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    Re: Octave Mandolin Stand

    Believe it or not I use one of those things that you get when you don't have enough closet space. The ones with a bar across the back, have that bar at a perfect height for storing an OM in its case....
  2. Re: i am having problems with "clefs" again. Treble or alto

    Don't try to learn these two at once. If you MUST learn two clefs at once, do treble and bass as they complement each other. But this is really only useful for piano players.

    Alto lies between...
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    Re: floor racks

    Thanks all! I ended up ordering, of all things, a garment rack (those things you get when you don't have a closet). It turned out there was a nice bamboo version available that had two shelves and a...
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    Re: floor racks

    Thanks! I was needing help thinking outside the box.
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    floor racks

    So I seem to have started a bit of a monster...

    I posted in an earlier thread that I was replacing my cheap Donner mandolin with a better quality one; I ended up with a Kentucky KM-276. The...
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    Re: 10" body on octave mandola?

    Custom instrument received! My fingers are sore...
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    Re: 10" body on octave mandola?

    If we're talking about the same builder (he uses cypress soundboards), he's currently designing a 12" two-point body for me as a custom ordered 5-string CGDAE cittern, based not on his mandolin...
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    Re: poor quality or MAS?

    She came in early! Delivered about 12:30 today, nicely packaged and detuned. Took me a while to tune her up as I did it gently and in stages, and she's definitely needing some opening up. But there's...
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    Re: Lazy Sunday pics

    My new baby came in a few days early, and turned out to be fairly decently set up although I am still going to run her past a professional.

    Here she is with my old "cheap" Donner mandolin, which...
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    Re: Shelter-in-place (NMC)

    1. Pick up the mandolin I'd been telling myself I would try and discover that I got what I paid for ($100 price point).
    2. Ignore the garden I need to start working on.
    3. Develop MAS.
    4. Ignore...
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    Re: A-type oval hole mandolin for $500?

    Hi neighbor! I'm about 10 miles OTP and just ordered a Kentucky KM-276 from Reverb. It was about $525 once shipping got added in. Transitioning from violin/viola to mandolin and, since I'm not...
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    Re: poor quality or MAS?

    Aaaaand it's official! KM-276 and hard case are on the way -- I found them on Reverb as TMS had no stock, meaning there likely is a trip to Maple Street Guitars coming sometime in the future. ...
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    Re: poor quality or MAS?

    Thanks for all the recommendations! I think I am going to go with a Kentucky KM-276, as I understand that round holes work better with the Americana/folk/contemporary stuff I like to do -- and I like...
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    Re: poor quality or MAS?

    What don't you like about the Seagull?
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    Re: poor quality or MAS?

    So this doesn't sound like poor technique to you?

    Budget's not much right now, maybe $300-$500. Since I'm strictly a solo pleasure player at the moment, I've been looking at the Seagull S8. I...
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    poor quality or MAS?

    Hi folks, long time lurker but newly registered here.

    I'm a former grade school strings player (violin/viola) who accidentally discovered that mandolins are tuned like violins, and just couldn't...
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