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You did the right thing. Congrats. I'm just sold a Nikon camera and lenses and am waiting to sell my Eastman 915 so I can buy a wide nut F5S. If someone accidentally sends me a Big Mon I'd have to...

Thanks all for your comments and encouragement.

Jim Garber -- Yes, I built this to the exact dimensions of the "Vernon" (there was no label in the instrument I measured, but it looked like the...

I posted a thread on Mandolin Cafe three years ago after seeing a mandolinetto for the first time at a concert. I described it and asked if anyone could tell me what it was and also how the top was...

Here's a thread I started three years ago. I finally built one of these based on drawings I made from a hundred or so year-old madolinetto sent to me on loan by a forum member. I strung it up for the...

This is great news. I learned about the worm-under configuration the hard way when replacing a set of tuners on an old mandolinetto. I ended up adapting a pair of worm-over tuners by carefully filing...

Scott,
Please change my user name to Jim Webster.
Thanks.

Wow -- thanks all for the instant response and the links. This is a whole new realm of mando history to me. So now I know the instrument I saw was definitely a Vernon Mandolinetto -- just like the...

I was at a concert the other night and one of the performers was playing a mandolin that looked like a ukulele. He said it was about 100 years old and let me look at it. It had a label inside that...

I've ordered from Elderly many times and they are my first choice these days. I traded a guitar for a new mando and have placed many orders for strings, picks, etc. with no problems ever and always...

Rich, I put an Allen tailpiece on my Breedlove Quartz OF and it was money well spent. The screw holes lined up perfectly but I had to drill them a tiny bit bigger. I can't remember where I bought it...

I've been using the 1.14 Ultex teardrops for mando for a few months and love them. The 1.14 is too thick for me for guitar though --at least the way I play. I'm partial to the standard Dunlop medium...

exoticwoods.com may have some. If they don't have it in 1 1/2" you could buy thicker and have them belt sand it, but you'd have to pay for the waste. They did a couple of pieces of walnut for me for...

But I'm going to have to ask jcs271 to step outside and discuss his Ford truck dillusions. My Dodge diesel is to his Ford as a mandolin is to a banjo.

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Not being of any particular religion makes picking funeral music needlessly confusing.But I'll also vote for Amazing Grace on harmonica. I played it years ago on an A harmoinca I had in my brief...

In a former life I wrote and published newsletters under contract to a client and would send 2 copies of each publication every month along with the proper form and $20 to the Library of Congress...

Thanks for the good ideas. I hadn't thought of the pink insulation sheets, but I know exactly what you mean. I'll probably go that route and maybe cover it with a glued on fabric.

The moulded...

Here's how I applied the Stew-Mac water-based varnish.
I sanded the wood down with 320 grit, wiped clean with naptha and then put on two coats of grain filler a couple of hours apart. I hung the...

I just finished my lap steel -- other than soldering in the electronics, which I hope to do tonight or tomorrow. The finish came out absolutely GREAT - way better than I'd expected with a brush-on...

I recall a discussion about sources of hardware, handles, etc. for instrument cases -- and a link to a supplier's website. I can't find that site again and can't recall the name. I've used the...

I traded a Guild F30 guitar and some cash with Elderly for a Breedlove Quartz mando. I've also made many small purchases from them --strings, picks, books etc over the years. I've never had a bad...

What kind of tailpiece is it? My Breedlove Quartz came with a stamped tailpiece that was (I believe) nickel plated. It looks exactly like the one that Stew Mac sells for $10 or so. It tarnished...

I've had an Quartz OF for just shy of 2 years. I also changed out to an Allen tailpiece when the original one began to tarnish badly. The cast tailpiece definitely added volume and sustain--and...

Thanks for the reassurance -- and the tip about the alcohol. I hope this doesn't mean no one can ever spill a beer on this when it's done.

There is also the Fender Discussion Page www.fenderforum.com which has sections for Tele, Strat, Guild, Gretsch, other acoustic instruments, etc.

I thought I saw a thread on this before but I couldn't find it using "search," so if this has been covered please point me in the right direction.

I'm using the Stew Mac waterbase brushing...