The mandolin that Cheryl has is one that was made with the oldest wood that I had. It was purchased from Ted Davis’ stash. I now have red spruce that was cut over 100 years ago. It is much older. It...
The mandolin that Cheryl has is one that was made with the oldest wood that I had. It was purchased from Ted Davis’ stash. I now have red spruce that was cut over 100 years ago. It is much older. It...
Just recently I paid a visit to Peter Coombe in Bega on a shorty round trip in SE Australia. I came across his fourth generation flat top mandolin he showed me. I compared it with all of his other...
https://i.imgur.com/rqUZORJ.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/IELQ2Dy.jpeg
You have to understand how the Gibson Custom shop worked in the days of Jim Triggs and Greg Rich.
I play both mandolin and guitar, and I'm always on the hunt for exceptional-sounding instruments. One thing I have learned from 40-plus years of trading and 60-plus years of playing:
It is much,...
Since no one else has dared to bring it up, it would be ideal for playing Rye Whiskey or Whiskey Before Breakfast.
For posterity or whatever:
212553212554
212555212556
I think we may have to credit this builder with introducing the roller fairlead to mandolins, plus a few more novel things as well as mutating specifications. Some of us might get strange ideas, but...
Might work as an electric. Might. Wood's way too thick for any decent acoustic music production. And there's still the intonation. :whistling: Fashion a whammy bar out of a keg pull and off you go!...
It's all right here.
Oh, I dunno. It doesn't sound that bad to me, though I'm fine with olives, no wish to change. I also like an olive or two in a Bloody Mary, along with lots of other stuff. ;) But I'm not much for...
Thanks! Here are some photos:
212523212524
For a $20k mandolin I'd be looking at the competition & Gibson wouldn't be at the top of my list. In alphabetical order Ellis, Gilchrist, Heiden....
It looks like it should be moved to the left. The bass strings are angling much more than the treble strings, and could pull the bridge off center. You can see they are more to the treble side of the...
When I do use an adjustable truss rod, I make my own out of titanium for the lower weight and the different flexing response vs steel.
It looks to be like it started life as either an Oscar Schmidt or United product (same company pretty much) that has been stripped and abused. It might even have been a second. As far as value, not...
Hooray, very many thanks to Jason at National Resophonic. Two little screws have travelled from San Luis Obispo, California USA to to a little coastal village in Cornwall UK and are now safely...
I'm that cool. :cool:
I was under the impression that structured vs unstructured had more to do with whether it was adjustable or not. I see that I'm also in the demographic of people that didn't know how much there was...
Some more progress. I want to clean everything up before gluing in the neck and making the fretboard extender. A black top is even trickier than a blond one in that it magnifies every single...
I like the idea of khaki or dark green. I have way too many black hats. Red, I don't know, maybe not these days. I almost got into an altercation with someone not long ago when I was wearing a red...
https://grs.com/
For those not on Instagram, Daniel Ullom, who has been featured here of late, posted a video of him playing the Dewey Loar with his ball cap.
Thanks guys. That one went to its new home in Oregon a few months back. I'm excited about this one as it's a departure from the Army/Navy pancake shape. Just finished up bracing the top following the...
Thanks!
I dig the Waldo, front and center.
Mick
Tony is a fantastic picker and everyone should look up Jerry’s mandolin album on YouTube. Jerry is a great picker.
The Murphy brothers played a lot in NC where I’m from. I love this story.
Harry...