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BTW, Nick, I have a "Michigan" labeled 8-string banjo mandolin that I bought up North here. I thought it would be fun to have along with my Michoacan-made mandolin from Paracho.

I know, it's...

Thanks, Martin.

I know this is a topic that has come up here a few times and I only brought it up again to see if any new information might have arisen, such as you have provided, or thoughts...

A very nice quilt there, John, beneath the neck.

Can you fill us in on that while you're at it?

Mick

Fair play to you, Bill. That was a quick turnaround from disappointment to delight.

I'm junior member of I Ceci Ceccherini, having found a single topped one here in the States a couple years...

Thanks, Bill.

"Il maestro Nicola Didone, inventore del nuoto mandolino a 5 corde..."

This ought to turn over an apple cart or two in an ongoing discussion elsewhere at the MC on the "true...

I was working in Florence some time back and was sitting in a park one morning playing the F-style mandolin I brought with me overseas.

A couple of Italian old boys came by to see what I was...

Around 1 large in $US.

Not a steal by any means, nor a fleecing.

I've got a similar age / model Vinaccia (structurally sound but in less well cosmetic shape than this) and it's a great...

Conversations here too often posit this as an either / or proposition which I find both amusing and saddening in equal measures.

In this case "versus".

I started off learning by ear and...

Yikes, Martin, how did I miss this? Too much work at the end of the semester.
That's a handy sized accordion.
Just enough basses to really add some chordal texture to your playing and not too...

"So am not dictating what makes a mandolin, was just aware of reading here of crass ignorance of what a mandolin actually is to sum it up. Not what many here would agree, but if they have never been...

Here's a handy link to the Ikegaku online store.

Mick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGsCvJWEo8

See attached mandolin tab.

Mick

This is looking good...Do you have some side views of the neck alignment?

It looks as if the neck sheared off from the neck block from picture #2. These were integral in Italian bowlbacks as...

When I got my Schwab electric back in the '80s, Kevin was still making 10 stringers.

For some reason, I passed on that and went for his 5 string model.

We discussed making an alternate neck...

"....we adapt to suit the genres and taste of modern music.....which is another story, but glad to see it not abused in the rap world, at least so far as that would be the pits.

Here we go!

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I've gotten numerous preslotted ebony mandolin fretboards from Allen Guitars for making tapered replacements on bowlback mandolins to correct insurmountable neck angle problems.

They've worked...

Here's a good tune to play on it once repaired (or replaced.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApWsL8Mq1g

Mick

Thanks, Jamie.

However, the OP did start out with: "For those unaware and not of a mature age the definition of a mandolin is 8 strings , period...."

I was just trying to help out.

I'm...

And, of course, the Mandolino Bresciano with FOUR strings.

I've never heard one of these fitted with an electric pickup but probably tried out in some Northern Italian garage band.

Mick

Here's a Lombard mandolin with SIX strings.....

One better than my Schwab electric. ;)

Mick

I believe the label is from a "Stridente" mandolin.

I'm seeing an "IDE" on the fragment with the familiar circular surrounding border.

I'm away from my files right now but will track down a...

Seems similar to many of the specs for L+H's "American Conservatory" line, which tended to be quite nice mandolins.
I've owned a few AC bowlbacks and maintain that they are the best mandolin / $...

Thanks for the photos. Very nice looking mandolin, and I certainly enjoy maple bowls...

The action looks to be in quite playable condition.

The thickness of the new fretboard makes me wonder...

We can safely narrow this down to Sicily.

Mick

I’ll second Bob’s recommendation for the Calace Dolces. I use them on my bowlbacks and flatbacks.

And even have a set of the Medios on my Gibson now. (David is probably rolling his eyes…��)
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