I do like that feeling I get when I know the neck joint is ready for glue, so maybe my favorite part is the final tweaking of the neck joint. I have only built 4 mandolins so it's a pretty small...
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I do like that feeling I get when I know the neck joint is ready for glue, so maybe my favorite part is the final tweaking of the neck joint. I have only built 4 mandolins so it's a pretty small...
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Try. https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/14392/ethanol-and-water-hygroscopic-equilibrium-concentration
Theory Predicts, data decides, HOJO says "99.9% ethanol + trace amount of bitrex as denaturant) and it works better than lab/pharmacy grade (~96%) pure ethanol.)
Just to set the record straight, I am not claiming this measurement is useful, I'm only saying that it may be with a large enough sample size. And importantly, the results are independent of ones...
Regarding Richard500's post above, there is one simple and objective measurement that can be made that in some way may point to a reason, surely not the only one, that one instrument sounds different...
My experience with several mandolins has been that the A strings, unlike the others, intonate sharp on the first 5-6 frets. This is based on several tuners readings. It remains a mystery that I...
That the heel button was not part of the instrument's back is the main culprit here. The lower part of the dovetail was possibly well fit when new but shrunk with age and could not contain the...
My thoughts were that if one could accurately synthesise the output of a mandolin, then maybe we could better know the frequency, amplitude, phase, and time components for a given mandolin so that we...
Can sophisticated synthetic sound generators produce a sound that can not be distinguished from the sound of a mandolin (or other plucked instrument)? If so, it may be possible to unravel the...
I recall the late professional golfer Payne Stewart saying something like " if you dress like me you better have the game to go with it".
It looks like he is playing the C chord, are his thoughts on the speed of light?
Thanks Scot, nice job. I got it all except toots and shel and associated down clues. That you accomplished getting Dawg into it is impressive. Tuesday NYT are about my level.
Is wet air heavier (higher density) than dry air? Water molecules in the gaseous state are significantly lighter than both nitrogen or oxygen molecules. So to replace heavier molecules with...
There typically are temperature variations in any given room and therefore relative humidity variations, even when the there is no variation in the amount of water per cubic foot of air.
I hear the same annoying pick noise sound and how it carries out front or not I dunno. I keep thinking the pick excites the string and the string excites the pick and there is no obvious way around....
They have been my favorite pick for 40 plus years though I can't seem to make them move as well now-a-days.
How about a bridge bound string that suddenly released on raising the bridge?
My guess regarding pine as a tone wood is that in the hundreds of years of violin construction it is likely early builders found it inferior to the spruces popular today. That doesn't mean that...
Pick noise should be recognised as the result of an excited sound board loosing its energy. The motion of a pick thru a string not only exites the string, it also excites the pick and both loose...
Thanks to all of you responders, I never imagined there was an easy one day fix. I'll be working on it for some time.
I've played many years using my pinky and pick guard for an "elevation guide" but have been wanting to transition to a closed fist. I find it very awkward to play a mandolin that does not have a...
Yes, the holes initially were same diameter 0.25"" all the way thru, but I ended up having to ream the back of the holes on the back of the headstock to mount the tuner plate. As I said before,...
When drilled perpendicularly to the top of the headstock, the mounting plate of the tuners would not lie flat against the back of the headstock.
When I make a little sketch I see what you mean and I agree. Even better IMO is to grind/drill/file out the installed bushing so its vertical axis aligns with that of the tuner shaft. This is not a...