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    Ellis Eclipse Model

    fun with shadows209992209991
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    Re: Ellis-Pava A modlels no longer being made?

    We have been making adjustments as there have been several unforeseen events recently. There are still a few A models in progress but I don't think there will be many more
  3. Re: Unusual fretboard inlays -- What are these style called?

    Many decades ago, I designed an inlay pattern for a custom Collings guitar for Bill's mother. It became the "Mom" inlay. This mandolin fingerboard inlay is an adapted and updated version and can be...
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    Re: Collings mandolin redesign

    Here's a rundown of my relationship with Bill Collings. I met Bill in 1978 in Tacoma Wa. at a luthiers convention. I went and visited him in Houston in 78 or 79. I bought the guitar he is holding in...
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    Re: Ellis Reserve A-models in the classifieds

    Not from IBMA. We showed only my personal mandolin there. These should have shipped over the last 2 months, but were awaiting tailpieces. They were happy to take them all at once. We have been out of...
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    Re: What's Ricky pickin'?

    It's hard to be sure from what I saw, but it is that mandolin.
  7. Re: Need Info: Size of Ellis Nickel Frets and EVO Frets

    Jescar 37080 .037 tall x .080 wide
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    Re: Griffith Loar A-5 drawings?

    Not a mandolin, but I do own this. 199283
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    Re: RIP Nanci Griffith

    Sad news, I played mandolin on her first album in 1978
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    Re: Engleman Ellis F5 at Gruhn

    the top is Red Spruce not Engleman, back & sides western bigleaf maple
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    Re: Ellis Waitlist

    Here's a few pics of #500 since the above link is gone193137
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    Re: Ellis Waitlist

    Yea, I slipped on the ice and broke my right arm. I won't be doing much for a few more weeks. It has been a difficult year so far, losing Christian and the ice storm, and I thought 2020 was bad
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    Re: New Mandolin Day!

    Just open it up already!!!!
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    Re: Prettiest Peghead Inlays Ever

    Here's a favorite of mine

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    Re: Carters and Gruhns...visit yesterday

    for a slightly different perspective, I MOST CERTAINLY want you to try out anything from my shop
  16. Re: Condolences on the passing of Rebecca Harvell Ellis

    Thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. Most of you didn't have the fortune to know Becky, but she was my best friend and the sweetest person to ever have lived. As for mandolin content, if...
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    Re: Mercy: Ellis 2-Point Special

    since this has popped back up, I can answer some questions. Roughly, this is $4000 more than my Deluxe A, but its a special, not a deluxe (triple bound everywhere mitered points, etc.). This...
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    Re: Varnish vs Lacquer

    I know a whole lot about this subject, but I'm too lazy to write much, and heck sblock already said all the true stuff. I would push shellac-based and Alkyd drying oil based varnishes into distinct...
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    Re: Mike Blohm Handel Tuner Replicas

    Here's a pic of the ebony inlaid buttons

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    Re: Nugget Mandolin #310

    Jake, the owner brought Nugget 310 over for show & play yesterday. I sure enjoyed checking it out and playing it. Very nice, and already sounds great.
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    Re: Ellis A5 #339-15 and a Visit to the Ellis Shop

    Don, thanks for the nice write-up. It was great having you, and I hope to see you again. That pick was a real treat, one of the best I've had here, and that says something! I have some great pickin...
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    Re: X-Braced Ellis F5?

    This one has tone bars like all of them. There are no Ellis f-hole mandolins with X bracing...yet
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    Re: compensated bridges??

    I make my own bridges. They are custom compensated for the strings I use GHS A270's
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    Re: Beautiful one piece backs

    not tryin to pile on but this one probably should be seen here too149589
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    Re: Special Ellis w/Torch and Wire

    147315This is mandolin #70 which was the prototype for the new generation of mandolins. When I made it in 2004, we didn't have all the jigs and programs ready yet, so the top binding ledge was routed...
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