A little close for comfort, lol!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-Tone-F...LH_TitleDesc=0
Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
A little close for comfort, lol!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-Tone-F...LH_TitleDesc=0
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
I'm pretty sure you could modify that to work with a saw and a die. That's pretty bizarre.
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
I have that same model, luckily mine isn't that close, but it is close, but it plays well
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
Tuned like an octave guitar?
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
I knew they made their A style GM6 mandolin shaped small guitar (it really IS a little little guitar!). That one was a copy of the Gibson that was basically the same. This is the first F style I've seen.
Last edited by MikeEdgerton; Jul-17-2018 at 2:44pm.
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
I don't think the bridge is the problem. It looks like it's about correctly placed. It's the tailpiece. It looks like one for a full sized archtop acoustic guitar. Maybe switching it out for something else a bit shorter?
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
If you know someone with a tap and die set you could take the nuts off the tailpiece, thread the arms back an inch and cut an inch off. It won't hurt anything, will look better and give some wiggle room if you have to move the bridge.
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
You can replace the tailpiece with a short trapeze tailpiece. That should solve the problem. There are many to choose from on eBay. I've never played a mandolin guitar, so I don't understand the thinking, exactly. When I was a teenager I put a capo on my 12th fret and that amused me for about 5 minutes, but I don't think it sounded like a mandolin, just a high-pitched guitar.........
Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
I have attempted to play a 6 string A style Gold Tone GM-6 mando-guitar. I didn't do well on it as a guitar. It was almost impossible for my fat fingers to get much right. YMMV.
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
How is it strung?
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Re: Strange bridge setup on Ebay mandolin
Like a guitar
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