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    Re: Sobell 5-Course Cittern

    I usually tune mine DGDAE (low to high). I find I prefer the low D to the low C for the keys I normally play. I don't recall offhand what string gauges I use.
  2. Re: 1908 Gibson 3-Point F-2 on SF Bay CL for $2200

    Ad now "deleted by author." I figure it sold. Did anybody here get it?
  3. 1908 Gibson 3-Point F-2 on SF Bay CL for $2200

    Listing here:

    https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/5626198959.html

    (NFI. I haven't seen it.)
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    Re: New carbon fiber mandolins

    A large-diaphragm condenser ("LDC") is a type of microphone, contrasted with dynamic, ribbon, and small-diaphragm condenser ("SDC") microphones. Some well-known high-end LDCs are the Neumann U-87...
  5. Re: Pickup carpenter jack suppressing the acoustic sound?

    If she's using the Schatten P/U shown, I'd suspect any damping effect is more from the P/U clamped to the bridge than from the Carpenter jack. As others have said, a Carpenter jack clamps to the rim...
  6. Re: U.S. DoT Issues Final Rule - Air Travel with Musical Instrume

    What about "underneath the seat in front of you"?

    I often see women with babies on planes, and wonder whether the baby is expected to fit "underneath the seat or in the overhead bin."
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    Re: Interesting crosspicking video

    The producer acknowledges that his use of the term "cross picking" is not standard. He uses it to refer to an in-and-out "curved" motion of the pick. (Cf. 12:20 to 12:30.) He differentiates it...
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    Re: Norwegian Wood: 3/4 or 6/8 ?

    I tend to think of Irish jigs when I think of 6/8, phrased ONE-two-three TWO-two-three. 3/4 usually sounds: ONE-and TWO-and THREE-and. NW sounds to me to be in 6/8, not 3/4.
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    Re: The Mandolin - a history has shipped

    Got mine just before New Years. Lovely book; clearly a lot of effort went into it. Thanks, Graham!
  10. Re: Is a Tenor guitar tuned to GDAE actually a Tenor?

    In my experience, there are three common 4-string guitar tunings: CGDA (like the tenor banjo), GDAE, and DGBE (the so-called "Chicago" tuning). I personally call them all tenor guitars, even though...
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    Re: Fender FM-63SE

    I have one, It's pretty decent acoustically and plugged in, but not spectacular. How much is your friend asking?

    You might look into the Epiphone MM-50E, a similar instrument that I like a bit...
  12. Weber Aspen #1 on SF Bay CL for $750 w/c ase

    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/5245945331.html

    Has internally installed McIntyre pickup.

    (NFI.)
  13. Re: Hot Rize vs Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers

    I was playing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) back in about 1988. I got to talking with a thin medium-height redheaded fellow near the Cajun stage. He asked me if I'd heard...
  14. Breedlove Crossover OF on SF Bay Area CL for $300 (NFI)

    Listing here:

    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/5232813723.html

    With gig bag. (NFI.)
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    Re: Rest in peace - Walt Kuhlman of Gypsy's Music

    Sad news indeed. I met him a number of years ago in SF, where he showed me one of his instruments, which he was just beginning to produce. Nice fellow.
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    Re: songs of Sherlock Holmes' day?

    For "cloyingly romantic," "Maggie" is one of my favorites. Maura O'Connell has a lovely version from "American Music Shop" with the Chieftains and Jerry Douglas on YouTube:
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    Re: California Mandola Luthier?

    Redwood might work, but there's a reason why spruce is the "industry standard." I'd suggest finding a luthier, describing the sound you want, and work with them to choose the wood.

    I second the...
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    Re: songs of Sherlock Holmes' day?

    Suitable "nautical themed" material -- like "A Capital Ship" (aka "The Walloping Window Blind") -- might work for your character.

    Yes, Baring-Goulds "Annotated SH" is great, though...
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    Re: Case help

    I'm not aware of anything for the mandolin that's comparable to the Tric case. Unfortunate, because I love my Trics for guitar.
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    Re: The Mandolin - a history on Kickstarter

    I too am willing to upgrade his order from a softbound version to a hardbound version if that's feasible.
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    Re: The Mandolin - a history on Kickstarter

    Thanks for all the work, Graham! I'm in.
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    Re: Best Bluegrass Fake Book

    Jack Tuttle (who teaches at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto CA) has a couple of good BG fakebooks as well, one entitled the "Really Good Book of Standard Bluegrass Lyrics," the other...
  23. Re: Any mod. recommendations for an entry level mandolin?

    If you don't have a ToneGard, I'd recommend that as the best "instant" improvement in instrument tone/volume, if you hold the instrument against your body. A plus is that you can use it with your...
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    Re: songs of Sherlock Holmes' day?

    Percy French was an Irish songwriter of the 1875-1915 period whose material was very popular. You might check his songs out. My personal favorites: The Mountains of Mourne and The Pride of Petrovar...
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    Re: Lightweight GBOM case

    For lightweight protection, I'm a big fan of the Godin TRIC cases. I don't know if one of them is shaped appropriately for your instrument. Here's a link:
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