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    Re: Regal tenor restoration

    I restored one of these a few months ago and here's my two cents.
    I agree the bridge on Cerebarats is too thin. The footprint of the original is visible on mine and it's at least half again as...
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    Re: Case for a regal tenor guitar...

    Great timing for this post to come back around. I was just starting the search for a case for a recently restored Regal tenor. TLG, That is exactly what I was looking for. ( My Regal looks to be the...
  3. Re: Mitchell MDJ-10 -5 string tenor conversion

    Thanks mreidsma,
    The easiest way I've found to thin the width of the fretboard is to use Dremel like cutting discs. I remove the board,draw the lines on it and use the cutting disc to cut through...
  4. Mitchell MDJ-10 -5 string tenor conversion

    I have done a few conversions, ( OK, maybe more than a few), But this one might have been the easiest/most straight forward.
    These are cheap. You can find them for under $80 if you shop a little....
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    Lyon an Healy?

    Do you think this is a Lyon and Healy- Ditson?

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/79553417

    181054
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    But it said it was a Gibson!

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/77512617

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  7. Re: Rough and ready ... quick and dirty, electric conversion.

    These Fender minis are very easy to find, cheap, (under $40.) here in the US. ( 9 of them on shopgoodwill.com right now.)
    I've just finished two 5 string mando/mandolas.
    180361
    The black one...
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    Regal Wendell Hall Guitar?

    This one is interesting.
    I can not find another one like it anywhere. It looks to be built on the the standard Regal tenor guitar body which would make it the same scale as the Octophone of the...
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    Re: Was he really a lefty?

    When I started to teach myself fiddle 40 odd years ago I knew from the start I wanted learn to play a right handed instrument left handed. I wanted to be able to borrow a fiddle at a party if need...
  10. Re: Hey ya'll, looking for info on my Bean Blossom Mandolin

    I just re topped one of these last month. Yeah, solid spruce top and solidly built as well.This ones top only failed because the factory installed pick up was just cut right through the braces. must...
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    Vega cylinder back, Goodwilll

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/52804881

    This is pretty. I'm guessing 1923?
    I love the back.
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    Gibson A, 1920ish?

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/51968876

    If that's the original finish it looks pretty impressive.
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    Re: Not Sure Where To Start Again

    Soupy, Try https://www.meetup.com/cities/us/ct/hartford/
    The Danbury jam looks just your speed. We've run an acoustic jam meetup group down here in MD for over a year now and the regulars are very...
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    Re: Help identifying my mandolin brand

    Here's one now on Goodwill.

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/46794253
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    Re: Gibson Tenor Lute

    I'm glad to hear reference to the cost of a conversion. I just didn't see it as a cost effective endeavor. I would probably be tempted to go to 8 strings though. As Romans videos support, I suspect...
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    Re: Gibson Tenor Lute

    Maybe I spend too much time on shopgoodwill. ( Or maybe I just remember the early days of ebay a little too fondly.) I think some times you want the seller to know a lot about an instrument and some...
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    Re: Gibson Tenor Lute

    Oh I believe they are a legit estate sales site. It's just that the shipping costs of their other 3 instruments for sale seem pretty random. 3 guitars, one has shipping at $9.14, another is $68.05,...
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    Gibson Tenor Lute

    NFI,

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gibso-Mandolin-With-Case-77257/162777310097?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

    I'll be honest. I had no idea what this was at...
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    Re: is the mandola the perfect instrument?

    I also came to the mandola from a near lifetime of fiddle playing. I actually came by way of the tenor guitar and instantly fell in love with the A-C tuning. Like Doug, part of it might have been me...
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    Re: Washburn Joey to Mandola conversion

    Yup, that's exactly what I did. I kind of cheated because I simply copied the scale length of a Wasburn M226 Mandola that I recently repaired. The scale length was actually 17.25" from the 2nd fret...
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    Washburn Joey to Mandola conversion

    I thought some people might appreciate my latest conversion. I believe the Joey travel guitar was Washburns answer to the Tacoma Papoose. Both were made in the late 90's/early 2000's. Both had a 19"...
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    Re: Stahl mandola

    I do see Grounds for Jeff's concerns. I've bought maybe two dozen instruments from Goodwill over the years but I've never payed more than $150.00 for any of them. Usually much less. ( I like to "...
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    Re: Stahl mandola

    Pretty confident on the Mandola part. Every Larson/Stahl Mandola I can find referenced is around 28 inches with a scale length of 16.5 ish inches.
    As for Larson origins,....can't be as sure. It...
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    Stahl mandola

    This is listed as a Stahl Mandolin on Goodwill but it looks like a very good condition early Larson Bros Mandola.

    https://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=40567654

    If it wouldn't...
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    Re: Yamaha JR2 guitar to octave mandolin ???

    Actually. Fox, I was very much considering your method. Simpler and looks great. Just wasn't sure I had enough real estate between the pins and the saddle on this little bridge. I think I will try...
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