Both Vernon Hughes and Bishop Stern worked on my Nugget. Vernon installed 7 new frets and Bishop made a new bridge. That’s been 7 or 8 years ago now . The H& D guys don’t do mando work. Timberville...
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Both Vernon Hughes and Bishop Stern worked on my Nugget. Vernon installed 7 new frets and Bishop made a new bridge. That’s been 7 or 8 years ago now . The H& D guys don’t do mando work. Timberville...
I believe the current owner, living in Virginia, bought it in the early teens and still owns it.
One of my first music heroes passed a couple days ago. He along with his partner Sylvia Friker first impressed me when I was just 11 years old. I saw them in concert at a small local college and...
When I first started playing music back in the 70's it was vocal with instrumental accompaniment. Keeping time and good rhythm was fairly easy. Then after hearing the Grisman Quintet in the late...
Yes it is the Smart GBOM that was at Elderly. When looking around for the same strings it occurs to me that Lawrence may have been guessing from memory what strings he used. So far I haven't found...
Is there a way to determine the gauges of stringds on my octave now? I have a micrometer but no reference chart to compare. If that mskes sense
Thanks for the kind comments about this mando. Lawrence's craftsmanship is lovely. And back to my original question about string gauges. And I know this question is like a broken record. As I...
Left out the string gauges Lawrence Smart thought were on the mandolin: 47, 31, 24, 13. And here are a couple quick pictures.
Sorry they are sideways.203779203782203783
So here is my question on this much discussed topic. I just took possession of a beautiful A Lawrence Smart GBOM, 20-1/2" scale length. Koa back and sides. What would be the closest sets to...
As tempting as it is there's just a lot of uncertainty of the long term stability of the mandolin. Inasmuch as it's a long shipping distance in this climate we have right now I'm unwilling to stress...
Just add me to those who when they heard that album the first time I was blown away. I haven't played it in years but I do know I still have it somewhere. It was about the time that I was...
Well I have only seen the OM in pictures, so I can't respond to "how does the repair look?" If the seam was reglued that would mean removing the bridge, cleaning the seam of old glue, reclamping and...
Fixed bridge and flat-top. This is a Circle Strings build and was apparently repaired by the maker a few years back.
I am looking at a fairly new GBOM 2013 to purchase. But the top seam below the bridge separated and has been repaired including cleating. This is a pretty nice quality build and so I was surprised...
Just beginning exploring different makers for an octave mandolin and I want to ask if anyone has or has played one of the Circle Strings octaves. Adam Buchwald builds beautiful tenor guitars, and it...
Looking for sources for custom made small pickguard for my F-style mandolin.
Thanks for suggestions
As a pure guess then, is shorter scale quicker decay and vice versa?
Does scale length affect tonal decay? This Smart OM is listed with a 20.5” scale which seems perhaps as much as 2” shorter than a typical octave.
A couple features interest me with this OM. First the scale length is rather short which works well for us mandolin players and I have very small hands to boot. So that caught my eye. And yes...
Does anyone have some experience with Lawrence Smart instruments? There's an octave mandolin in the classifieds that is a beautiful instrument. But I don't know what I might expect from it if...
Yeah I agree. It’s so confusing and inconsiderate!
I did not provide an address or any personal info. In fact I asked him to provide that info to me. Not surprisingly I have not heard back. As I reread the emails there were three different names...
I'm offering a mandolin on local CL. So a responder emails he will mail a check. When I provide mailing info and after the check clears he will arrange for pickup. He will also send money for me...
Does Seinfeld play mandolin?
Fortunately no pick guard