Lovely tribute. You knew Alan much better that I but your description working and interacting with him is exactly how I imagined it would be -- such a genuine man. I'm glad you mentioned his...
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Lovely tribute. You knew Alan much better that I but your description working and interacting with him is exactly how I imagined it would be -- such a genuine man. I'm glad you mentioned his...
And Alan always spoke so highly of you Skip!
That's the way it was with Alan Niederland -- aka "AlanN". To me, Alan was a special person, though the closest I got to meeting him was many thousands of emails and two phone calls. Despite that, ...
I stumbled on to this nearly 7 year old string quite by accident -- I picked up in a Google search about pick guard repair.
Anyway, I thought that I would share this observation about pick...
Cincinnati and Dayton are a lot closer than Columbus! :) But in the end you are probably right there is a nice state prison in Steubenville! LOL.
Hey thanks for that post. I clearly have Marty confused with another person who lives in Mississauga, Ontario and who used to regularly offer a nice assortment of bowl back mandolins for sale on the...
Thanks Jim! If I end up with the mandolin I will definitely have to try those strings! The package alone is just too cool not have a set of them!
No apologies needed! I once looked back over comments I made years ago on this site and I no longer recognize that person either :)
Actually, you gave me a lot of very relevant information! ...
Hey, long time no talk!! Thanks for all that info! Actually what got me interested in Ceccherini mandolins in the first place is this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7j5rJd4-90 that you...
I think you are right Marty. If you sank a grand into repairing that mandolin you'd have a mandolin that costs you about two-times what you could re-sell it for! LOL
There was a guy from...
Gentlemen, I thank you for those good thoughts!
In truth I had thought about both of those options but wonder if either would be an appropriate thing to do on such an old instrument. Hearing...
Hello,
Any recommendations for someone who might have experience (and interest) in resetting the neck on a vintage (1882) Italian bowl back mandolin? If it matters this mandolin happens to have a...
Who thinks this is really an refurbished antique Italian mandolin :) That just happens to be missing its original label (like all of his other offerings on eBay -- LOL)
Imagine that.
OTOH...
Also is it just me or what? I see no link on the Apollo website (https://www.apollopicks.com/store2) for ordering any PEI or PEEK picks of any size or shape except the specialty picks e.g.,...
Correct. My only reason for mentioning his comments was that he does see a need for both PEI and PEEK picks.
As far as I know voting is not against the rules -- but then I have not posted much here since Ivan passed away a few years ago.
As to your point it makes some sense IMO. If you just look at...
Thanks for that info. When you mentioned Gravity it rang a bell and I went digging through a drawer with literally over a thousand picks of all kinds and found a gold Gravity Axis pick (it has the...
There is an opinion by John Reischman about PEI versus PEEK on the Apollo site which I had missed heretofore. John makes this statement about the topic:
“I really like the PEI material for the...
Yes,I agree Nik has a nice write up on his FAQ page. He gets into PEI and some discussion about the percentage of glass mixed in it. But unfortunately he does not mention anything about PEEK. But...
Thanks -- that's the kind of information I was hoping for. Which shape did you choose?
I have a couple of custom Apollo picks made from casein and I do like them a LOT. If I understood his...
This thread is about 2.5 years old but I noticed that some of the posts stated that PEEK (polyetheretherketone) is not available when the comment was posted. PEEK is a family of plastics that were...
Send me a pic Richard -- I will offer no advice because bowl backs are something I know nothing about. If you already have a thread on this please give me the link.
Well its been about 2 1/2 years since this repair was completed and everything is stable. The head stock intact, the fret board straight and level, the action is perfect, the intonation is right on,...
It should have been this string might be useful to you as you proceed.
This video might be useful to you as you proceed.