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Well he messaged me in Italian, which is a language I speak well. No Google involved!

Yes, that must be it. I did wonder whether it was in fact a part of the instrument as you say or some added gadget. I had never seen such a clear image as the one you link to and which pretty much...

Thanks and I thought of this too but I think not. I've seen many videos on Youtube with professional players with this at the end of the headstock - they are all more or less the same shape with some...

I'll look into the hand crank.



I'm not picky!




The front of the body has no finish. As far as I know it has always been like this. I'm 61 and I know this instrument since I was 6. My...

They are extremely stiff even when unstrung. I took them off to clean and while they are wet they turn reasonably well but as soon as they are dry it takes a real effort to turn some of the keys. I...

They are extremely stiff even when unstrung. I took them off to clean and while they are wet they turn reasonably well but as soon as they are dry it takes a real effort to turn some of the keys. I...

Hi, I am relatively new to the Irish Bouzouki, so here is a real beginner's question. What is this? Thank you!

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I found a variety of answers here: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/63670-How-to-clean-an-uncoated-Mandolin-top.

Any tips on cleaning the soundboard?

Taking out the screws to remove the tuners and tailpiece some of them were really difficult to budge and a couple of them are not in good condition, in particular the slots in the heads are almost...

The tailpiece itself is fixed. What you see here is the hinged cover over the tailpiece.

Here are some more. (Pieces missing because in process of restoration.)

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Thanks. Here are a couple of photos of the tuners. (Only one is on the headstock as I was in the process of taking them off to give them a good clean!)

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Thanks for those links. Those mandolins certainly have characteristics very much like mine, especially the one on wilson55.com.



That's what I thought and I am surprised that my Napolitan...

Thanks. Here are a couple of photos of the tuners. (Only one is seen here on the headstock as I was in the process of taking them off to give them a good clean!)

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Hi,

This mandolin was my great-grandfather's. A friend put me in touch with a luthier in Naples who on the basis of these photos told me it was Sicilian and very confidently stated that the...

Mine is stepped but not in the way I might expect from your description. The saddle at the first and third string pairs is closer to the nut than at the second and fourth. The first and third are...

I have adjusted the bridge position as suggested by many of the responses, in particular by following the tutorial linked to by Mandobart. I had to move it about half a centimetre back from where it...

I measure it as 3mm.

Thank you, that link is very helpful. I will feed back here when I have found a little time to do this.

Hi all,

I am, let's say, at the late beginner stage, so as you can judge how to frame your responses.

I have a mandolin, an octave mandola and an Irish bouzouki. No problem with the mando or...

ProfChris is probably right about my fretting technique. It happens most of all (though not exclusively) when I have to fret both G and D strings at the same fret, so because of the angle of my hand...

I haven't changed the strings but they might have in the shop (Hobgoblin) before sending it out... I didn't ask. Using the test given in the link (pressing the string down to the fretboard between...

Thanks for all the replies. I'll check out Martin's link. If you are right and I think you are, I'm in a small fix, because I live on an island where there is no competent luthier to adjust the nut!

Hi,

I had been playing the mandolin for a couple of years (flat-back, A-style) - and you could say I'm still a beginner, although a late stage one - when I decided to try the octave mandolin...