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  1. Pipeous

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    I got to hear them both. That's my kind of jam. I played along to this last one long after it ended haha. To me that's what music a mandolin should jam to.
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    that was a fun tune to jam with. I don't scale in e often on mando so it's fun playing with different stuff. I never have tried playing a stand up bass. I just felt the strings on one at a music store. The take a lot of room. and yes I post a lot here. this is the only ecf thread I visit...
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    Ya, I have been learning about all these wierd string instruments as of late. by no means or any shape am I knowledgeable. The cafe' guys have many old farts (I feel so young over there hehe) that make a lot of these old type things. I read every build thread because it's fascinating stuff...
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    I love hearing people's music. that's my fav part of the mandolin cafe'. and doesn't matter to me if it's what I normally listen to. hearing music from my internet friends is a personal experience that I think brings us closer celestaphone is a fancy name for autoharp. I thought only old...
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    dear god, I feel so stupid... but funny story... I bought a blond F style off ebay a while back. ends up it was a right handed mando with a left handed bridge. someone on mandolin cafe' pointed it out for me. cool stuff. well not one person mentioned my screw up here... I could not get it...
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    this is all new to me too. I sold all my ecig stuff a while back and used the money to buy my epiphone mandolin with the money. I honestly thought it'd be a novelty instrument. then I found I loved it. the octave mandolin kit was because someone else posted a thread about it on the mandolin...
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    Bob, hope ya score a good bass player. 3 pce is fun if you have the vocals. so basically all that's left from that band is the guitar player? now that's a break up. Sandy, it's an octave mandolin. 4 courses of 2 strings like a mandolin (same tuning) just one octave lower. G, D, A, E. the E is...
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    nope, moving the zero fret made the middle positions on fretboard out of tune. I swear the fret spacing is off somehow. wish I knew more about this stuff.. I just emailed the guy I bought the kit from. he offers support and this is the first help I have asked for since starting (yes I asked a...
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    I dunno. I clicked and it played now... I was so loopy and tired when I posted that. it's sure different than mandolin. and if I play over the hole more like I should then it gets very bassy? I wetsanded everything again and it's smooth as silk. I keep tweaking things a bit. took the toothpick...
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    all good. just tossing it out. so I came home from my last shift and went to work. and finsihed the bridge. action is decent. having some intonation issues (I used a toothpick as a zero fret to do this in tune). I had been awake 22 hrs so my brain was fried. hit second wind now though and...
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    I'm a a big Shure fan. I use a Beta 58 myself for vocals, mainly because of the harmonizer and wanting a tight supercardiod pattern. Nothing wrong with recording with one. dave, frets.com has amazing info on doing guitar work/setup. The nut is easier to figure spacing than the bridge on...
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    Don't tell anyone about the poster behind the mandolin.... those were supposed to be destroyed after the olympics hehe. the tailpiece was crooked from the factory. I tried to straighten as best I could. my neck line is off about 2mm so had to mount the tailpiece a couple mm off center. not a...
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    I did have a fan running and opened the garage door. havwen't looked but my car is probably covered in sawdust lol. I got almost done last night but my hands gave up. after I had installed the tuners, tailpiece and made my bridge *hand files and ebony) I had to stop. today I just have to...
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    I'd like to say I was wearing a mask but no. I even have them but just use them when painting with the big gun. My garage is a mess now. I have to spend the next day and a half cleaning all the sawdust. it's on everything. I sprayed 3 coats last night then sanded with 320 grit today and just...
  15. Pipeous

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    I had to give my buddy a charger for his pipe because they sent an ac to usb adapter and no charger... they will send me a charger with my next order (on it's way now). am tempted to try a pipe myself. I like pipes if my username didn't give that away lol
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    Well I got the binding done, sanding down to 120 and sprayed my first clear coat. I'll get a couple few coats on the sand with finer paper. Tired now from sanding.
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    Cheers. I got 3/4 of the binding on yesterday. That's a big job when doing it all by hand and I have learned I need a proper tool for doing binding before I try it again. I drilled out the headstock for the tuners as well. Should be getting it clear coated today. went to my fav local music...
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    I got most of the sanding done and roughed in the neck in this pic. Fretboard is glued on. I have since sanded and shaped the neck and rounded the heel of the neck and added an ebony cap. Just need to go get me a new drill today and some finish to put on. it's looking like an instrument finally
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    I would love to be able to play sax
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    I have seen those. basically an octave high 12 string guitar. be cool to play here comes the sun on without using a capo.
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