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Just as a conclusion note, I never did contact Collings or change tuners. My best beloved gifted me a small squeeze-tin of sewing machine oil, and a drop on each gear led to satisfactory performance....

Music store etiquette is pretty simple. Count the signs and respect what they say, which is usually “Please ask one of our staff to take this instrument down” on the more valuable ones...or all...

Get the best Eastman x04 you can avail yourself of. There are differences in characteristics as you go through the model lines...I haven’t tried a 304, 404 ha a mahogany body instead of maple, 504...

My friend, you are going straight into the deep end. Considering you are just starting out and are expecting to make a healthy investment, i think you would be well served by considering getting...

Since I pretty much like to disagree with everyone, I will mention that my Trinity College OM has plenty of volume, after working it in for I dunno 15 years or so, and switching eventually to octave...

Actually the law about that is pretty simple. You are potentially liable to pay tax and duties as applicable on upgrades or repairs done to your Canadian vehicle UNLESS they were necessary for the...

This site is so cool when i get to see two friends of mine who dont (I think) know each other and live 3000 miles apart post at practically the same time. Mssrs Rosett and Barton. Hey Bruce who got...

I would get more info on the exact condition of the Eastie 515 before choosing between it and a 315. As a longtime Eastman player, I don’t care about dings and finish wear, what needs to be repaired...

In the late 70s when I got started, every music store I entered had a few Japanese-made F5 copies very similar to this—all solid, carved tops, fairly fancy if not world-class inlay and trim, with a...

Hi Caleb, that’s very similar to mine, both the original finish and the older style peghead (they switched to snakeheads about 2011). I picked it from a wallful of them at 12th Fret, cause it just...

No criticism intended. When you take a look at that topic you will see that you can either start a new thread or add your post to the one called “Post your videos here” which is 8 jillion pages...

Not bad. Got my curiosity up because it doesn’t resemble any of the other “Orpheum” mandos I could find via websearch, which tended to have the 3-cut f-holes. I doubt it ever had a pickguard, which...

Different strokes I guess. I have found 3xx’s to have a sound that I would call more open but kind of flabby...I prefer the more focused sound of my 2009 505 which was my #1 instrument for 10 years...

Cool. Took me awhile to figure out how many different players there are. (What is the software for these split-screen recordings anyway?).

Any moment now someone will point out that there is a...

I get the impression that most posters are comparing TI flats to Daddario round 74s without getting involved in the Daddario flats,which are good strings at a much less flabbergasting price than the...

Inspiring!

Lonesome Fiddle Blues. Should have started it twenty years ago because that’s how long it will take me to get up to speed, by which time I won’t be able to play half that fast if at all.
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Judging from today’s weather, this is probably my last outdoor video of the year! Nice day but for the wind noise which sounds exactly like tape hiss from days of...

Thanks Tharbowski, inquiries about inherited instruments are common here but we don’t often see one that nice! Looks like your dad had good taste in instruments and took care of them too. If you’re...

With Eastmans, you just plain want to go with the highest number—the first number in the model designation—that you can find or afford. 6 is a good one.

Then you play it a lot, a lot, a lot, and...

For Canadian mandolin players the greatest selection of Eastmans and other high quality 8-strings (and 4, 5, 6, 12-strings) is undoubtedly The Twelfth Fret in Toronto. I’ve bought both an Eastman 505...

Nicely done, but I agree with what I think Bertram is saying. Specifically, the second set of triplets takes away from the continuity and drive of the tune. I thought it had a rhythm hiccup, but it...

Of those three, Kentucky. If availablr on same-level deal, Eastman. MD505, used or with as good discount, is the sweet spot of value.

Epiphone has a long and varied history but their current...

Pretty trivial differences between .40/.38, .10/.11. It’s a modern build by an experienced luthier. Personally I’d just try it. YMMV.

Wow that sounded great! An interesting case for the capoed OM—unique timbre zone, resonant but light.