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    The Red Valley AMW

    Nova Scotia is the primary home to Celtic music outside the British Isles, and it was in fact one of the charms that drew me here. I felt in love with Celtic music decades ago and have played Irish...
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    Re: Seagull S8 Mandolin

    About the armrest, it seems to me you could take a typical mandolin armrest, attach a small plate of wood to the brace and use hide glue to affix it to the side of the mandolin. That way, it's good...
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    Re: GHS Silk & Steel Tension

    So, Friday I called GHS to get the skinny. If you go to the GHS website and look under Products/Acoustics, you will see at the top of the page a link to a pdf of relating formulae and data to...
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    Re: GHS Silk & Steel Tension

    The easiest way to do this comparison was to just look them up for guitar and compare them to PB strings. Turns out the S&S strings actually have a significantly higher tension than PB strings. The...
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    GHS Silk & Steel Tension

    Does anyone know what the actual tension of GHS S&S strings is? Their site says the tension is lower than other strings, but their site also does not say what the actual tension is. It certainly...
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    Re: Seagull S8 Mandolin

    I keep my picks in a Spiderman webslinger, so I can just shoot them into my hand whenever I need one.
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    Re: Pick Click

    In Europe, classical mandolinists are fond of softer picks, like the Wolle, which minimize clicking. I like them but they are expensive in Canada--about $5 CAN each plus S&H. But I have found a...
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    Re: Resting picking hand behind the bridge?

    I always kept my hand floating, a habit from my days playing the Celtic harp and fiddle, and I maintained it when I started the mandolin. But I found one day, after adding a Tone-Gard and an...
  9. Re: Odered a KM 950 from Amazon....guess what happened

    I had good luck with my KM 272 that I got through Amazon, but I ordered a tenor guitar from them once and it was trashed when it arrived. As you said, the return was easy, but it's always a crap...
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    Re: Light String Recommendations

    I usually like d'Addario, so that's a good place to start. Amazon had a great price on 80/20 and PB, so I got a couple packets of each. I wish I could get Silk & Steel or Silk & Bronze, but while...
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    Re: Questions about Weber Y2K Mandolin

    I love flat tops. I wish I had caught the Y2K in the days Weber was making them.
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    Re: Light String Recommendations

    James at Red Valley recommended lights and ultra-lights. He liked SIT strings. I have only been able to find SIT strings in the USA so far, so I am trying to find an option I can buy in Canada...
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    Light String Recommendations

    I have recently commissioned a Red Valley wide, deep body mandolin. Being a flat top mandolin, it will do best with light or extra light strings. Recommendations?
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    Re: Celtic/Irish Mandolins

    Seamus, if you are in North America, take a took at the Red Valley AMW. It was built with ITM in mind. I fell in love with the sound of them and have recently commissioned one. The maker, James,...
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    Re: The Kentucky KM-272; 6 Months In

    TMS said Kentucky is always tweaking the instruments. Best guess I can make is I have one with a larger than average body. Which, while I am glad about that, means that my review might be...
  16. Pulled the Trigger On a Red Valley AMW (Case Recommendations?)

    Flat body mandolins are very traditional for Celtic music and I love the tone of my flat bodied Garrison OM. I also love the look of the flat bodies with round holes, and the warmth and sustain. ...
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    Re: The Kentucky KM-272; 6 Months In

    Interesting. I triple checked that since I recently commissioned a mandolin from Red Valley and wanted to emulate the very comfortable feel of the 272. The nut is definitely 1.25 inches on mine.
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    Re: My New Big Muddy M-2

    I had almost commissioned a M-11 jumbo but I heard the sound body was only 10.5 inches wide, and just a hair deeper than an ordinary mandolin. Didn't seem to be enough difference for me to consider...
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    The Kentucky KM-272; 6 Months In

    I thought I would write a little review of this mandolin since I have been playing it a LOT for about 6 months now, and in the last month its tone has begun to change.

    I've been playing music a...
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    Re: Heads Up Out There for a Scam on eBay

    Back when we had a musical instrument store, we had to deal with fake buyers all the time. PayPal was a favorite payment venue so to this day I am extremely wary of PayPal and don't even maintain a...
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    Re: Red Valley Mandolins

    Finally, a use for my mandolin cap!
  22. Re: "Gibson ‘running out of time — rapidly’"

    Given their aggressive history of buying out/shutting down competition, I cannot really feel too bad for them.
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    Re: Yet Another Tone-Gard Post

    Give the Gator hybrid case a try. The foam will remember the shape of your instrument soon enough.
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    Re: Keeping Tail Pins In

    Got a safety tied, for now. I think eventually I'll make a bushing and new pin and fit it in properly.
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    Re: Keeping Tail Pins In

    Mine has only ever slipped out once, during a sudden humidity drop, but I don't like imperfection. I wish the mando world would get past the "because it's traditional" phase and fit these things in...
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