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Our band won the South African folk music traditional section on Saturday. Here are band pictures.
We had a double bass with bow and my bluegrass mandolin. Guitar player has a Ibanez acoustic.
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Here is a thread I posted in The Steel Guitar Forum about 3D musical instruments.

Let the games begin!

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I finished the watermelon electric two weeks ago, check elsewhere for more info, but Friday it was gigged at a musical Grandus Festus over two days to commemorate an Afrikaner radio station.

I...

Ok, here is my watermelon electric guitar with the extended neck in its case.

It worked out nicely with the neck holding out well.
Band picture of my first gig is posted elsewhere.

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Here is the extended neck (maple), with the original heel sawn off.
The neck is made of local Boekenhout ( Rapanea melanophloeos)

By Friday I will start tackling the body.

Funny the long...

Thanks guys, I am pressed for time. Our band will be playing in September on a musical 'grandes festus' of 20 bands and I want to give colour and spice to the occasion.

I am going to give it a go...

I want to build a solid body electric mandolin and I received a used mandolin neck.

Unfortunately the neck was built too short, the heel reaches only to the 9th fret.

Now, can the neck be...

Mr Jacobs, I would recommend you go to a music shop in Pretoria, either Menlynn Centre or Centurion and try a few first. They are mostly ply wood tops, but see how you go.
Then you can decide if...

Ry Cooder playing a 10 string.
Dunno if this was posted already.

Let the games begin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FrFBceLuY

Nice piece of Cajun mandolin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVG62Hj700E

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I have been playing electric mandolin for many years in a folk and dance band amongst other events. In certain competition sections acoustic instruments are required.

But, I found the Roland 80...

Many sax players play rock in E, therefore transposing to F# for Bb instruments are quite easy.

Yes sgrexa, Rhinos are highly endangered all over the world. We are fighting almost a losing battle against poachers.

By the way, rhino horn consists of ceratin, which is the stuff nails are made...

Hi Guys, Not all mammoth tusks are fossilized. A lot are for sale.

http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/Mammoth_Tusks/

Guys, shooting hippo became illegal since 2006, but not warthogs.
I still have the off cuts for DNA age and isotope testing if required.

Ivory is illegal in South Africa and elsewhere, but I...

I want to show you blokes my Red Devil. I have an old picture, but then I changed it later to a rail humbucker, which I bought for $3 (I bought 3 for $10).
Very few used mando's come on the market...

Check this out, maybe you can repair it yourself. Depends how valuable the instrument is.

Good luck!

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Blogs/K2Collapse/k2collapse.html

Thanks, in the picture bottom left we even have a small portable reed organ.
The instruments take turns to lead, and the other is comping, etc, while the audience dances.

Check out my other...

Hi blokes,

While I am at it, I want to post a few recent band photos where I played different mandolins, guitar and a Sierra S10 pedal steel.

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Hi Jim, I tried my best , but the photos are not good.

The reverse scroll was built by Mervyn Davis, local luthier --- http://mervyndavisguitars.com/
Top- Spruce, Body and neck- Faurea...

Hi guys,

I have been playing mandolin for 30 years and over the years I had a few and sold a few mandolins.

I play acoustically and electrically part time in a couple of bands, it all depends...

Yep, Rob is da man.

I am from South Africa and he sent it promptly.

Regards.

Here is a nice web about bowlbacks.

http://www.mandolinluthier.com/mandolins_for_sale.htm

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Here are the chords and solo.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/tab/boatontheriver.txt

Enjoy!
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Hi guys, I am from South Africa.

I was asked to play in a Folk Music competition and our band Wadrif (which means a wagon way through a river) came second last Saturday.
The traditional song...