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    Re: Current state of the art flat top mandolin

    Absolutely beautiful Peter! I love it. I've always loved that asymmetrical L&H shape!!!

    Charlie let me play his carved top version of the same bell shaped instrument when I met him in FLA last...
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    Re: Whiskey barrel octave mandolin

    I can't help wondering what it sounds like.

    99 bottles of beer on the wall...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Correction: 21/32" for the larger braces
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    Roughly 25 yrs ago, I went to the Atlanta College of Art and after 4 years I received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts with a Concentration in Sculpture. It's where I learned the basics of...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    I don't have a gauge on how tall the Kalamazoo braces are, but Im thinking it's probably lighting and camera angle. On mine, the 2 main braces are around 21/64" at the peak of the bend and around...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Thanks guys. That one went to its new home in Oregon a few months back. I'm excited about this one as it's a departure from the Army/Navy pancake shape. Just finished up bracing the top following the...
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    I hear you Bill, I just found the natural beauty of the wood attractive... it turned out beautiful and it sounded awesome on the last instrument, so I'm repeating the process.
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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Starting my next flat top; Douglas Fir top and some lovely Birdseye Maple for the back with a 1/8" strip of Sapele in the middle.

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    The fir top on my last build sounded so nice I...
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    Re: Favorite part of instrument building?

    I love the glue up when gluing the top to the rim... I feel like that's when it really starts to look like what I saw in my head before I started!

    Not a fan of the finishing process... it feels...
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    Re: First build with James Condino

    James, I would definitely like to see video, hopefully you can get it posted somehow! If I had the time and money, I'd gladly take a trip up from to spend a day, but that's not in the cards! Thanks...
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    Re: First jam since before the Pandemic

    Good on you Zach! Sounds like it was a great time. I can honestly say without a doubt that playing with others at my local jam really did a LOT for my playing!!!
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    Re: Spray Booth ideas

    Resurrecting this thread because its been on my mind and something I've been working on here and there and finally finished last night...

    A few months back a friend who is an HVAC Technician gave...
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    Re: What's your preferred neck joint and why?

    Thanks all!

    I like this set up Clark Mandolins uses:


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AX17AZ4Mkmw&pp=ygUcRG92ZXRhaWwgbmVjayBqb2ludCBtYW5kb2xpbg%3D%3 D
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    What's your preferred neck joint and why?

    First of all, Merry Christmas! ...

    To the point... To date, all the instrument's I have built have been flat-topped and plans called for just a straight tenon, but I am planning something...
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    Re: Oval vs F holes

    Agreed 100% ... I play very regularly at a jam and have played both an F hole and oval hole at said jam. What I have found is that while an oval has a place in one's arsenal, it typically gets lost...
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    Re: NMD... hopefully today!

    That's a really nice sounding oval-hole, Zach... Congrats!
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    Re: NMD... hopefully today!

    Knowing your preferences Zach, I'm assuming whatever it is, it has a flat top!
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    Re: DI for K&K pickup?

    Another vote here for RedEye. I haven't played plugged in in quite a while, but I do have a K&K in my SA and used to play in the worship band at church. I had the RedEye with a tuner run through the...
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    Re: A new F-5

    Love it Graham! Is that a satin finish? if so what is it? ... I like it!
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    Re: Can anyone name this mandolin? Thank you.

    Are you looking for the name of the builder who made the mandolin on the cover of that book? It looks like one of Marty Jacobson's!
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  21. Thread: Kalamazoo MAS

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    Re: Kalamazoo MAS

    Can you confirm this at all, Eric? I read somewhere that they had a sort of modified ladder style bracing. I'm curious mostly because the next build I am planning is a flattop modeled after the old...
  22. Thread: Tap tuning?

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    Re: Tap tuning?

    I can confirm this. I just ordered these plans and received them a couple weeks ago.
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    Re: A Style “Holy Grail?

    Can't imagine ever parting with my Silverangel Econo A. It hits all my marks and does everything I want it to, therefore I'm pretty sure I have possession of my Holy Grail. So I'll keep working on my...
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    Re: Mandolins too twangy

    Definitely experiment with strings. I had an instrument I felt was a little too shrill for my liking and replaced the strings with Flat-wound strings and liked the tone much better.

    As Rob says...
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    Re: Why an “Entry Level” mandolin?

    I'm a fan of pancakes myself, but mostly because I like to build them! I too had a Flatiron 1N at one point and then sold it thinking it wasn't for me, until I missed it! The upshot was that I...
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