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I used dawg picks for awhile. But it passed. Cant remember but
i think i found the tone a bit muddy..YMMV.
Right now i use fender extra heavys. the 351 style white ones.
so easy to see if i drop...

My friends an i were attending a bluegrass festival last summer and
were commenting on the age of the crowd there on a friday evening.
about to go on were the gibson bros. I would say the average...

well I can't speak for everyone but for me being
a mandolin player for 35 years and just buying a tenor
guitar.. gdae is a shorter learning curve.

This listing no longer exists. but thanks,
I tried one from mf on advise from the previous owner
and it wasn't even close..:(
It does fit in my taylor dred case though.
i think i'll take it...

i've actually been there. It's a nice store. I am going to go with this gibson
archtop tenor conversion. andrew mowery is going to
fashion a trapeze tailpiece block for me out of ebony.
When i...

Well I pulled the trigger on a gibson tg-50.
Hope i did good ..should be here next week.
Now i need to find a hard case for it.
same body size as an L 50. l4 or es-150
according to my...

looking for a hard case for my newly acquired
gibson tg50 tenor, Assuming a case for an L50
would fit but not sure. any help. tkl gator etc??
I don't want a 500 dollar beauty. just a geib style....

Wow .. Agreed on the bang/buck ratio.
and those cases he makes are beautiful.

yea like i said above they seem to jump from
around sub 1k to 4000 with not much in between.
i think this project idea sounds like fun. lots of tenor
guitars out there for sale.

You'll have to excuse me but i know nothing
much about these. Are most octave mandolin
strings ball or loop end..?

yea thanks but i need an 8 string tailpiece. i'll chk reverb and fleabay.,

very nice. Wanting an archtop i am going to have
to source a tailpiece . or drill. I'd rather source
one somewhere. any ideas.?? can't find one in stewmac?

Yes i just like the looks and sound of the archtop f hole .
The tenor guitar neck. is it strong enough for the double
string OM after conversion??
I don't want an eastman for 799 . Or a...

ahh a project.. So this interests a recently retired
mandolin player with omas. What's involved with
converting one of these tenors over to an OM.
is the scale length the same . Can i use an...

I played an archtop OM by northfield at greyfox
last week. i now have omas. Does anyone make
a decent archtop octave that isn't 5000 dollars.
maybe in the 2500 dollar range??

I evolved over the years into using thicker picks.
So I keep a few of the under 1mm picks in my case.
For those times when someone else needs a pick.
I have a few boutique picks. Several bc and a...

I am a guitar ,mandolin, bass player in that order.
I built a 1974 fretless p bass from vintage parts
Bought on ebay. Took about 6 months to aquire
The correct period (1974) parts. Hardest was...

Mandobart you found a really cool inst. I recently was in mkt
For a parlor guitar and was looking at some
Regals from the 30s. Regal has been around
Since the late 1800s was sold to Lyon and Healy...

I usually tell people "Anything from James Taylor to Led Zepplin" I then get that
"Oh ...I know who they are" look and we're done.

Which is why I always answer politely..
But it is funny how many times I've been asked.

Mandosquash. Winter variety... :)

I consider a Harley the only kind of motorcycle there is.. can't say the same for a mandolin. Although I am pleased as punch with my ellis.

DR Dragonskins have this gold color to the unwound strings..but it is much more important that they sound good on your mandolin than it is to make a fasion statement...

I my wife recently found a customised bc in our couch. I had given up for lost.:) I went through the bc phase about 5 or 6 yrs ago. I now realize its more about technique than pick material.
I now...

I have a kk twin in my ellis. Installed by tom ellis.
It sounds great. I run it through a 1 mohm pre by
Grace design. But the less expensive kk pres soun
Good as well. Cant comment on myers. Never...