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    The Gibson Factory in Kalamazoo

    I just happened across this brief youtube video thanks to their autosuggestion function. It's only a couple of years old and includes some interesting information. For one thing, it mentions plans by...
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    The Acoustic Shoppe - The Mandolin Show

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  3. Thread: Aged-tone?

    by Skip Kelley
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    Re: Aged-tone?

    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...
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    Re: Aged-tone?

    Well, if Collings believes in using torrefied tops, then I have to believe that there is something to it. I have heard from a reliable, knowledgeable guitar player who has played hundreds of guitars...
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    Norman Blake is 86

    I just read that Norman Blake turned 86 on 10th March, and I would like to wish him well.

    I saw him play on my first trip to the USA in 1977, and have always enjoyed him ever since.

    Thanks for...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Search engine for "Gilchrist Loar repair" goes to his web site, "fretboard journal Gilchrist loar repair" should get you to their web site, and it is Fretboard Journal # 38 if you have that.
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Do you happen to have a link to the article about the repair?
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    I could not be happier with mine...the tone, craftsmanship, finish, playability, beauty, historic case, etc. are all outstanding. It's a 100% American-made original heirloom with David Harvey's...
  9. Paul Hostetter's website is available ....

    I am SO happy to see that Paul Hostetter's website is again available; when I last looked 5 or 6 months ago, it was not. It's a wonderful resource, and he was a frequent poster here.

    IIRC, his...
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    Re: 1989 Gibson F5-L ‘Custom Shop’ Jim Triggs

    Thanks! Here are some photos:
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    David Benedict's new dream mandolin

    Pretty sweet......


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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    For anyone wishing to delve a bit deeper into this subject with some very experienced opinions we'd offer these two discussions, particularly this thread with Dan Beimborn's post and a similar thread...
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    Re: Gibson's 1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue

    Not as red as you may think. Pretty close to a couple renowned Loars I have played, for a mandolin 3 months old.
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4IP9HNKUK5/?igsh=MWx0bndqdGd5cjRuNA==
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    Re: Demonstrating a mandolin

    They want you to imagine yourself playing awesome stuff on their mandolin. It’s the same reason commercials for SUVs show the car riding in rugged, cool, off-road places instead of the driver go to...
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    Re: Demonstrating a mandolin

    This is a good suggestion that I really never thought of... I'm going to bring this up next filming.
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    Re: My engraving process

    Sam Alfano is a great engraver, and I have benefited greatly from some of his instructional materials.

    https://engraving-videos.com/

    If there are ever any more specific questions that anyone...
  17. Thread: Art deco F5

    by fazio
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    Re: Art deco F5

    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...
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    New Interview with David Grisman

    Hey friends! If you're a fan of David Grisman as I am, you'll like this video.
    The Dawg joins us for an extensive interview, where he talks about his music, his career, and what he's doing now with...
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    Re: My engraving process

    https://grs.com/
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    Re: My engraving process

    Thank you!

    https://pepetools.com/a/s/products/engraving-block-6

    https://www.gesswein.com/engraving/engravers-blocks/

    Things have gotten expensive.

    You can also use a pitch bowl.
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    Re: My engraving process

    https://engravingforum.com/
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    Re: My engraving process

    A couple of books that I have found very helpful.

    https://www.amazon.com/Art-Engraving-Instructions-James-Meek/dp/9997645790
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  23. Re: What kind of mandolin is Johnny Winter playing in this photo?

    “Johnny’s guitar set up was pretty standard, although he did start tuning down a full step while I was still working with him,” Jon Paris pointed out. “Around that time, he started playing Lazer...
  24. Re: What kind of mandolin is Johnny Winter playing in this photo?

    “I met Johnny in the summer of ’78 at a club called Pop’s in New York’s East Village,” Paris recollected. “We were both there to catch Louisiana Red [AKA Iverson Minter – the Alabama-born...
  25. Re: What kind of mandolin is Johnny Winter playing in this photo?

    Johnny Winter would have turned 80 today. My friend John Kruth, writer and player of mandolin (and a zillion other instruments, but it's one of his main ones), posted this excellent (if a wee bit...
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