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Repair- Mandolin setup tricks

Kimsey Lutherie 6,854 6 years ago
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A few tricks that I use for setting up mandolins: 1) Radiusing extreme radius frets. cutting notches (02:20) glue tips (02:45) 2) Using the "long" nut technique. (06:26) spacing between pairs and courses (07:00) correcting small differences (10:30) cutting nut slots (14:40) checking spaces (20:00) marking the nut sides (23:40) final check (25:45) 3) Fitting a bridge to the top. (30:30) stringing up (40:00) setting intonation of the bridge (45:58) discussion of unwanted overtones (51:10)

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