I've commissioned a mando and I've had them with pearl and bone in the past. What is the preferred material? Some seem to wear at the grooves.
"What would Lloyd do"?
I've commissioned a mando and I've had them with pearl and bone in the past. What is the preferred material? Some seem to wear at the grooves.
"What would Lloyd do"?
There may be some answers in this old thread even if the answer is toe-may-toe vs toe - mah- toe.
Jamie
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That thread really covers it. No new news.
There is a large contingent here that won't be happy about that.Originally Posted by (Paul Hostetter @ June 11 2008, 17:47)
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
"WWLD"....I kinda like that.
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That'd be me.There is a large contingent here that won't be happy about that.
No mention of a zero fret!
Hope this doesn't become the Link Cafe Archive some day...
I don't recall that being in the original question, I think they were asking about nut material but the answer is simple, Bill's mandolin didn't have a zero fret so that ain't no part of nuthin'.No mention of a zero fret!
Hope this doesn't become the Link Cafe Archive some day...
If one searches the builders section using the single term "nut" as a topic title, this month and older, dozens of threads show up and several of them mention zero frets.
I'm assuming that if you do a search using the search terms zero AND fret in the same section you'll find additional discussions. This very reason is why I advocate looking for things that have already been discussed. There is a wealth of knowledge here.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Sorry, Mike. I was just having one of those moments. I couldn't help but notice the fun folks were having in that conversation.. I remember the lively conversations of yesteryear! I see more and more refs to old things like that, which give less and less chance for new ideas to be added -- one of my "fears" for the internet in general as time progresses beyond, gulp, 12 years of it! The wealth of saved info which invites a lack of active participation. I can see by the way I'm writing, I'm adding goob factor to the arg.Call me funny in ze head. Carry on, friends.
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