I haven't been playing mine much lately, I have been working on other projects. I did pick it up today and played it in CGDA. If I get a chance, I may try the Chicago tuning since I find myself...
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I haven't been playing mine much lately, I have been working on other projects. I did pick it up today and played it in CGDA. If I get a chance, I may try the Chicago tuning since I find myself...
Very nice, love to hear it being played.
Here is a pic of my Taylor Baby I converted to an OM. Amazing sound, easy to play.
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My daughter had an Oscar Schmidt OG-1 guitar from when she started playing. Very cheap guitar but always sounded good. This guitar has a scale length of 23 inches and a 1.5 inch nut. She has moved on...
They make four string bridges for cigar box builds here is my conversion.
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I have not tried the DGBE tune yet. If I read this right, you used the original strings?
I haven't changed anything yet. The frets are still sharp but I continue to play it. I do prefer the CGDA tune. When I get time, I will dress the frets and do a setup, but for now it plays well...
The blue guitar is the tenor the yellow is an octave mandolin. The Cozart is a good piece I really like mine.
They are the same size bodies. Here is a side by side with my Squier Telecaster
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I have also done conversions, but I can't do it and match this price.
I bought one of the Cozart Telecasters off ebay and found it to be a pretty good instrument. They have just started discounting them. My only complaint is that the frets are sharp and need to be...
Thanks guys! I had to read over these posts a couple of times, but I think I am getting it. I am going to review the lesson links also. I spent my life as an engineer. Now in retirement I love...
I am an untrained newbie exploring music. My daughter, the music teacher, has been helping me, so now I am dangerous.
She told me a chord is made of a root or 1st, a third, and the fifth. Then she...
WOW thanks for that link. This is a whole new way of looking at the fret board. Mind blown....
Rookie question from a rookie. I was learning how to play "Losing my Religion" by REM and all the videos show playing the Am and Em chords using different fingering than what I had learned. I started...
Thanks Jim,
I contacted D' Angelico and they said they had not made a mandolin in a long time and check the used market. I suspect this batch of mandolins didn't make it onto the official books. I...
Does anyone know where I can buy one of these D'Angelico mandolins?
I ended up buying a used Kentucky KM-174. Oval hole A-style. Need to clean it up, change the strings and do a setup but with years old strings it sounds pretty awesome. Great addition to my...
I have a Hora octave mandolin that I have tuned dD-gG-BB-EE. It is fun to play and projects very well. I have been looking for other flat tops but, nothing really strikes my fancy. Are there any...
Looking to purchase a used mandolin and have it narrowed between The Loar LM400 or the LM520 but, open to others below the $500 mark. I am not sure the scroll has that much meaning to me but, I would...
Check out this thread for more info on the Hora
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/149840-Hora-Octave?highlight=hora
Love mine but the tuners had to go.
I have finished messing with this mandolin. It is not firewood so that is good. It is louder than I expected but does have a boxy sound. I glued a JJB passive pickup system to the top before the back...
I never could get the sound right on my Hora so I replaced the zero fret with a higher one and once again use the zero fret instead of the nut for scale length. I also worked out strings to tune this...
Here are some pictures from my replacing the tuners
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Old tuners removed and 1/4 wood dowels are cut ready to insert on the old holes
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Dowels glued in place
I worked on the Hora today. I found one of the D strings was rattling. I replaced it and still had the rattle. I decided to change all the strings to lighter gauges so I could tune it DGBE. I have...
I did not move the nut to the zero location. The intonation is on the sharp side and I am limited on moving the bridge due to an electronic pickup in the bridge.