A similar verse is found in a Hayes Shepherd song - Hard for to Love..
See that turtle dove,
sitting in yonder pine,
He'smourning the loss of his own true love,
As I mourn for mine.
He was...
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A similar verse is found in a Hayes Shepherd song - Hard for to Love..
See that turtle dove,
sitting in yonder pine,
He'smourning the loss of his own true love,
As I mourn for mine.
He was...
The tuners worked fine on the 1929 A mando. The back plate holes lined up perfectly, though i had to use the
old bushings because the new ones were too big. J
Hi - I have a 1929 Gibson A style mando, with the square end plates? Anybody know if the Stew Mac Golden Era replacement tuners
will work? I don't want to have to alter my mando. I don't think the...
Hey - thanks so much. This is good news. I'm going to order them and give it a try. J
Hi Folks,
Thinking of replacing the tuners on my 1929 Gibson A-O - without altering the instrument, of course. I researched this question here on the Cafe and see a lot of references to the...
Check out Lawrence Nyberg instruments. He's a builder in Canada, a very nice fellow, and he is now making a shorter scale cittern. He'd be happy to discuss what you need. His instruments are quite...
I think most builders are set up to do what they basically do - with small variations of course. It's a lot of effort to shift gears. So, here is what I did. Made a quick trip to Mandolin Brothers,...
Damn, you don't miss a thing! J
Hey - Has anyone played both of these mandos and could share an opinion about how they compare to each other? I'm asking because I might want a mando with more chop and a more blue-grassy sound. I...
I still love my Arches OM - the scale is 20 and 3/4" I don't know if he feels the same way, but at the time, Chris said this was as short as he would go, assuming it was tuned GDAE. I personally...
Ah Groveland - I hadn't seen his ad before and today I looked back in "our" classifieds to check if it was still for sale before I posted the alert. Guess he removed it. Too bad. I understand what...
Hey - below is a month- old post, but still.... I saw it on the Chiff and Fipple message board. This post was within the "stringed instrument forum." The fellow might wanna shoot me for sending out...
John - sorry, I was away & so couldn't respond till now. Actually, Michel did not charge me! Since it was a pick shape and size he had not made before, he called it a prototype. I said, "Don't you do...
This is a quick message to let you know about the very positive experience I recently had with Michel Wegen. I sent him the Dava control pick I generally use so that he could see the shape I like. He...
MDW - the thomastiks that you mention (with .062) seem too heavy. Dion is right about being careful to avoid too much tension on the neck. If it helps at all, my OM is quite light, as is Otter's (I'm...
Yes, heavier gauges work better on shorter scales. I have a 20-3/4" scale on my OM and I am currently using .014, .024, .032, and .046. Originally I was using heavier strings - .014, .022, .036 and...
There's a 10 string Sobell in the Classifieds. What lucky person has the dough? If I had a chunk of extra change, I'd probably want to check it out, but I don't feel disappointed because I continue...
There's that Trillium OM for sale in the Classifieds here. They are really nice. Judith
Hey - Judith here. I have used Jack Romano 3 times and each time felt good about what he did. He's been working on instruments for many years. Knows Gibson mandos well (and other instruments, too)....
Does anyone know where this OT tune might be written out - in abc or sheet music? thanks. Judith
There's another useful website for converting abc files to pdf or gif or a midi file if you don't have Barfly. It is: http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html Copy and paste the abc file and...
Yippee! Isn't it nice to get an instrument you feel great about? Just so you know, I did end up having the set up changed. The action was high and I had the neck adjusted by a local luthier and I...
Good for you! Hope you like it as much as I like mine... confession is good for the soul, "they" say. J
I recently sold a mando to someone who works at this ukelele shop, in Hawaii.
www.koolauukulele.com
I'm not a uke player, but these look nice. Judith
Hey. In case you haven't noticed yet - Chris Baird has a 22" scale OM available. Its posted on his Arches website. J