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Welcome to the cafe! I had a Tacoma up until a few years ago. I really liked it. But I decided I was getting too old to climb in and out of it so I traded it for an Avalon.

Seriously - I'd like to...

Hi Williow. Welcome!

Thanks. I needed that.

You will probably get better answers than mine, but if not, here goes:

If the end of the square shaft does not unscrew like a modern tuner shaft screw then I would scour eBay for "clock keys" with...

Those Ernie Ball strings are very light, even for being labelled as "Light". Most would call them extra light. A lot of folks use D'Addario Mediums (EJ74) as a good all around inexpensive set of...

FWIW, I have found the charts and info on this page to be useful for comparison of various fretwires: http://www.lutherie.net/fret.chart.html

I have straw-blonde to deep honey-blonde within easy reach:
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Well I finished the whole video and really enjoyed it. Thanks again. My favorite came just at the end when they were taking requests and Ralph responds to one yelled from the audience -- "We don't DO...

It's awful fuzzy at full screen, but the peghead logo looks un-Gibson-y. Maybe it's time for me to visit the eye doctor again.

Is that an Ibanez two-pointer? Did they make them way back then?

Hint: It's a lot easier if you put a capo on the second fret.
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I like the arrangement. And nice work with the OM. Merry Christmas!

I would hate for one of my mandolins to spring a leak and me without a patch. I probably ought to have several on hand "just in case."

First thing I would check based on your post is the bridge fit. If you can slide a piece of paper under any part of the bridge 'feet', it hasn't been fitted properly. You can learn how to fit a...

Yes. I bought a Red Valley mandolin from a semi-pro musician who had used it extensively. I loved the tone, I loved the construction, and I hated the string spacing at the nut. The intra-course...

I am confident that it is possible to get a decent deal on a blem on eBay and I also know from experience that you can get a bum deal on a blem on eBay. One person's "damage" is another person's...

Just adding my name to the "Interested and Following" list. Thanks for the update.

What? Rumor control, come in. please.

Are you possibly thinking that they are closing their Surprise, AZ, store? They already did that early this year and they are now in Goodlettsville, TN.

I like that, Richard. Thanks.

Hmm. Hadn't noticed the back separation. My conjecture was based on the tailpiece and the overall design resemblance to a LoneStar I once bought cheap, then quickly gave away.

Listed on ebay, here . Has been relisted several times.

This looks to me like Mexican-made. Does anybody know the story on this mandolin? Doesn't look like a $1000-worth except for its provenance....

uhhh - discord? do you mean discourse? isn't that what we do here?

Wow. It is comforting to see and hear someone with a flyaway pinkie like mine play that well. The problem is that I can no longer blame my pinkie for my lack of talent.

Sue, when I was in school band, I started on Bb (standard) clarinet, too. Learned all the fingering and music reading. After a couple of years I joined the concert band and was asked to switch to Eb...

It is interesting to me that you have hit upon the first thing I discovered about the difference between a "beginner" instrument and a "nice" instrument. After going through a couple of beginner...