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  1. Re: Confused about a spirit varnish over a sunburst on first mand

    I have used the water based stains on all of my spruce topped guitars [ usually an Amber shade, have not done a SB ] I usually brush on a light coat of shellac and then French Polish as normal. I've...
  2. Re: Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community

    Anyone want to go down the fiddle rabbit hole...... Wonder what Andrea A. and Antonio S. would have to say?
  3. Re: If you could have any mandolin in the world….

    A late teens / early twenty's / A2/A4 or snakehead that actually IS in excellent condition at a price I can justify.
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    Re: OM String recommendations

    I make up sets for my Clark OM from Pearse PB singles. 20.5" scale.... .052, .034, .023, .013. The tailpiece takes ball end strings, but one could always remove the balls.
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    Re: NMD #774 Ratliff R-5 (1999)

    Congrats! My RA-5 is two years older than yours... and has cured my MAS completely...... well except for finding a Gibson Oval from the twenties at a price I can justify.:)
  6. Thread: Dilemma

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    Re: Dilemma

    I'll stick with my Clarke OM and Don Noon fiddle thanks very much.
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    Re: plans for next build

    GAL. {Guild of American Luthiers}
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    Re: 20inch OM radiused or not?

    I have a Clark OM with a 20.25 scale. The fretboard is radiused and very comfortable.
  9. Re: Mandolin strings along OM strings on an octave mandolin like

    Just to take this in the opposite direction.........

    I string my old Martin 12 string guitar [D12-18] as a 10 string.
    Low E & A are single strings
    D/G/b/e courses are unison pairs like a...
  10. Re: Looking for a Sweet Sounding Roundneck Resonator Guitar

    I have a Regal whose cone I replaced with a Quarterman, Spider replaced and tuned to fit...... Sounds very "Sweet" to me.
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    Re: OM octave paired strings playability

    After a few years with my unison strung Clark OM.... I've even changed my old Martin D12-18 to a 10 string with a Single E and A and unison string D,G,b,e...... have to say Like it much better and...
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    Re: Who has just one?

    Only one mandolin..... Ratliff RA-5......
    Clark Octave Mandolin

    [Full disclosure though..... 9-acoustic guitars. 3-electric guitars. 3- fiddles and a Harmonium.... so I'm just as sick as anyone...
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    GAL Winter Article

    Great article by Graham McDonald in the winter edition of the Guild of American Luthiers periodical. "Field Guide to Mandolins"
  14. Re: Irish guitarist Frankie Simon (no mandolin involved)

    Seamus Egan of Solas is no slouch either when he puts down his banjo and picks up the "gut string".
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    Re: Gibson LGO Plastic Bridge

    162549I had one that belonged to a close friend come in with some of the same issues ++++! My friend, a house carpenter had tried to "correct" the belly by glueing [with construction adhesive] a 2.5"...
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    Re: I'm With Her Tour

    Was online at noon,,, I thought,,, to purchase tickets for the Seattle show.... The whole main floor must have had folks refreshing with fingers posed.... sold out by 12:02. Did get balcony tickets!
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    Re: Fiddler's Hornpipe jam

    Nice! Agreed Kitchen/Porch music is the best.

    BTW....did I see a busted mando string flashing in the ambient light???:mandosmiley:
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    Re: "Floating" right hand

    Chris Thiele with the closed hand..... Tim O'Brien with the open.
    Think it can go either way...... I'd be delighted with 20% of either's capability.
  19. Re: Lefty in a predominantly Right-handed World - Help appreciate

    My first instrument was guitar in the 50's and there was precious little available made left-handed.... so I just played the same as "everyone else".... As I picked up other instruments over the...
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    Re: Birdseye - How Does it Affect Sound?

    I built a "Stratocaster" with a Birdseye neck.... My violin knives handles are made from the off cuts..... They all sound just fine.:)
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    Re: Custom Ratliff R5 almost complete

    Nice!!!! If I didn't have a 20 year old RA5 of Audie's I'd sure be looking to have one of his "F's".
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    Re: Alpaca "Linear Tuners" for mandolin?

    Were I you... I'd consider investing in one of those "Different Drums". [You march kinda funny] :)
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    Re: F5 Mandolin Pick Holder

    Over here in the colonies Vest pockets work just as well as those posh Waistcoat pockets.
  24. Re: Punch Brothers, My Oh My, except with even more joy

    The ultimate "Washtub Bass"!!! Love it thanks!
  25. Re: "Acoustic Lacquer" on violins, myth or reality?

    Remember all that "French Polish" is a method or technique to apply a finish.... not "a finish"

    Shellac is the finish....processed bug poop, dissolved in alcohol, applied with a bit of oil added...
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