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Fishman makes a piezo-acoustic bridge for the telecaster.  If I could only have one guitar to "do it all",  I might go that route.

Also, just discovered that Baggs makes one for Strats and guitars with tune-o-matics (i.e. Les Paul).

Hello Zylstra,

I do my own fret work. So from that experience, I can assure you that dressing the frets will not "destroy some crucial characteristic" of your new Martin.  It will however prevent you from ripping the flesh off of your fingers as you play! Care must be taken not to harm the finish but this is easily accomplished with proper masking and careful filing.

A couple of questions you should ask... is this current fret job a recent refret?  I can't image a company like Martin shipping out an instrument with long frets on it. and, If these are the original frets, has this instrument been kept in a very dry place for a long time?  Long frets could result from wood shrinking due to extremely dry climates... Are there any other problems with the guitar like cracks in the top finish etc?

"They say I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy.  She inherited a million bucks and when she died, it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky." - Bob Dylan  Idiot Wind.

Jimi said, "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"...

but Jerome nailed it.

Thanks Pete.  With the first tail piece, I had looped the sting ends through the loop at the end of the mandolin strings.  This, coupled with the brass bridge, caused major tuning problems.  The new tailpiece, which is much more solid, seems to have solved the tuning issues. It really is fun to play but the sharp squared corners of the box will dig into your forearm a bit.  I've got another Cohiba box with rounded corners that will someday become a much more comfortable mandolin to play.

Matt

I've bought two guitars on-line and was unhappy with both of their necks.  Fortunately, neither one has collector value so I took a sander to both of them.  One was a big fat Martin style (not a real Martin) and the other was a wide "D" shaped neck..  Both are now softened "V" shaped and much more comfortable for me.  My recommendation is try first then buy.. unless its a smoking good deal.

"might could"  That's Southern.

I used my cell phone to record this so of course it over modulated a bit.  I'm a rookie at the recording thing but here's my attempt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7uegu7wEs

Sophie can't play but she L-O-V-E-S guitar strings. Thanks all for your kind comments. I will post a video of this on youtube hopefully tomorrow. I need to do the same for the 3 string guitar that I posted about earlier.  The mandolin is much brighter and clearer than the 3 string guitar. Its almost as loud as my Rogue mandolin.  So I'm pretty happy with the results.  The tail piece is a brass hinge and it is severely deformed due to string pressure (and its only 2 days old!).  I will change that out for a steel one probably this weekend.  For the record: No Cohiba cigars were harmed in the construction of this mandolin.

Agree with everything said above.  I have one addition. Crazy Glue.  It works when its too late for anything else.