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greetings, i have built 3 mandos and the first pattern after the gibson A jr. I carved the top out of some sitka that I purchased from Old Stanard, I carved out a piece of rigid insulation, a bowl ...

I have used the butt end of a chisel, the handle that is to set the wire, a little less impact but a enough of a tap. also one small drop of superglue at each end, acted as filler for finishing neck.

Thank you John, just the information I needed. I received three billets from Old Standard, one sitka, one engleman, and one red spruce with three pieces of bracing material all quarter sawn. Looking...

hello all, what is the correct grain direction of a instruments top bracing, wether cross braced or tone bar? thanks in advance, Chris.

hello all, just got done with applying a truoil finish, ten very thin coats with a 0000 steelwooling after each coat. Is there a rubbing compound or product that wiil give me a smoother matte finish...

Thankyou all for your suggestions, I have only one nut to replace so I will try the feeler gauges and/or welder tip cleaners, (my neighbor is a welder).

Hello all, Not wanting to hijack thread about nut slot depths, what are the best options for files for notching bone nuts? The only sets I seen are the ones at Stew Mac.

In the last post I said top , but it is on back

I am curious what that "pocket" looking thing is glued to the top of the cello. (just above the tail block)

Thanks for all your input, Bryce your A is a perfect example of what I wqs thinking of. Thanks for being a part of such a good resource with an sharing with others. John geat onfo, and Rob I agree.

Hello , I am wondering what effect a sound hole in the bass side rim would have on projection of sound coming from the f holes or oval holes. I have never played an instrument with one but thought...

Thanks for the comments,I have used pt for points of the two 2 pointers I am working on, could not even scratch it with my finger nail. It sawed fine with a 6 tpi band saw blade. It just feels right...

Greeting, received some leftover flooring from friend, seems very hard and fretboardlike, can you pros see any use for this in stringed instruments? I understand that it is not really cherry but a...

I have been playing the A and B parts interchanging from one tune to the other but can't seem to get the chord changes right. I play them both in A. thanks, Chris

have a friend that loves his , very nice design and storage for spindles

Cathy, the people at the podium have a repair guy, I think his name is Jed, that is pretty in tune with the workings of a mandolin, also Marty is as well, hope this helps, Chris

I'll give it a try, thanks cafe and v-picks!

right here, chris

bdowns, i have found that my"korean Kay mando" has brought much joy to little children and adults alike. There are no worries about damaging the mandolin, which makes for a stress free learning or...

the mandolin looks like a korean made Kay mandolin that I have as a camping mando. The plastic screwed on pickguard, chuncky bridge, cloud tailpiece and zero fret all seem to indicate that is the...

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leo kottke did Wheels on one of his first albums I believe. I listened to the the vocal version with the train and am pretty sure same tune just that leo kept instumental

dan, my rigel a natural came and still is in a Canadian "A" shaped case. Very sturdy. Hope this helps, Chris.

I have a fender mini strat laying around and thought maybe could be converted to a five string octave mandolin. I believe that it is a 20 and 3/4 inch scale. any thought would be welcomed, thank...

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