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  Uncle John January 28, 2013 at 4:13pm

  Thanks, Phillip.
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  Phill Hill Charlie January 28, 2013 at 12:43pm

  I never played mandolin... that one sounds very nicely... your voice and mandolin tone fit very well both together...

  Very very good job as usual Uncle John...°<[:-) [---]==={...
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  Uncle John January 23, 2013 at 3:54pm

  Thanks Matthew.   Mandos are kind of hard to build - the short scale....   Good wishes.  

  Maddog, thanks.  You already play GDg very well.  How about GDgd   using the 5th, 4th, 3rd - like usual and then the first and smallest for the d.   I think I did this on the Padron an it worked well.  OR!!!!   You could use the four smallest and tune it like the 4 small strings on a 6 string.  Then play it that way OR open tune it DGBD, which is also banjo tuning.   Good wishes.  I am building today too.   (I think GDgd suits your style the best).
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  Matthew Baxter January 23, 2013 at 12:49pm

  Great video! I've never tried building a mandolin - but now I know what's next on the 'to do' list. Nice work.
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  Maddog January 23, 2013 at 12:25pm

  Back for another listen on this John. I'm finishing up my 4 stringer and I'm going to use the strings you gave me. Which strings out of the 6 would you recommend I use?
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  Uncle John January 13, 2013 at 3:19pm

  Thanks Turtle and W.M.    Turtle, it seems funny to me that those finger chords work on the mando, but do not work as well on a GDgd guitar.  

  Since the mando pleases me now, I may go back and add more frets.   Much of my stuff are works in progress. 
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  W.M. Peterson January 13, 2013 at 1:55pm

  Love the sound of that mandolin !
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  Uncle John January 12, 2013 at 7:02pm

  Thanks Jim, JP and owl! 
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  JP Swenson January 12, 2013 at 1:10pm

  Catchy little tune John!  Nice work...as usual!
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  Jim Morris January 12, 2013 at 12:15pm

  Nice!