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Hey everyone, looking for some suggestions regarding my move from Massachusetts to South Carolina in July. I have 8 mandolins, 2 guitars, a hammered dulcimer, and 2 mountain dulcimers to transport in...

Thanks everyone for your encouraging words. Nearing retirement and will hopefully be doing more of this.

Mike, I agree. Perfect match down to the pickguard, headstock, body shape and tailpiece.

Jim, thanks for the research! Once again, MC member has the answer :mandosmiley:

Mike, Slot head screws for the tuners and tailpiece. Kluson tuners.188020188021

I recently purchased a mandolin online that was advertised as "for decor only". It was in pretty rough shape, large cracks on the front and back, missing tuner keys, missing bridge, a mess of a...

Erin, glad you can rule that out.

Part of it may also be that the smaller string on a 12 string is tuned an octave higher than the larger string. The varied finger pressure on each string may compensate for the difference in tone. ...

Have you checked to make sure that the 2 strings are of the same size? One may have been mislabeled. This happened to me once when I bought an old Stradolin that had the G and D courses each using a...

Small world...just picked up my first F style yesterday at The Music Emporium...an MD515cc!!!! Love to look and feel. I was never a fan of a lot of bling, and I really appreciate the natural beauty...

That was “How Great Thou Art”. Nicely done whoever it was.

I bought one of these a few years ago and really like the feel and sound of it. I have the natural finish version, and you can see that the instrument is actually made of 3 blocks of wood, one that...

Heading down to the Lancaster PA area for a few days. Any recommendations for MAS relief?

Looks like your link doesn’t work, but if it is what I think it is , then this is a model 7700 if I remember correctly

I keep going back and forth about replacing the tuners and tail piece, but the current tuners work fine and the scalloped tailpiece with its bit of corrosion is original (I think). I’m leaning...

My "new" Strad

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I guess I'm equating "chance" with "low expectations". I wasn't really expecting to find anything. I wasn't really interested in Stradolins. At first site, I wasn't expecting that I would buy it. ...

Will post a pic tonight.
Note: corrected the murphymethod link in original post.

I recently walked into a local "string" shop and asked if they had any mandolins, other than the 2 unstrung ones hanging in the back. He went out back and brought out a Stradolin and said they had...

I know this might seem extreme to some, but ask your doc if you could have an xray done. I had pain in the same place (left hand) and after an xray, it was determined that my wrist was really...

This happened to me as well, but not quite as bad. The 12th fret at the E string is probably just a little high, so when you press down on the lower frets, the string hits the 12 the fret before...

Also...the great thing about the mandolin is that it is tuned in 5ths. This means that you can change keys and use the same fingering just by shifting up or down to the next string, or up and down...

A few months ago, urged on by a bout with MAS, I visited The Music Emporium in Lexington, Ma, and there, in the Mandolin section, were a bunch of Eastman's. I worked my way through and had the same...

In response to some of your questions, I have a Loar LM 220 VS and an Eastman MD 504, neither of which have a fingerrest/pickguard. (Yes, MAS has started to set in)

Wow! Thanks for all the input everyone. Now I just have to wait till my therapist gives me the OK (3 months ?) to try all these suggestions...:disbelief:

Well, this is my first post even though I've been a member for a few months. I've been playing mandolin for a couple of years after having played guitar for almost 50 years. I thoroughly enjoy...