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Just wanted to post an update.

Ted at JazzMando saw my previous post about some tuning issues and unsolicited sent me a new pair of A strings. I changed them up & everything is settling in just...

Wow, Ted at Jazz Mando has unbelievably great customer service. He has PM'd (unsolicited) with some suggestions and has offered to send me some new A strings. Considering that I ordered the JM-11's a...

Step away from the bonfire! Just kidding. Many times my husband & I come home from a jam or a concert and threaten to throw in the towel and burn our instruments, but Don't Do It! As everyone has...

Great, thanks all for the tips. Mandolin Cafe is a superb source of info.

Thanks Joe, I wondered about the setup, as the JM11's seem quite a bit thinner than medium EXP74 that the FF was...

I am just trying the JM11's on my Breedlove FF for the first time. I love the feel of them, but have issues with going out of tune, particularly worse with the pairs of A strings. I have had them on...

I have been playing with open C tuning, using a slide on my Republic resonator tenor guitar. I have tuned down from C-G-D-A to C-E-C-G. So open is a C chord, slide on fret #2 is a D chord, playing...

The gig bag that came with the T49 is well made and quite heavily padded. It has 'backpack' straps and seems to work fine. As far as a hardshell case, perhaps the case made by Saga for the Blueridge...

This has not been my experience with the Schatten Black Box. I have successfully used it with many different instruments with various pickups and none of these instruments have internal pre-amps. I...

Are you playing in CGDA or GDAE tuning and just for info sake, what string gauges worked for you? Did you go with Phosphor Bronze? I tried nickel wound strings on a Johnson reso-mandolin and found...

Hi Frank
Mine came with ball end strings, though I think you might be able to use loop end in a pinch as well. The string gauges as shipped in CGDA tuning were GHS phosphor bronze 10...

Thanks guys. Though I am slow transposing chords needed for CGDA tuning from GDAE mandolin tuning, (I occasionally feel like there is smoke coming out the ears directly related to clutch slippage in...

Hi, sorry, I'm using an older Mac and don't have a camera or the techno-knowledge to put up a sample on YouTube. I may be mistaken but I thought I saw something on Republic Guitar's site, maybe under...

Received the T49 in the mail Friday and can't put it down. Nice fit and finish. Sweet tone in original CGDA tuning. Sounds a bit banjo-like when picking individual notes, but not in an offensive way....

Hi, eh,

Good list of alternate mandolin tunings:

http://www.mandolin-player.com/instruments/mandolin/tunings.html

Other info gleaned from various sites on alternate mando tuning:

"Sam...

I have generally used gauges of .010; .014; .024W; .034W as this was the GHS Phosphor Bronze "Light" set that was put on when the original setup was done at purchase. I have also tried the same...

The T49 Republic Tenor resonator is now available on the website www.republicguitars.com. $679 includes padded gig bag. NFI.

I just spoke by phone to Frank at Republic. He is expecting a shipment of resonator tenors in any day. Once the shipment is in he will be updating his website and they will be available for on-line...

What size is the soundhole in your tenor? I see that Planet Waves makes two sizes of O-port, large and small and their website gives the size range recommended for each. My tenor soundhole measures...

Just wondering if anyone has tried a Planet Waves O-port on a guitar that has "inside the soundhole" Volume and Tone control wheels?

Also has anyone tried one on a Blueridge Tenor guitar. The...

What string gauges would you suggest for GDAE tuning on a Blueridge tenor guitar please? Also, with the change in gauges, would any modification be necessary on the nut slots or bridge? Thanks

Thanks for the heads-up. I have been having problems with my hotmail account. Anyone interested, please try contacting me again. I have changed my email account that is included with my Mandolin Cafe...

Thanks for the suggestions about trying octave tuning, as well as trying singles without any major mods. Might give that a try and see how it sounds. I was actually thinking of permanently modifiying...

Not getting much interest in Michael Kelly F-style octave mandolin listed for sale. Would it be worth considering putting some money into having a luthier convert it to a single course GDAE tuned...

So no issues with the one tuned GDAE? What string gauges did you find worked for GDAE tuning? My Blueridge 60T that I purchased a couple months ago came with the truss rod adjustment similar to your...

I have a 3 year old octave mandolin (the F-style, F-Scroll with solid wood carved top) that I purchased new with the MK hardshell case. I am not playing it enough to justify keeping it. I originally...