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    Re: Electric mandolin strings

    Breaking the ball out of Guitar Strings, is a useful skill, to get Loop Ends
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    Re: Feedback on Eastman hard case?

    Peter used the services of Clear Carbon in Rhode Island , as I recall...
    I think it was with a Prepreg carbon cloth , vacuum bagged in/over the mold ,
    while being heated in an oven,
    releasing...
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    Re: Speed Neck on Carbon Fiber Mandolin

    Want nylon 'Scotch brite'[3M] type stuff,
    with Carborundum grit imbedded in it? that is available too.




    ~o)~o)
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    Re: case shoulder/carry strap

    So, if just walking, like @ festivals, one shoulder strap, as suggested in the original post above, may be fine..
    Calton uses 2 rings, both on the ends of the latch side, so would carry OK in that...
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    Re: Feedback on Eastman hard case?

    They still make the more recent fiberglass one shaped so as to work with both F4 & F5 types? :popcorn:
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    Re: Feedback on Eastman hard case?

    I got an Eastman Fiberglass case off the classifieds here, many years ago - it an A5 only type.
    and It is Green...
    I put my 'plastic' Carbon Mix in it ... 3 D rings for backpack carrying were...
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    [old Mechanic] Once you have removed the lining
    add some flat washers to spread out the clamping force and pop rivet on the mounting loops for those D rings.
    Maybe pull the pop rivet from...
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    Re: Speed Neck on Carbon Fiber Mandolin

    Seems many people only want to be the second or later person to try something
    after getting a revue, from someone else previously doing that very thing,

    and like in Marathon Man, Asking...
  9. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    You mean playing coveted famously expensive ones you did not have to buy to try?

    Not where I live ...

    I have an A4 that someone bought after returning from WW1,
    and so was in an estate...
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    Re: Speed Neck on Carbon Fiber Mandolin

    Or Wash your hands often? *
    Maybe thin cotton gloves used for handing film. cutting the finger tips off .

    *Helps to was me hold my pick better, too ,,, washing both...
    :popcorn:
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    Re: Speed Neck on Carbon Fiber Mandolin

    I have one, I left it as is , maybe talcum powder your hand if it's sticky...

    I think Peter lacquered over the epoxy composite . scratch away at your own risk.

    I got brown 'scotchbrite'...
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    Re: Strap for bowl back

    +1) Mariachi strap - I.e. hooks into the soundhole and cord goes under and behind , and a loop goes over your head.
    But sitting in a chair behind your music sheets on the stand seems more...
  13. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    I liked my Lebeda F type , but I'm old, Don't drive... Suppose I should sell it
    recently gave it a stainless refret, to last the next person's lifetime...

    +I never was any good at competing...
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    Re: Broken Tuner Key

    Once you have removed them do they turn easier?
    peghead hole spacing drilling may be off causing post binding..

    I bought a Used Carbon Mix, the previous guy (it seemed) Force fit Waverly...
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    Re: What makes strings go sharp?

    Humidity taken in, causes swelling of wood ... arch gets higher, distance further, so string tightened...

    + being such a short scale length, it's more noticeable.

    carbon fiber does not do...
  16. Re: what's a good case for an F-style Mando...

    Pegasus, fiberglass, Made in Scotland... :popcorn: ... has a rubber gasket edge..
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    Decades ago I got a roll closure back pack dry bag @ REI, to carry my old wooden hard case in ..
    rebadged from Seattle Sports made .. oval bottom..
    I brought the mandolin in its case into...
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    Re: Adding D rings to case

    Those are sewn together using nylon webbing and buckles...
    hand stitched together or, know anyone with a sewing machine ?

    maybe short on DIY, (pulling away lining padding of case)
    get a...
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    Re: Broken Tuner Key

    Stew Mac has replacement tuners , in Ohio.
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    Re: Cases by Thomann - are they any good?

    Question remains: (for those outside that country) who is their vendor they buy the cases they sell, from?
    they only offer one style? :popcorn:
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    Re: Church Praise Band Question

    This is not Unitarian-Universalists , I assume.:whistling:
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    Re: Best way to learn Mandolin with ADHD

    Short attention span? play as long as it lasts, then come back later for a little longer ... tunes may only last 3 minutes any way.:whistling:
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    Re: Pedal novice question re: preamp pedal

    as I Said Dynamic Schertler transducer works . fine...
    plugs into either channel of AC 60 Roland
    1/4" TRS, from the one built into the Mix A5 works too..

    Send a PDF link to the manual,...
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    Re: Best way to test preamp sounds at home?

    Scientific instrumentation would be 'best' ...frequency analyzers and oscilloscope
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    Re: Gibson A-50 (43-CPR 7)

    I had an A 40 that did that, no Stew-Mac to offer exact replicas back then, so I had to do something else.

    but back in the 70's it was $150, bought from another player.. :mandosmiley:
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