Very cool. How do you have it tuned?
Steve
Oregon
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Very cool. How do you have it tuned?
Steve
Oregon
Paul: I don't mind funny, snarky response to my post. I started out on "forums" with use net a million years ago... 'nuff said.
There's a saying PNW steelheaders pass along to noobies fishing...
Was reading and stumbled across an article on a Smart 2 point in Jazzmando I thought was interesting. With no experience carving tops and backs and getting ready for the winters project I'm looking...
Might try some D'Addario FT76.
Been eyeballing one of these... TAS! (tool acquisition syn... oh you get it)
squirrel tail
You could radius the soles yourself with a file or stationary sander. Need to reshape the irons to the new sole...
Steve, Oregon
All Right, just got a response from the maker:
G'day Steve - Not too sure who you were contacting but must have been someone else as this is the first email I have seen from you.
Anyway......
Anyone want to guess the on the shelf life of this stuff? Can't seem to get a response from the maker :confused:.
Hard Shellac
Anyone interested is splitting up a jug, 4oz each, since in...
How do we get it in pdf too please?
Steve,
Oregon
Thanks, I have some cutoff wheels for a die grinder. Might try that, a kind of big dremel. The blades are HARD!
Unfortunately I no longer have O-A set up to get things up to temps needed for...
Would like to make a little plane or two and have a handful of planer blades from a sawmill I used to work.
Any idea how to cut these things down to a usable size?
I should've thought about...
Bill:
Sweet! Thank you for that!
Anyone working in metric?
7/32 = 5.56mm
5/32 = 3.96mm
3/32 = 2.38mm
3/16 = 4.76mm
ah ha!!
No two of your mandolins are braced precisely alike!
"The differences are way more nuanced than anyone here might think" and you "have learned to work with" your bracing pattern.
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Thanks for that, I get it. I just strung up a FT OM with an 'H' bracing system like Graham McDonald suggests in his books. Among other things it induces curve into the top. Seems to work fine... ...
marticus:
Yeah, a week or so into OM, I agree with your statement. I love the sound but playing is distinctly not the same as a mandolin.
I have no guitar experience and have to consciously...
^^^ Thanks for that, will avoid a single transverse brace.
Dr. Cohen:
Thanks for the response. and permission! It's good to know that bracing differences can be subtle and there's a wide range of potential. I need all the slack I can get! I remember...
I'm going to use Sitka, which from my reading is somewhat less stiff than Red Spruce. So slightly thicker would make sense..?
I've also read that the Siminoff plans ($45 delivered) are from a...
I'd like to carve a mandola. I have plans for mandolin and found some Loar Hacklinger maps (on MC) for mandolin.
But, I'm wondering is there much difference in top and back graduations for a...
Yup, interested if anyone has it yet. I'll give it shot.
Tried to search info here...
Anyone seen Richter_Mandolin on iTunes?
They're gone. :(
You know the old saying; there's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over! I want to drill the bridge via Red Henry's trials, but impatiences got the best of me... It...
Thanks. Other than the huge spacing between the frets, the sustain and ring is really surprising.
The bridge and finger board are madrone, an evergreen hardwood here in the PNW. It looks like...