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    Re: Church Praise Band Question

    Very interesting thread. I too play mandolin on a church worship band, but also tenor guitar. The band is definitely organized as a rock ensemble, both by choice of the church leadership and the...
  2. Thread: River tunes

    by Ben Vierra
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    Re: River tunes

    There's the Blue River Waltz by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZqPiVOxM8
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    Re: Mando friendly music stores Portland OR

    I believe Cartwright's is closed, or at least its Google Maps listing says it's closed . . . Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, this is something I'd love to be wrong about!
  4. Re: Woody Guthrie, mandolin player, b. July 14, 1912

    26 Songs in 30 Days by Greg Vandy and Daniel Person is a good read, and chronicles Guthrie's stint of songwriting for the Bonneville Power Administration.
  5. Re: The Australian Mandolin Quartet video demo

    I've enjoyed your posts on your development of these instruments. Great to finally get to hear them!
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    Re: Notes from the Condino vault

    Very generous of you to share. Thanks!
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    Re: playing tenor and mandolin

    My perspective is:

    First, one can adapt to a variety of string spacings and details of setup, within reason. Also, I like having the wider string spacing on a tenor guitar as it helps facilitate...
  8. Re: Torrefied, thermally cured, "roasted wood" for the home shop

    Thanks for sharing!
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    Re: 8 string tenors - opinions?

    I have both a guitar-bodied octave mandolin and a tenor guitar in the house. I have passed along the octave mandolin to my oldest daughter and she now insists that I have to call it a "tenor...
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    Re: Tenor guitar in 5ths a stretch

    DGBE is a very reasonable tuning for a tenor, but before you give up on 5ths tuning, have you tried adjusting your left-hand approach? You could try:

    index finger for frets 1 and 2
    middle finger...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Is that a black cherry center stripe in the neck and heel? Or something else?

    I lived in North Carolina for several years. I found the diversity of tree species in the Southern Appalachians to...
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    Re: A Unicorn Walks the Earth

    Am I correct to think I am seeing a carved back and some sort of internal secondary soundboard?
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    Re: My Grandfather's Mandolin

    Thanks for sharing this instrument. It would be fun to see the video, if possible.
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    Re: Should I make it a mando or an octave?

    I would try both tunings over time and see which makes the instrument "sing" best. By which I mean, does the G course sound nice with GDAE tuning, or does it come across as weak and dull? Does the...
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    Re: Why Can't Mandos Have A Fixed Bridge?

    I've wondered before, is there a point at which the available glue surface of a fixed bridge just gets to be too small? A mandolin has more string tension than a 6-string guitar, and a mandolin...
  16. Thread: Garage find

    by Ben Vierra
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    Re: Garage find

    I just read the brochure available at the link allenhopkins shared above. Who needs modesty when you can make the Super Mandolin?

    Some distinctive and innovative ideas are in play in these...
  17. Re: Contemporary Christian Music with Mandolin Solo???

    Year of Grace by Robin Mark has a mellow, nice-sounding mandolin intro.
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    Re: I want to build a mandolin...

    I'm a fan of Graham McDonald's The Mandolin Project. He presents a whole spectrum of construction techniques via four example mandolins of different styles. One of these is an A-style with an oval...
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    Re: Pine, what a tone

    That's consistent with a statement in the US Department of Agriculture Sylvics Manual entry on eastern hemlock (Tsuga candadensis), "Older trees are susceptible to radial stress cracks and ring...
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    Re: Maker of Cittern Played by Aaron Jones

    Thanks, MB-Octo, I think you may be right.
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    Re: Maker of Cittern Played by Aaron Jones

    Yes, that's the one.

    Hmm, thanks for the photo. With a closer look, now I am wondering if it actually does have a bend in the top, or whether I was fooled by light flashing off of an oversized...
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    Maker of Cittern Played by Aaron Jones

    My wife and I watched Kate Rusby's Christmas special a couple days ago. No mandolin content, strictly speaking, but Damien O'Kane played some tenor guitar and tenor banjo, while Aaron Jones mainly...
  23. Re: Chinese made die cast tailpieces - any good?

    I did the very same adjustment for two bent-top mandolins I built recently. No problems encountered.
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    Re: Small archtop

    I love the unique woods!
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    I'm curious, is the asymmetry of the neck attachment intended to let the bridge stay in a perceived "sweet spot" on the banjo head?
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