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    Default David Benedict's new dream mandolin

    Pretty sweet......


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    Nice sounding mandolin. If I were to be looking for a new mandolin that's the sound I would be looking for.
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    Wow. Nailed it! Congratulations to David, and, amazing work, Walter!!
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    Pretty nice "freebie." Though, the couple comments about Oliver letting him "play it for free," sounds like maybe he's not going to be keeping it? Also, the references to "Loar specs," but it also being x-braced and having bigger f-holes is a bit of a scratcher. And the mother of pearl veneer letting him "dig in more"?

    A couple of confusing bits in there.
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    Nice, I would be happy with that sound.
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    Bring that thing to Brevard and let's hear it !!!

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    Nice! I like the larger f-holes, seems like that helps with sound projection.

    Seeing that Rubner tuners were used, I wonder about the gearing ratio. I have two mandolins, one has 26:1 (Grover, I think) and the other 16:1 (Rubner). The 26:1 takes forever when winding up new strings but allows for more precise dialing in when tuning. The 16:1 don't seem to hold tune as well, but of course less winding when changing strings. Has anyone else noticed that with tuner ratios?

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    I have Rubners on my last build and find they hold tune just fine. 26:1 is a huge ratio, I've never heard of mandolin tuners with that ration.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berto Boy View Post
    I have Rubners on my last build and find they hold tune just fine. 26:1 is a huge ratio, I've never heard of mandolin tuners with that ration.
    I came up with that ratio by counting the number of turns taken to go one complete rotation on the tuning rod.

    Mike Edgerton suggests that ratios as high as 24:1 were common back in the 1960s. Since my Givens was built around 1978 or 1979, it might have had an older set of Grover tuners on it which I replaced a few years back by a spare set sent to me by Greg Boyd.

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...=1#post1141819

    Never mind. Back to discussing Benedict's new mandolin. Sorry for sidetracking this thread.

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