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    Time Sensitive: Your opinions needed ASAP

    I have to take a 3 hour flight a week from now, and I want to take my mando, but the case is 30" long. Which is over the length limit for carry on.

    I read some of the threads about flying with...
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    Re: My 'Customized' Eastman MD-315

    I sanded the one I got from stewmac as well. I did not like the patina brass look that I ordered. So I sanded it down to the copper. Then I used copper enamel and painted the inside belly, where the...
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    Re: My 'Customized' Eastman MD-315

    Well, I technically screwed it up swapping the tailpiece with the one you see in the pic (Allen style from Stewmac). I ended up drilling out 9 holes, and filling them in with Oak/Poplar plugs behind...
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    Re: My 'Customized' Eastman MD-315

    The tuners and tailpiece are from stewmac. Tuners are Golden Age.
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    My 'Customized' Eastman MD-315

    I have been posting about the mods I keep installing, so I though I would share a pic with you-all. 178959

    I do not really remember what it sounded like when I first got it home 3 months ago now....
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    Re: Zero Glide Nut System

    You are correct about this stuff... But the cost is very cheap for the correct fret wire if the 4 pieces they give you are not close enough for your instrument.
    Also, I am not a luthier, nor a...
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    Re: Zero Glide Nut System

    No offence meant here, but you and, Buck, are both wrong. I have researched the installation of this Zero Glide system very thoroughly. Both pieces are glued in. The zero fret is level with all other...
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    Re: How frustrating! Just my luck!

    DOOD! So I guess I owe all of you an apology for being a complete idiot! I had it right the first time. T is for Treble. I swear I saw some mandos with the saddle the other way. Sorry to have wasted...
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    Re: How frustrating! Just my luck!

    I know. The problem is that I ordered some other things from Elderly at the time, and I got this from them as well to put me over the 75 dollar free shipping mark. They did not seem to have a pre cut...
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    Re: How frustrating! Just my luck!

    One end of the saddle is set back further than the rest of it. That side had 'T' on it. So when you hold your mando in your hands, is there not a top and bottom? Top being the G string. Bottom being...
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    Zero Glide Nut System

    https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/zeroglide/

    You guys tried these?

    I am going to install these on all of my stringed instruments.
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    Re: How frustrating! Just my luck!

    It did sound good backwards. It just looked weird, and I am way too anal retentive to leave it that way. Lol!
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    Re: How frustrating! Just my luck!

    I meant the saddle. Not the bridge. That would just be too obvious.
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    How frustrating! Just my luck!

    So I buy a new Cumberland Acoustic bridge from Elderly Instruments (60 bucks). Of course the saddle string slots are not cut.

    I figure I will just get my handy dandy Stewmac proportional string...
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    Re: ToneRite

    They sound kinda cool, but 100 bucks? They do not sound that coool!

    I think I would rather use 'Opening up' my mandolin as another awesome excuse to pick it as much as humanly possible. On the...
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    How would you do this?

    The top bushings for my new tuning pegs are a little smaller in diameter than the original ones. Meaning that the holes in the head stock are slightly larger in diameter that the new bushings. Lol!
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    Re: Balancing practice between two instruments...

    I am so happy to hear that others are like me too!

    Personally, I am a beginner at both the banjo, and mando, for the most part. I wanted play in jams ASAP, so I practiced closed and open C, D, and...
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    Re: What does FFcP mean?

    OK... It has now been a week of practicing some of the 1st page of the 'Ionian Mandology' excercises.
    This FFcP stuff is amazing! Can't wait to get all 4 patterns memorized this weekend so I can get...
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    Go To Jams Now!

    I am new to Mando, but been hiding in my house for 30 years playing the guitar. Never played in front of, or with others. Ever.

    ... Until age 51 (Now). I learned C, D, G, on the mando and went...
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    Re: Mandolin Build kit on stewmac.com

    3 pieces? Is this a normal thing for strength used to manufacture even the best Mandos of our day? Or is this a cheap way to produce?

    Because just for time, cost, sound quality, durability... I...
  21. Re: Can we talk about tuning mechanisms for a sec?

    For the Record:

    Yep! Timbofood, and yourself, were ultimately correct! The problem was tight nut slots. I used a #2 Pencil as for lube as, Timbofood, suggested... As well as opened the slots up...
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    Now, I do not care what anyone says... That is down right funny right there.
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    (Holmer Simpson Voice): DOH! ... OK. I understand now. Thanks, Walt. Will do!
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    Sticking nut slots? OK. I am going to check/lube now. Thx, Br!ck.
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    Mandolin Build kit on stewmac.com

    Anyone tried this one out?

    Does anyone make a kit that does not shave off the top layer of wood on the peg head for a veneer?

    Why do they do this?
    Other than for looks, it seems to me that...
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