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    Re: Counterfeit D'Addario Strings from Amazon

    Always make sure that anything you buy from Amazon is shown as "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com." Amazon also acts as a portal for other sellers, and sometimes does shipping for other sellers. If...
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    Re: An open letter to Classifieds users

    Scott,

    I love your classified service, and use it often, both to find instruments, and to sell instruments. Normally, when I have something to sell, I list it simultaneously on Mandolin Cafe, eBay...
  3. Re: Adam Buchwald 5-string fanned fret electric

    Might I recommend shorter set screws for the bridge pieces? Those are going to dig into your hand terribly.
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    Re: Sobell Bouzouki-Worth it??

    I have been friends with Stefan Sobell for 27 years, I took a number of the photos on his website, and, according to Stefan, up until last year, I owned more Sobell instruments than anyone else. I...
  5. Re: Mandola body, 19.5-20 inch scale neck - please give your opin

    Stefan Sobell's standard mandola has a scale length of 20.5". I used to own one, and it was, hands down, one of the best-sounding mandolas I have ever encountered. For what I do, it put my Kimble to...
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    Re: Algerian Mandole

    It's a love song to his country, Algeria.
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  8. Re: Restringing advice needed - Portuguese Guitar to Tenor Mandol

    You've got some hurdles to get over. First, the Portuguese Guitar is MUCH more lightly built than a mandola. The strings uses on a mandola would crush a Portuguese Guitar. Second, typical Portuguese...
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    Re: Algerian Mandole

    I have never seen a score of any Nuba, but CDs are available. There is a series of them on Ocora records out of France. They all feature the words Nuba (Nûba) and Algeria (d'Alger) in the title. ...
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    Re: Algerian Mandole

    Almost always with a guitar-style flat pick, though I have seen a few people using oud picks on them.
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    Re: Algerian Mandole

    The Mandole is typically used in Nuba (Algerian Classical music), Chaabi and Kabylian music. Nuba is the original music of Arabo-Andalusia, and is still popular today in Algeria. It is serious...
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    Re: Post a pic of your cat sleeping in your case

    My cat Tazi liked to occupy my Weissenborn case when it was empty. Neither the Weissenborn nor Tazi are still around, and I miss them both.
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