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    Re: Favorite part of instrument building?

    I do like that feeling I get when I know the neck joint is ready for glue, so maybe my favorite part is the final tweaking of the neck joint. I have only built 4 mandolins so it's a pretty small...
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    Re: Old Woodworking Machines

    I hope this post is within the guide lines of this forum, and if not, I will understand its removal.

    <Removed by Moderator. It's not within the posting guidelines. You can't promote your ad under...
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    Re: Anyone Spraying Shellac?

    Try. https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/14392/ethanol-and-water-hygroscopic-equilibrium-concentration
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    Re: Anyone Spraying Shellac?

    Theory Predicts, data decides, HOJO says "99.9% ethanol + trace amount of bitrex as denaturant) and it works better than lab/pharmacy grade (~96%) pure ethanol.)
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    Re: What effects sound?

    Just to set the record straight, I am not claiming this measurement is useful, I'm only saying that it may be with a large enough sample size. And importantly, the results are independent of ones...
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    Re: What effects sound?

    Regarding Richard500's post above, there is one simple and objective measurement that can be made that in some way may point to a reason, surely not the only one, that one instrument sounds different...
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    Re: Why is the A string always jacked up?

    My experience with several mandolins has been that the A strings, unlike the others, intonate sharp on the first 5-6 frets. This is based on several tuners readings. It remains a mystery that I...
  8. Re: Need Help - Neck pulled away from body.

    That the heel button was not part of the instrument's back is the main culprit here. The lower part of the dovetail was possibly well fit when new but shrunk with age and could not contain the...
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    Re: Study of overtones- Loar, Gil, etc?

    My thoughts were that if one could accurately synthesise the output of a mandolin, then maybe we could better know the frequency, amplitude, phase, and time components for a given mandolin so that we...
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    Re: Study of overtones- Loar, Gil, etc?

    Can sophisticated synthetic sound generators produce a sound that can not be distinguished from the sound of a mandolin (or other plucked instrument)? If so, it may be possible to unravel the...
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    Re: Performing in a sport coat

    I recall the late professional golfer Payne Stewart saying something like " if you dress like me you better have the game to go with it".
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    Re: Physics and not-banjos

    It looks like he is playing the C chord, are his thoughts on the speed of light?
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    Re: Mandolin Crossword Puzzle

    Thanks Scot, nice job. I got it all except toots and shel and associated down clues. That you accomplished getting Dawg into it is impressive. Tuesday NYT are about my level.
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    Is wet air heavier (higher density) than dry air? Water molecules in the gaseous state are significantly lighter than both nitrogen or oxygen molecules. So to replace heavier molecules with...
  15. Re: Humidity different in same 10x10 room with humidifier in plac

    There typically are temperature variations in any given room and therefore relative humidity variations, even when the there is no variation in the amount of water per cubic foot of air.
  16. Re: Pointy pick 'p' sound - does it carry?

    I hear the same annoying pick noise sound and how it carries out front or not I dunno. I keep thinking the pick excites the string and the string excites the pick and there is no obvious way around....
  17. Re: Handing out some 30-year-old Grisman picks

    They have been my favorite pick for 40 plus years though I can't seem to make them move as well now-a-days.
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    Re: Scary loud bang when raising bridge

    How about a bridge bound string that suddenly released on raising the bridge?
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    Re: Pine, what a tone

    My guess regarding pine as a tone wood is that in the hundreds of years of violin construction it is likely early builders found it inferior to the spruces popular today. That doesn't mean that...
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    Re: Pick Noise, pointy vs rounded, etc.

    Pick noise should be recognised as the result of an excited sound board loosing its energy. The motion of a pick thru a string not only exites the string, it also excites the pick and both loose...
  21. Re: Open right hand to closed fist transition help

    Thanks to all of you responders, I never imagined there was an easy one day fix. I'll be working on it for some time.
  22. Open right hand to closed fist transition help

    I've played many years using my pinky and pick guard for an "elevation guide" but have been wanting to transition to a closed fist. I find it very awkward to play a mandolin that does not have a...
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    Re: Exposed Bushings

    Yes, the holes initially were same diameter 0.25"" all the way thru, but I ended up having to ream the back of the holes on the back of the headstock to mount the tuner plate. As I said before,...
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    Re: Exposed Bushings

    When drilled perpendicularly to the top of the headstock, the mounting plate of the tuners would not lie flat against the back of the headstock.
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    Re: Exposed Bushings

    When I make a little sketch I see what you mean and I agree. Even better IMO is to grind/drill/file out the installed bushing so its vertical axis aligns with that of the tuner shaft. This is not a...
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