Mowry Guitar Shaped OM [Archive] - Mandolin Cafe Forum

red7flag

Jun-03-2010, 1:15pm

I just got off the phone with Andrew Mowry. A great guy to work with. He will be starting the instrument in about a month. We decided on walnut back and sides, engelmann spruce top, ebony fretboard, reddish back and sides, clear with a touch of yellow top. We went with f holes. The instrument should be done by November. Here is a link to his OM gallery http://mowrystrings.com/OMgallery.htm

Brad Weiss

Jun-03-2010, 1:32pm

Sweet! One of my dreams is an OM with a walnut back and cedar, or redwood top. I'm sure yours will be beautiful- because Andrew's building it!

JEStanek

Jun-03-2010, 1:39pm

Sounds like a great combination.

Jamie

Patrick Hull

Jun-04-2010, 7:39am

Wow. Maybe one of the best all time looking instruments. I want one. How large is it in comparison, to say, a tenor guitar, my latest affectation.

man dough nollij

Jun-04-2010, 7:49am

Isn't that pretty similar to the Octar you already have?

red7flag

Jun-04-2010, 8:10am

Lee, you are correct and that is why the Weber will be going on consignment soon to help pay for the new baby. Just to note, the Weber Octar I have is a great instrument and what led me to having one made. It is a bare bones model with no binding, but easy to play and has a great deep rich tone. It would be considered a Gallatin Model. I just got the inkling to get an instrument made with a different wood and I like the sound and look of walnut. Had I not decided to have the Mowry made, I would keep the Octar.

Pete Heady

Jun-25-2010, 10:31am

I just got off the phone with Andrew Mowry. A great guy to work with. He will be starting the instrument in about a month. We decided on walnut back and sides, engelmann spruce top, ebony fretboard, reddish back and sides, clear with a touch of yellow top. We went with f holes. The instrument should be done by November. Here is a link to his OM gallery http://mowrystrings.com/OMgallery.htm

Tony,
looks like I will be in the same Mowry batch as you are. Will look forward to seeing photos of the siblings !

red7flag

Jun-26-2010, 3:59pm

Pete, What are the specs of the mandolin you ordered?

pjlama

Jul-01-2010, 11:22pm

Yeah, I'm curious about scale length. I'm playing mostly OM these days and would love a guitar shaped 20" scale with a cutaway. My OW is pretty awesome though. What's Andrew's wait time these days?

pjlama

Jul-01-2010, 11:26pm

This puppy would work with a Johnny Smith floating pick-up :grin:

red7flag

Jul-08-2010, 5:46am

Heard from Andrew yesterday. Plans to start the OM in a few weeks. Says the walnut is in a looks great. Am getting excited.

pjlama

Jul-08-2010, 10:03am

Tony, please order it with a cutaway then get tired of it and sell it to me :)

red7flag

Jul-08-2010, 3:07pm

PJ, not a cutaway man. Don't think this baby will be going anywhere, any way.

pjlama

Jul-08-2010, 3:27pm

I figured as much but I had to plant the seed ;)

red7flag

Jul-17-2010, 7:16pm

We decided to go with the Art Deco headstock, much like on this A:

http://mowrystrings.com/images2/A5_images/IMG_7657.jpg

but rescaled to fit the OM. We went with the same black white binding as on the headstock for the rest of the OM. We went with F holes. Gotoh tuners.

red7flag

Jul-18-2010, 8:03am

Andrew is planning for a 21.5 inch scale neck. I forgot to add this and this was a question in an earlier post.

red7flag

Jul-19-2010, 9:31pm

I am considering a graphic for the headstock of either a bear (my nickname) or dog (am a big dog lover). I loved the Dawg graphic on my DGM2 trus rod cover. I am getting really stoked by the thought of this instrument.

MandoNicity

Jul-19-2010, 9:44pm

Andrew does amazing work. I'm sure you will be uber satisfied with his build. Enjoy and keep us posted!

JR