine o phone" probably because it was a...
I imagine the end block has come adrift and the string tension has broken the bodywork. I think this is an easy repair, when you take all the metalwork off you'll see what's going on.
Agree. Here's mine, it's a Beltona.180608
This changed my mind about cheap old Mandolins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlfYqIY-jyQ&fbclid=IwAR1cg-Q5JXe8Q0nbu0LeCdR8GT-4EyZdNTnTecNR1VDoK8TjljC3mhQOom8
I play an oval hole because I can hear what I'm playing when I'm in a group as the sound comes out sideways a bit more.
The mistake I made was to turn the Mandolin too far towards my ears to hear...
Cathedranola was a Slingerland name, here's the matching Guitar. Slingerland made high quality drums out of a factory in Chicago & went into Banjos & resonator instruments. Gibson own the name now....
It seems to have five pairs of strings which probably makes it a Cittern. Reynolds was the top Portraitist of his time so I guess he'd have an eye for accurate detail. It's a great painting.
Ebony has pale streaks in it, maybe you just didn't notice them before.
Ordinary French polish i.e. Shellac isn't a very tough finish, but on the other hand it's easy to remove and re-apply. I...
I've been playing five years and have worked at it pretty hard as I felt I had some catching up to do. I'd played Guitar before but never used a pick so it was a good while before my left and right...