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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    All that may be true, but why not use the best stuff you can find now?
    Bill
  2. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    Replace the saddle is my two cents.
    Bill
  3. Thread: DolinmanX

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    Re: DolinmanX

    Nice. What are you reading while you play?
    Bill
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    Re: My engraving process

    Thanks for all the information, Tom.
    Great skill you have learned.
    Bill
  5. Re: A customer playing a baroque mandolin I built

    Beautiful. Could you tell us where this was filmed. Lovely place.
    Bill
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    Re: My engraving process

    That clamp fascinates me. Can you tell us what brand it it or how to get more information on them?
    Beautiful work.
    Bill
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    Re: A Jr- Interesting Wood Grain

    This is slab cut wood, I believe. At any rate, it certainly has wide grain. Not that unusual for early Gibsons. It also is three pieces (I believe), not the usual two for tops. There is at least a...
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    Re: Brunh Mandolin truss rod help

    The first question I would ask is why you think the truss rod needs adjusting.
    The second is are you sure this need an allen key. I don't see any hole for such a key to fit in but the pictures are...
  9. Re: Mandolin in Engelmann Spruce and RIver Oak

    Nice.
    Bill
  10. Re: Old german Liuto Cantabile, probably F.A.Kurzendorfer

    Wonderful cases. It takes you a whole week! It would take me a year just to do the drawings.
    Bill
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    Re: "The Florentine"

    Let people see the rest of the instrument and that might help.
    Bill
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    Re: NMD: Andrew Tatnell Mandola

    Nice looking and sounding instruments.
    Bill
  13. Re: Tina Turner, Nov 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023 RIP

    Damn, I was going to get her to dance on my grave.
    Bill
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    Re: Left hand technique

    In reference to your query about types of music, that is correct David.
    Bill
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    Re: Left hand technique

    I get all the suggestions as to technique and appreciate them.
    What I would like to see is some explanation of methodology, of how different players approach various songs. How they determine where...
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    Re: Left hand technique

    I asked this as I have looked at some good players and it seems to me many of them show an economy of motion that I am not able to replicate. Mike Compton, in particular. All good players look...
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    Re: Old Wave Instrument Videos

    Nice playing and a lovely tribute.
    Bill
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    Re: Bill Bussman passes

    A talented, funny guy. Sad, but we never know how or when we will go.
    Bill
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    Re: New double-soundboard mandolin.

    What is the back wood on this instrument?
    Thanks,
    Bill
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    Re: New double-soundboard mandolin.

    Nice design and work. I, too, look forward to hearing it.
    Bill
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    Re: Blackwood and spruce flat top mandolin

    Nice.
    When you say "hardened shellac" what exactly do you mean?
    Thanks,
    Bill
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    Re: A Style Mandolin, 10 string

    I agree.
    Bill
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    Re: A Style Mandolin, 10 string

    I had one of these made by Marty Jacobson. Even with fanned frets, it was hard to get a real resonant sound out of the C string. Marty is converting it to an 8 string now.
    I had a lovely pair of...
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    Re: New project on the bench

    Nice. Look forward to seeing it completed.
    Bill
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    Left hand technique

    Is there a good written source on the various ways to approach left hand technique? Classical, Monroe, etc.?
    Thanks,
    Bill
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