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    Re: Tonewood

    No matter what wood you use, you'll never achieve the real experience of playing a finely crafted, rare, vintage instrument with something the player knows is not.

    That's because there are two...
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    Re: Buff polymerized tung oil?

    You can buff polymerized tung oil (I have some experience with Sutherland Welles, and I've finished several instruments with Waterlox, which is not polymerized tung oil but acts very similarly in...
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    Re: Carbon Fiber for neck reinforcement

    Not really. I made a spring out of glass. It's squishy just like a normal steel spring.
    It's the shape and the material combined that matters, not just the shape or the material alone.
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    Re: Carbon Fiber for neck reinforcement

    Many people have found that adding carbon fiber stiffeners can render a truss rod ineffective. The problem isn't that the truss rod can't apply enough force to be effective, the problem is that the...
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    Re: LMI closing

    FWIW, any luthier with a CNC machine (more and more common these days) can help you out with custom fretboards. Most cities have multiple makerspaces with CNC as well, but the operators there may not...
  6. Re: Bore scope/ inspection camera - recomendations

    They're all pretty much the same image quality under $50. Just look at the ones with the best reviews. The most important thing is the software and connections (especially if you're connecting to an...
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    Re: Scroll Question for Builders

    Definitely the case here with the top picture. Or possibly, the correct geometry, but a thicker than normal plate was used, resulting in more end grain being visible.
    Additionally, these pictures...
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    Re: mandolin bridge

    "Near impossible" is pretty accurate. It's even more complicated than it looks, actually, if binding is involved. That doesn't mean it is actually impossible, just that it's not a fun job and not...
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    I think most people use these because they're cheap and look decent. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/miniature-wrenches/miniature-open-end-wrenches-8/
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    Re: Adjustable bridge ideas

    I use hex nuts as suggested by David Cohen, and an interlocking beam that allows the moving top part of the bridge to be taller than normal. Taller means stiffer, in addition to preventing the...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Second time this mandolin's been on this bench. Last time, it was a 10-string fanned-fret instrument, now it's got a new lease on life as an 8-string mandolin.

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  12. Re: Midjourney AI is learning how to draw mandolins

    I didn't even post any of the disturbing ones!

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    There is no case in that picture, Jim! It's just a really fancy Jackson Pollock painting, haha. So bizarre to wrap your head...
  13. Midjourney AI is learning how to draw mandolins

    Just playing with Midjourney to mess with design ideas. MJ started out coming up with some fun, trippy, but ultimately not very useful suggestions such as these:

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    Re: Guess Wood Species from Sound

    The Tupperware answer was the closest. This is a piece of 3d printed plastic.
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    Guess Wood Species from Sound

    Hey everybody,

    If you had to guess the wood species from the sound (you don't), what would you guess?
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qhld5svawhu5fj/tap%20test.mp3?dl=0

    :popcorn:
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    Re: Waxing the mandolin

    "Hey, I waxed my mandolin while I was changing the strings I've had on there for 6 years. It sounds so much better now! I think I'll wax my mandolin every time I change strings!"
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    Re: Headstock question

    You actually can calculate the volume of an object in Maya, then multiply by the density to get the mass.
    Guess I can't post links anymore? Forums dot autodesk dot com then...
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    Re: Headstock question

    Do you have CAD software? You can model these up quickly, plug in the density values for the woods you're using, and get the weight calculated for you automagically. If you don't, I highly recommend...
  19. Re: Carter Vintage Guitars is now Carter Vintage Exchange

    That's probably true. However, my generation didn't grow up with name brands. We grew up with knockoffs and MP3's of Nirvana songs. Even my rich kid friends didn't have "real" Strats, they had...
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    Re: Spring Reverbarator---1901

    https://vimeo.com/110633932
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    Re: less heavy tuners

    Nice, GMTA
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    Re: less heavy tuners

    Tie a helium balloon to the mandolin headstock. Problem solved.
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    Re: Bourgeois M5A Mandolin

    "Waverly Golden Age" tuners... this whole thing is a bunch of branding fun. I'm not saying they aren't decent mandolins. But leveraging brand recognition to the max. This reminds me of the Abarth 124...
  24. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    Nice, I'd love to own one. Those are from 2014.



    Thanks for the kind words. I have a ton of crazy ideas I can't wait to try out, as soon as I extricate myself between the current rock and hard...
  25. Re: What’s the nicest mandolin you’ve ever seen?

    In this one 10-foot area, two of Stefan Passernig's fantastic mandolins, a Mowry F-5, and a Mowry A-style f-hole mandola. The guys are pretty great, too.
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