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    Re: Fretted notes are sharper than open strings?

    If you're moderately handy, a minor setup is fairly easy. Tune it up and move the bridge a bit until you get it so that the open note, the octave, and the 5th (7th fret) are all in tune at the same...
  2. Re: My new mando has a buzz, but it's in good company

    I'm familiar with the hum-back effect of the internal resonant frequency of the sound chamber. I hummed into this one and it resonates slightly off D, so I guess Hans Brentrup knows your air chamber...
  3. My new mando has a buzz, but it's in good company

    I just bought a used Brentrup 23 that was made in 2003. I bought it from a good, reputable dealer, and they had just refretted it.

    I thought with this fancy new instrument, I'd better up my game,...
  4. Re: Mandolin bridge leaning towards neck, is this normal?

    I've never been able to get the bridge to move under full tension. I'm sure I could muscle it around, but I'm afraid that applying that much force might scratch or dent something. So far, when I've...
  5. Re: Mandolin bridge leaning towards neck, is this normal?

    All this talk about bridges moving after you tension the strings makes me wonder if that throws the intonation off. I mean, during a setup, I place the bridge exactly where it is supposed to be by a)...
  6. Re: Mike Marshall's Loar and Chris Thile's Dudenbostel

    "What did you think, sire"

    "It has too many notes."

    "Which notes should I remove?"

    "I don't know. You're the composer. You decide."

    (Conversation between Mozart and the emperor,...
  7. Re: Imprudent behavior results in severe case of MAS

    Fabba Dabba ZAP was what happened in Mad Magazine right after the magician or somebody threw a spell or a lightning bolt or something. Same idea though.
  8. Re: Imprudent behavior results in severe case of MAS

    My apologies for the misunderstood metaphor. It was a musical 'toy store' (ie: Gryphon Stringed Instruments). My toys nowadays are mostly music-related.

    It has upped my game already, and I'm sure...
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    Re: Demand For Mandolins

    >I'd call it the Golden Age of Acoustic Instruments, period.

    Maybe so. There have been lots of good high and medium end guitars since the '60s and '70s, but nowadays there are more. And for solid...
  10. Imprudent behavior results in severe case of MAS

    What was I thinking? I'm browsing the local toy store when I see an F-style with an odd-looking headstock inlay. I pick it up and look closely... Hbrentrup. I've heard of that before... I pick it up....
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    Re: Demand For Mandolins

    I remember when vintage Gibsons were the only game in town. If you wanted "the sound" you had to have one. Then along came some quality builders like Givens, and slowly, the trend caught on. Now...
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    Re: Simple taterbug restoration

    I forgot to mention… mine has the thinner stripes, but I had one that was identical except for the fat stripes like these (the mandola and the OP). I sold it a long time ago.
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    Re: Simple taterbug restoration

    That looks a lot like my Washburn. The pick guard, headstock, and all look like they came from the same place. Your "factory mandolin" theory is looking more likely.

    mlbex
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    Re: Simple taterbug restoration

    The back looks like a Washburn to me. The headstock does not; it should be concave on top. But the dark and light stripes (taterbug) are characteristic of Washburns CA 1900 or so.
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    You should buy a Big Muddy, or a used Mid...

    You should buy a Big Muddy, or a used Mid Missouri. They are fine mandolins, for less than a good flat top guitar. Because they are flat, they are much easier to make than the arched mandolins, so...
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    I agree with Santiago. The idea of artificially...

    I agree with Santiago. The idea of artificially stressing an instrument seems strange to me. Still, a few use marks don't detract from the value unless I'm buying or selling. I'd rather get a few...
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    I'll answer my own question. I sent Peter an...

    I'll answer my own question. I sent Peter an email and the replied that they cost $3500. It's a bit steep for an A-type, but if it has the tone and volume, it would be a contender; especially because...
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    What do they cost? How long is the wait? Do...

    What do they cost? How long is the wait?

    Do they chop enough and have the volume to hold up in a bluegrass jam?
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    Now: Deep River Blues (with some words from...

    Now:

    Deep River Blues (with some words from New Speedway Boogie thrown in)
    Norwegian Wood (Beatles, best if someone else sings)
    Big River (Johnny Cash)
    Iko Iko
    St. James Infirmary


    When...
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    I agree with the slacker on most of th is. 1)...

    I agree with the slacker on most of th is.

    1) Mandolins aren't hard for a guitar player to tune, if they have a tuner. GC has plenty of both.

    2) It seems like a poor business practice to stock...
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    bjewell: You said: >Is this also common...

    bjewell:

    You said:

    >Is this also common with American mandolin makers, large and small?

    Eastman is Chinese, not American.
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    So Jerry; I saw your answer I just had trouble...

    So Jerry; I saw your answer I just had trouble believing it because I could find nothing
    rib-like about it (them?) and I tend to see things literally. Third time's the charm. OK the sides are also...
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    I'm a bit reluctant to keep flogging this dead...

    I'm a bit reluctant to keep flogging this dead horse, but I'm also dying of curiosity. It appears using mando-vodoo you can pluck a note then touch somewhere on the outside of a mandolin and its...
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    Jaydee The first fiddle I looked into had the...

    Jaydee

    The first fiddle I looked into had the word Stradivarius inside, and so did many others. Often it is followed by the word "facit" or some such, meaning (I believe) that it is modeled after...
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    There are a few things I don't understand yet. ...

    There are a few things I don't understand yet.

    1) What and where are the ribs in a mandolin?

    2) Where do you 'sense' the pitch? Do you hook up a tuner (or have very accurate ears)?

    3) Do you...
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