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Brent, I think they come in 4 different thicknesses; 1.2mm, 1.7mm, 2.2mm and 2.7mm. My pick is a 2.2mm, or at least I think it is.

I heard Ben at Fiddler's Green in Austin, try one out last...

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Wound up with a Papa's pick at a guitar show. A couple of friends had 'em, so I jumped on the $12.00 band wagon. Shaped like a big,...

mandowilli,

thanks for the 'correct impedance info' of 1500 ohms. I had seen someone else use 500 ohms in a post and thought they were talking about that number for the Schertler impedance. I...

Okay, fellas, I'm trying to learn from what you've been telling me, and I've been studying up on impedance matching, voltage matching, the 'ten to one' rule, stuff like that (really, I should say...

Fellas,

I appreciate the input. I know from searches that you guys have hashed a lot of this out before and that some of you have, in effect, started in one place and ended in another. As such, I...

When I used to have a Rock Band, we called transformers 'adapters'. Now that I have an Old Guy Band we call adapters 'transformers'.

As to why I need a transformer/adapter? Well, because you're...

Mr. 'droid,

Thanks, for the info on primary & secondary windings. That's certainly a perspective I hadn't considered.

Before I bought a Schertler, I looked at a lot of Cafe threads on the...

So, Jim, I'll put you down for 'no opinion' on the transformer question?

Hi,

I need a matching transformer for a Schertler Dyn-M pickup, one of those XLR-to-telephone jack converters. I wonder if they all 'sound the same', or if any one has found a particular brand or...

There are around 8 reviews of the Golden Age restoration tuners over at Stew Mac. Here's a link:
...

Thanks, that was loads of fun! Sounds like everybody had a great time. I didn't start listening to Buffalo Springfield until they'd already folded, but I liked it in '70 and like it now.

Tommy,

I went back and looked through the Archives again. Your mandolin's serial number is listed (without pics) as having a metal truss rod cover.

I looked at all the images in that year and...

Greetings and Salutations Amigos,

I bought a '21 A-4 back from a friend today (I sold it to him about 10 years ago). The serial number is 68755.

Well, I had forgotten it had a metal truss rod...

Hey .45,
I'm glad you never dropped a case.
Me neither, in 34 years.

Not everything is under your control, or mine, though.

I've also been in a car wreck with instruments in the car.
In my...

I had a '17 F4 with a bit of a sinking top one time.

The brace was fine, the mando just set up in a hot Texas attic for twenty or thirty years under full tension and the top moved in.

My...

f5loar said, '
There are dozens of casulaties of the F5 peghead damage from a Calton case from getting a jolt/drop. The others mentioned here don't have that problem.'

glassweb said,
'Pegasus...

Speaking of the new Gibson Calton Cases, Big Joe,
how much do they weigh?

dan@kins,

Just a tad crazy?

I've been fixing up instruments since i was 19, a mere 34 years ago.
My first instrument was a late '20's Epiphone Recording model with a bunch of cracks in it.
I...

You know Dan, I think I'm going to let it go.

I think that most of it boils down to design philosophy, (very) strong differences
of opinion and the 'real world' acknowledgment that you can't have...

Sam, et al,

I used to work in a Mercedes Garage here in Texas.
I wasn't a mechanic, just a kid manning a broom and doing
some oil changes.

We never worked on BMW cars, but I always knew...

Sam,

Sorry you feel that way.

I traded about 9 or 10 emails with you as
Harry Harris between Nov 17 and Dec 14 of 2005.

You and I discussed the Calton Headstock Scroll Problem,
the...

Thanks, doc, I'll get in touch w/ Al.
I used to drop him a line every now and then,
but I got tired of hearing, 'we're pretty close'.

As to weight, I'm figuring it'll be between a regular...

Doc,

Are you saying that Calton is finally taking orders for the new case?

Are you further saying that you have ordered one?

If so, is generally available for order by the general public...

I've had a few Caltons and two Pegs; they both have their good and bad points.

Calton Pros:

Thicker fiberglass layers than the Peg, so
Safer and Stronger in a fall. Interior has more
crush...

I've been following this topic with some interest.

Do anybody have any other suggestions for a room humidifier beside
the Venta models? I'd like to humidify about 600 sq fr.

Thanks, Harry