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I always travel with my mandolin, whether in trains, planes and busses. I carried it in a soft, padded case with shoulder strap. Airlines never question it. Sometimes I stow a sweater or a scarf or...

Found your number system very useful, Jake. Succinct and understandable. thanks.

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Check out the Michael New videos on YouTube. His explanations are clear. Ditto Karen Ramirez. She's an organist. She too explains clearly.

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I've got a Gibson A1 from 1916. It has a very sweet tone and is pale brown on the front, mahogany brown on the back and neck. Bought it in Maine 25 years ago. Now it lives in Germany in its comfy...

When I bought my A1 1916 model it was only because of the sweet sound. That was in 1997. Nothing's changed.

I live in Germany. The service at Thomann has always been super and they deliver quickly.

I agree with Charlie. The tone is in the instrument. Which is why lots of mandolinists are so fussy about buying an instrument. If you really want to wrestle with tone, try playing flute or violin.

I wouldn't buy any instrument without trying it out first. That especially goes for mandolins. I bought my Gibson A1 from 1916 in the 1990s. The price was low back then. I only bought it because it...

What's the problem? Just play your guitar and enjoy it!

You might try watching Wayne Benson on YouTube. A font of information. His specialty is bluegrass, but what he offers is useful for all kinds of music. He also give skype lessons.

Am a lefty, and have been playing righty mandolin for decades. Never thought of it as a problem. I feel quite comfortable with my lefthanded fretboard dexterity, and my righthanded tremolo is pretty...

Thanks for the tip. I've been using Chord Namer. As far as I know, it offers no information for mandolin. I looked for Guitar Toolkit but found nothing under that name. Maybe I didn't search...

Thanks, Caleb, that's what I think too. I appreciate all the commentaries I've received concerning this small mystery.

Turns out I do have an answer to that one. At least, it's the answer I received at the time, and it goes like this: A guitar manufacturer who works out of Asia (China?) bought the instrument for his...

If you google "mandolin butterfly inlay" you'll find as much info as you need and more. These bowl backs were common in the late 19th and early 20th century - in Germany, Italy etc.

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It was a fair question. I might have asked it too if the shoe was on the other foot. It's nice to know that there's at least one independent music shop in Dallas. Hope it stays open for a long time....

Well Caleb, I'm kinda speechless. I don't want to give anyone a bad name for an unintentional error. I'm sure the seller in question was convinced that he was giving me a good buy. In fact, I'm very...

Thanks to all for sharing your ideas. I tend to agree with Allen Hopkins that the instrument was a factory "second", removed from the assembly line before completion. Maybe shortly before completion...

In Feb. 2019, during a visit to Dallas, TX, I bought a used mandolin at a local store specializing in stringed instruments: a JBovier a F5 from before 2010. The price was good, and I liked the sound....