A customer of our shop will be touring with his band along west coast USA,Oregon & California in March.They are renting instruments rather than hauling them over from Ireland but are having...
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A customer of our shop will be touring with his band along west coast USA,Oregon & California in March.They are renting instruments rather than hauling them over from Ireland but are having...
Get in touch with well known mandolinist Massimo Gatti at Cinghialetto Straps http://www.cinghialettostraps.com/Straps.html right there in Italy.He makes beautiful braided leather straps for us and...
We got the string maker in France,Philippe Bosset https://www.philippebosset.com/?lang=en to put together a set specially for that reason .012 .020 .030 .044 and they work well.Let me know where you...
Enjoying this and the previous video,thanks.Looking forward to the next.
Apart from the interview,what lovely authentic footage of the farm and Tennessee countryside.Tempting to imagine that cat...
(I like the "cross-eyed" soundholes and the general look, though it also seems to me that this mandolin was stored in adverse conditions. Can you see light through the ribs? I also believe that that...
Has some neck bow normally found on old bowl backs but not the worst.
Here's a nice 1903 Disantino I just aquired.
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Firstly I must declare 'FI' - but feel the need to balance some of the comments,which are all good and informative.
Jack,see what might be on offer around Ireland or the UK during your trip.You're...
There's a joke element to this but its a serious question,and not sure if it has come up here before.
Anybody ever stop to think about how you should describe the parcel contents when shipping a...
Im not proposing that anyone take unnecessary risks traveling with valuable instruments but I remember being told by a Luthier earlier this year that traveling musicians have a 'personal allowance'...
Not sure which post this refers to but the one at garryireland's link is €446 export + purpose made case 81 + 39 shipping = €556
We placed an order for one when it was announced and it just arrived last week!
Very nice instrument and compliments the non-ff hole OM's only usually found in this part of the world.
(Declaring...
For those playing a mandolin family instrument with a round/oval soundhole the new 'NS micro soundhole tuner' is a good option.
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Niall we have this APC tenor mandola case http://www.moloneymusic.com/Products/Accessories_cases_straps_strings_parts_etc/instrument_cases/tenor_mandola_case#nav145instrumentcases
and also an...
Haven't yet tried any Rodgers tuners but have installed some Rubners and can say they meet or possibly - with the more expensive models - exceed the standards of the other two and look very well.
The flatwound Dogal sets V74 (green label,bronze flat) and R95 (red label,chrome flat) have worked well for us in CGDA tuning.One of the individual string pair envelopes is marked 4th or 'C'.
That...
For bowl back a good choice in flatwounds are Dogal strings from Italy. http://dogalstrings.it/mandola.aspx
I believe the dealer in the US for them is Bernunzio in Rochester NY
The sets marked ...
We get strings from Dogal from time to time and are due to order soon.
Ordered some of those picks out of curiosity before,and yes it was mainly (the few) bowlback players that were interested in...
I sometimes need to re calibrate the digital micrometer and before using it again I will check it by measuring fresh strings if not by measuring a feeler gauge.Often,strings read half a gauge lighter...
There's a video of it being played now
http://www.facebook.com/andy.manson.14/videos/10207249728313294/
Only a guess but maybe they stockpiled sitka years ago and need to use it up.
Most people comment that the LM-700 has a slightly chunkier neck feel when comparing them side by side here.
As for cosmetics gold hardware on the 700 and nickel on the 600,fern headstock inlay...
Just a little correction Mike, Rubner have been around since 1864!
http://rubnertuners.com/rubner-history-info/
The strings are 44, 28 wound G&D and 32, 28 clear A&E.The owner likes black nylon Flamenco strings on his classical guitar so there will probably be some experimenting done.
Here's a photo of it...