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If you mean the tapered down height of the bridge/base, it's structural. It's a dance between the force of the downward pressure of the strings, the dynamics of the top structure (carved or flat top...

Check out this. Includes brief video.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bluegrass-music-hassett-nova-scotia-brent-williams-birch-mountain-boys-1.5372663

They cost a little over $700 thirty years ago, IIRC ...

I've sold three of these, I think ... but never for quite that much. They are cool instruments, though.

I bought a mandolin for a fellow member here and shipped it to him, so there might be a possibility. I was happy to do it I just did not want to get stuck with an instrument. The other option that IO...

Given your location I'm possibly closer to it than you but unfortunately on the wrong continent.

Why not post with the title "Is there someone near 'whereever' who could do me a favour" I've seen...

The biggest lesson learned for me just building a kit, was that you are going to make mistakes, and I made plenty. Probably the most noticeable was somehow letting my Dremel router lean, cutting the...

Clearly it's a Regal.

Start with an .018 or .020 A string, .030 or .032 for the D , .042 or .044 for G, and .056 or .058 for C. If something is loose or flabby, try moving up to the next largest size, but be careful. ...

Everything works together to advance the other...

...except the banjo. That sucker will ruin you.

Not scientificly said, but If its celluloid binding it shrinks its whole life. Even attached to the instrument its trying to shrink. Once it turns loose it will assume its shorter length. I've had...

Played a Wino Festival on Saturday. As I was backing my truck up to unload ,out of the corner of my eye, caught large mahogany sphere with a thin blue strip of material in the center of it. Took...

I was about to start on the mandolin, now I think I'll take up the viola instead:))

I'm not a math expert (English was my goodest subject) and all these numbers are confusing. How 'bout just making a decision based on what easiest to play (or is that simplifying it too much)?

Quote by a well known Nashville musician, "they are playing too darn fast, can't hear the music"

Here are some photos from a 1940 Gibson catalog. I thought you might enjoy them. The photography is less than stellar, but it is what it is.

I keep seeing threads at the Cafe, and on other string instrument forums with people asking how to change strings. Many people seem to be afraid to tackle the task, and people make all sorts of...

A very interesting podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/the-oldest-surviving-banjo-recording/?utm_term=.6ca5895ed7e7

We know that Titebond Original works and that people have had problems with Titebond II. I don't know about the III and I have not before heard of No-Drip or LePage. Perhaps someone from Canada can...

In my opinion, the best repair for that would be to simply glue and clamp. Alignment and fit are critical for that to be the case, so however much time as it takes to set up a reliable, secure...

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/pml/msg/d/gibson-1917-alrite-mandolin/6617770598.html

Try naphtha. It has no effect on most finishes, it is available at hardware stores and paint stores (often labeled VM&P naphtha, that is "varnish maker's and painter's"). Also, Ronsonol lighter fluid...

Most professional violin restorers use xylene (xylol in hardware stores) to clean instruments with a varnish finish. It will not affect most varnishes BUT one must test a small area at a time and use...

As noted in post #6! :)

That instrument was made in 1910 [going by Spann's numbers], and would definitely have been shipped with the earlier type of bridge with removable inserts.