Thanks for all the input, I'm gonna pass on the Tacoma. My 100 year old Bacon is everything I need. It pretty much stays in the house unless I go to the neighbors to play. It's irreplaceable, was my...
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Thanks for all the input, I'm gonna pass on the Tacoma. My 100 year old Bacon is everything I need. It pretty much stays in the house unless I go to the neighbors to play. It's irreplaceable, was my...
Hello forum, does anybody here have any knowledge or experience with Tacoma mandolins? There's one currently offered on Denver Craigslist for $600. Just curious, I have a couple Tacoma guitars and...
I play with a fingerstyle guitar player, whenever we've played out I'm miked so I don't get lost. When we're just playing for the neighbors or wives they seem to hear me ok. Holding a pick feels so...
Ry Cooder is my new hero!
I'm relatively new to mandolin, 2-3years. I gave up the pick on guitar almost 30 years ago and I had been mostly strumming chords on the mando. Lately I've been trying to expand my playing a little,...
Thanks Jim, I appreciate your help.
Steve
I'll likely never know for sure, not that it's that important, just curious. It's #351. I don't know the year when my Grandfather gifted it to my Grandmother, or whether it was new at the time. I'm...
Anybody have an idea from the photos what year this mandolin was built? I don't know if there were any changes year to year. It sounds like it was a short production run, '21-'24.
a second try
180629180630Here is my baby, with the Stewmac restoration tuners installed. I'm not sure of the exact year, I've been calling it a '22. They weren't an absolutely perfect fit, the mounting screws...
Thanks for sharing that video. Mine are the worm under gear tuners so they should fit like a glove.
I have a question for you wise folks. I want to replace the old tuners but don't want to have to redrill the headstock. Stewmac makes a restoration tuner for old A style mandolins. Anybody know if...
Thanks everybody for the info. After studying the grain more on the back, it looks more like birch than maple to my eye, which doesn't really jibe with the 1924 catalogue for a Professional Model. ...
Hello all, new to the forum. I inherited my Grandmother's old Bacon mandolin, given to her by my Grandfather. It's a 2 point which I gather is the Artist model. It has the number 351 stamped on the...