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If I could make a suggestion...seek out a session close to where you live, and start your journey there. I think it will help prepare you for your trip across the pond better than just focusing on a...

Would a baritone uke body be big enough for a mandola neck?

Old French

That's a sweet pair...well done!

I really enjoy WUMB out of UMass-Boston.

Joe

Wow! Design, craftsmanship, tone...the complete package. I love it.

Joe

I find the appearance of this mandolin quite appealing, both top and back. I hope you enjoy the tone too!
Just for comparison, this is a uke I'm building from Black Limba; obviously a much different...

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm really enjoying this luthiery journey...

Joe

Posting a few snaps of my recently (almost) completed tenor guitar….still need to add an endpin and maybe a pick guard. I previously built a 6-string under the tutelage of a local luthier, equally...

Thanks for the info, Tony. I'll keep looking. Of course, the Martin size 5 case from Elderly would certainly fit, but actually wouldn't mind finding a soft, padded case. Possibly something for a 1/2...

Ajh...Thanks for chiming in...I'm also looking for a small case and I checked out your original post with the photo of the Cuatro case. Would my size 5 (upper bout 8.25"; lower bout 11.25"; body...

I'm also in the middle of a tenor build; mine being based on a Martin size 5, so a bit smaller bodied than your proposed 018. I've got a nicely quartered mahogany top, with a traditional Martin...

Add two more thumbs up for Declan's playing! I really enjoy his work with Josephine Marsh, and though not strictly trad, check out Lia Luachra ; some great stuff too.

Joe

So many great players...sometimes I think it's more down to the pieces they decide to play that speaks to me. But if we're naming names, Will Patton should be on this list.

Thanks, and hope to win.
Joe

Great idea, thanks!

It's a banjo-uke.

Joe

I use a leather bootlace, tied just behind the nut. Simple, and cheap. (just like me)

Joe

Thanks for all the replies. The G strings nut slots were the culprit; cut too low and tight. I've temporarily taken care of the problem with a drop of super glue and a pinch of bone dust, but I see a...

Not sure how I could have missed it when I test drove it, but the G strings on my recently purchased '23 Gibson buzz when played open. They are OK if lightly struck, but if you put any power into it,...

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and no mistaking this for a paddle...

Can't really say that a snake's head is the first thing that pops into my mind when I see one, but I get it. Just wondering if someone knows when that term first came into use. Was it a description...

First Generation by Bertram Levy and Peter Ostroushko. Anglo concertina and mandolin. I think it's just on LP. Excellent.

I just got a set of the StewMac replicas and they fit my 1917 A-1 with no adjustments needed. When I bought this mandolin, it came with non-original tuners with no evidence that the hole spacing...