Comments on: Paddy would like to know . . . http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know Offending everybody since 2006 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:25:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bock the Robber http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know#comment-1714 Bock the Robber Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:47:15 +0000 http://81.17.252.85/~bockthe/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1714 Absolutely, Pat. You're definitely not a bastard.<br/><br/>The search goes on for nickel-coated ball-end mandolin strings. Absolutely, Pat. You’re definitely not a bastard.

The search goes on for nickel-coated ball-end mandolin strings.

]]> By: Paddy http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know#comment-1713 Paddy Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:55:38 +0000 http://81.17.252.85/~bockthe/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1713 I would just like to say that despite all that my old sparring partner might say I am not and never was a grumpy bastard.........thanks to all the bockpeople for your help. I will investigate when sober....... I would just like to say that despite all that my old sparring partner might say I am not and never was a grumpy bastard………thanks to all the bockpeople for your help. I will investigate when sober…….

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know#comment-1712 Bock the Robber Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:14:04 +0000 http://81.17.252.85/~bockthe/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1712 Ordinary ones won't do him, though. They have to have a ball end and they have to be nickel plated. He's very particular - and very grumpy by the looks of things. Ordinary ones won’t do him, though. They have to have a ball end and they have to be nickel plated. He’s very particular - and very grumpy by the looks of things.

]]> By: Tim Ruttledge http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know#comment-1711 Tim Ruttledge Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:04:02 +0000 http://81.17.252.85/~bockthe/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1711 Not only do I work on ships, I play the mandolin also....no I don't have a parrot or a wooden leg!<br/><br/>McCullough Pigotts in Dublin.<br/><br/>The Living Tradition(ossian.ie)<br/>45a MacCurtain Street - Cork - Ireland<br/>Phone / Fax : 353 (0)21 4502564<br/>E-mail : info@thelivingtradition.com Not only do I work on ships, I play the mandolin also….no I don’t have a parrot or a wooden leg!

McCullough Pigotts in Dublin.

The Living Tradition(ossian.ie)
45a MacCurtain Street - Cork - Ireland
Phone / Fax : 353 (0)21 4502564
E-mail : info@thelivingtradition.com

]]> By: Darwin http://bocktherobber.com/2007/04/paddy-would-like-to-know#comment-1710 Darwin Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:02:17 +0000 http://81.17.252.85/~bockthe/wordpress/?p=538#comment-1710 Ah yes, you could just use ball-end guitar strings but it's tough to get a wound .015 or .016 these days. It used to be the standard. Clapton was one of the first to use a banjo string as an unwound 3rd on his Strat so he could bend it further. I think Tommy Iommi from Sabbath was using a banjo .006 for his top E at one stage! Anyway...<br/><br/>I would recommend these guys for quality stings, they do ball or loop mandolin gauges:<br/><br/>http://www.newtonestrings.com/traditional_page.htm Ah yes, you could just use ball-end guitar strings but it’s tough to get a wound .015 or .016 these days. It used to be the standard. Clapton was one of the first to use a banjo string as an unwound 3rd on his Strat so he could bend it further. I think Tommy Iommi from Sabbath was using a banjo .006 for his top E at one stage! Anyway…

I would recommend these guys for quality stings, they do ball or loop mandolin gauges:

http://www.newtonestrings.com/traditional_page.htm

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