Also note that vintage instruments from GC have only a three day return window. I don’t know if this is the same for any used instrument, but good to pay attention when you purchase from them.
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Also note that vintage instruments from GC have only a three day return window. I don’t know if this is the same for any used instrument, but good to pay attention when you purchase from them.
A beautiful instrument in the hands of a master. I particularly like Mike’s comment, worth quoting:
“The world needs more mandocellos!”
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I have an older Trinity OM that has a decent sound and playability. Used ones can be picked up for a reasonable price. I have mine out on the couch so I can play it when I wander by. A good entry...
It could have been for a different banjo mandolin. I have two and they are not the same size. The first one I picked up came without a case. The second came with a case that fits it perfectly, but...
Definitely a fun looking instrument, but is the sound as cool as the diced soundhole? In very nice condition, but as Nick says, a bit pricey. Still, fun to look at and I like the regal instruments I...
Now, would that be the favorite drink of a Gibson Girl?:grin:
I had looked through the Mandolin archive to see if I could find any gold tailpieces like mine, but missed the Loar. Thanks! I just looked at the Loar mandolin photos and I can’t tell it was...
I have a golden Gibson tailpiece that looks identical to the teens and twenties versions, except for the gold color. I know that certain 1924 F-5, H-5, and K-5 instruments had gold hardware, but...
Asleep at the Wheel! Ray Benson keeps on going, together with a slew of excellent musicians (as above). We got to dance to them when we lived in Austin and once, Dolly Parton, who was filming a...
You can get inexpensive, but decent new Kluson tuners for your mandolin. My pawnshop A50 also had crumbling tuner buttons and the new Kluson tuners I replaced them with are great.
Cool that you...
Interesting adaptation but I’m still hoping to be able, somehow, to use the original design, just have not moved forward with anything at this point. I like the ambidextrous design of the originals...
Doug -
Do you know if a teens Gibson A will fit in your case? I have a Crossrock guitar case that I really like and would buy their double mandolin case if I knew it would fit old Gibson As.
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I just used a 3ft bolt cutter I had recently used (and not put back) to carefully cut the button off. It was easy and the small rivet hole seems ok. I did this on an old hat that is approaching its...
This question piqued my interest (and provided an excuse to procrastinate on starting some much-needed yard work). The fabric-covered button is called a 'Squatchee', also known as a squatcho. It...
Got my ebay Strad-O-Lin today and although the case, alas, doesn’t fit my 2-point SOL (the impetus for bidding), the new mandolin is a nice one. As such, my SAS has quieted slightly and I’ll not be...
Well, the Strad-O-Lin and interesting case came today. mandolin is nice, has Schaller tuners, but a bit of fretwear. See my discussion in the Strad-O-Lin group if you are interested in learning...
My late wife was Annie (not the owner of this mandolin), so am tempted to bid, but as I have an eBay SOL arriving today (assuming FedEx is being honest), will probably pass (but maybe not!). Annie...
I’d like to see the khaki ones again.
I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like………mandolins!
Art should be part of everyone’s activities, whether it’s arranging what you make for dinner or how you plant your garden. Whatever...
The seller offered $100 off, so I went ahead and took the bait, mostly because I wanted the case for my 2-point Strad-O-Lin (and I don’t have this particular SOL model :))). I expect it to be shipped...
Like Sue, I heartily recommend that you sign up for one of the two traveling pick samplers. For the price of some postage (when you send it to the next person in line), you get to try a bunch of...
Sounds good, Mark!
Way cool, Richard. I’m looking forward to seeing the MK III model!
I rummaged through my loose parts, including separate tuners and some old mandolin units, but nothing was small enough or had the proper orientation to fit both the hole for the casting and the hole...
Hi Brad -
If you can wait a couple of weeks until I get back home, I can send you some unused dynamo label material to test and see what works best to remove the glue. Once you know that, you...