Search:

Had to log in just to say this mando may have tipped the scales towards figuring out how to get my hands on a Jacobson while he's still somewhat in my price range... Beautiful and good golly the...

Allparts also sells a 5-on-a-plate 10 string set. No name brand, but 14:1 ratio and quite affordable. Don't know that they'd have a place on a Smart or a Condino, but if someone was just messing...

That's awesome Ed. Thanks for the input. I've averaged out the specs to be a nice mix of the above and sent them on. This guy is great, and seems to have a real interest. Hope this goes beyond...

This is what he sent me so far after a couple back-and-forths:

4 strings
23” Scale.
Mahogany body.
Rosewood fingerboard (or should it be ebony)?
1 1/4” nut width. (is this still too wide? The...

Hey Guys,

Just a feeler post here; I emailed Kurt from Rondo music, who's gotten quite a name with the extended range guitar community, as to whether he'd be willing to do a run of tenor guitars...

I could personally take or leave the fretboard extension (I think the classic Eastman S curve would also look very classy), and I think the classic finish would look great.

I, for one, however am...

Sorry if this is a repost, but this might be one of the most awesome e-mandos I've ever come across

http://visionaryinstruments.com/EMidiMando.html

86161

Just received it today, and am 100% almost satisfied. To explain, my one "grievance" came when I went to pull the tone knob off (for no good reason) and the shaft came out with the pot. This is...

Definitely best to think of them as different entities altogether; I find personally that, though I'm not a guitar player in the slightest, I'm more inclined to try guitar-esque maneuvers like bends,...

Well, work needed or not, I'm in the A.E.M. club now. Just scored a B-stock on Ebay for $225. Nice discount for a dent. Review to follow once it arrives and I've had a chance to beat it up a...

That's a sexy piece of hardware. Really making me think about a 10-string conversion I'm been considering.

I love AEAE. I got my Fender octave 5 or so years ago, and it's been in AEAE since day one (even though I didn't know how to play a darn thing in that tuning). My advice: Invest in a nice capo to...

That's my plan. Not sure when I'll get it, but with a change of strings, it should be possible; Jon Mann uses an 18" scale on his 5-string octave mandos tuned GDAEB.

Yes, either a Fishman Powerchip like Jon Mann used in the video above or the graphtech saddles/ preamp would do the job. The Graphtechs have the advantage of being easy to use and expand on;...

I do know that moongazer will do replacement necks; I had talked to him about a year ago about an octave mandolin neck and he was very helpful.

58.515 seconds.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSs6YOPKTFo

My personal new favorite F Hole comes from a fiddle maker named Barry Dudley.

66425

If you were making a Fret Calculator and wanted what luthiers would be looking for, I'd suggest a 2 column read-out; distance from nut as well as distance from last fret.

Assuming all other factors are equal (build quality, construction, string type, etc), your two major differences are going to be playability and tone. For someone with shorter fingers, such as...

I will generally adjust my fingering depending on what I'm playing. The pinky definitely does generally take over the 5th fret workload for me when I'm playing my OM, whereas if I'm playing fiddle/...

Depending on what "a few days" entails, it could also be that he just hasn't gotten around to the email. If he was good to work with in the first place, I'd say give him first crack at doing the...

http://eastwoodguitars.com/Other/warrenEllisSignatureTenor/warrenEllis_frm.htm

According to their newsletter, they should be releasing the Warren Ellis tenor next week.

Nice call on the TUSQ saddles on that 'bird. Looks slick.

Also, the blackbird looks wickedly mean. Good stuff!!!

Well, I do know from having tried one out that the BFG killswitch is actually not a momentary switch, but a 2-way on-off; up = off, down = on. Most people that are doing the momentary thing are...