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Any idea on a material for a bridge as well? Rosewood? Olive wood? Other? The current one is a kind of rubber

I think I'm probably going to try and get a new bridge for my mandolin then. I have no idea if the bridge is original, but given the how solid the rest of the body is, my instinct is that the neck...

The Mandolin is a Czech built Radiotone that was sold through a London retailer from what I understand.

There's no truss rod in the neck, just solid wood. But from my view the neck is completely...

Thanks. Is it possible that a zero fret that is too low is causing it? Or by all frets being too tall? Because to fret a string to the point where the string touches the fret board bends the strings...

Thanks for the swift response. I'm fairly sure that lowering the nut won't be able to help. The instrument has a zero fret, so a lowered nut would be negated by this would it not?
If a lowered but...

2 days ago I strung a 1930s mandolin for the first time in probably at leaat 20 years. It's my first mandolin and I'm a complete beginner with trying to fix them.

I bought a set of light D'addario...

Hi all

Posted on the builders and repairs page around Christmas time about a mandolin I'd picked up for free and needed some love to be played...

Sorry for being despicably slow to reply to this. The tail piece has a cover that un-clips, and moves on a hinge to reveal the fastening for strings to be attached, on the bottom edge of the...

I'm not sure what a double soundboard is, sorry. I'm a guitar and bass player, but never used a mandolin before in my life.
I now have a bunch more pics (attached on the mandolin).
The bridge is...

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This is the only pic I have so far. Working on getting some more.
Thanks for the fast replies.
From my own research I believe it's a Czech made Radiotone, all one word, from the sharp...

Hi there.
I'm brand new to mandolins, and to this forum.
I've just acquired a mandolin for free which is apparently a Radio Tone and had been sat in a loft for years. The middle aged woman who used...