just watched a video of jim richter playing a gretsch park ave. sounded good with jim playing.
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just watched a video of jim richter playing a gretsch park ave. sounded good with jim playing.
you may repair that with a burn in stick
there's an echo
radio shack
phenolics are what your kitchen counters are made of . you know formica. I once used three quarter in thick panel in an equine hospital because of the constant hosing they did for clean up. just sayin
mando voodoo
i'm in too
I have not totally abandoned tap tuning but I am using tapping for general reference and it seems to be working for me. like you all say every thing you do changes the tone .so hey at this point I...
has anyone tried siminoff's fish glue?
show us your head stock design
we use half inch transfer tape made by 3m in our picture frame shop here where i work. you can get a dispenser gun for it as well,it has a rubber roller that puts it on easy. try...
where's spell check anyway
i think this is one the most beautiful antique restorations i have ever seen. i guess the next question is where does it go ? perhapse a diserving child prodigy that might not ever have a chance to...
i just came from a free concert from the courthouse square in lexington ky. it opened with jd crowe and ended wirh a full blown rock show with sam bush . this was the best show that i have seen in my...
this is a warm little number
i never had amandolin in my hand until i started building them so i have the first three, an f and two a's. no. 4 and 5 sold so i guess the question for me is do i keep no. 6 dt
thank you eric, that is some of spruce's bigleaf maple. i used it on two mandolins and both look like they are on fire. nice wood. DT
thanks skip, i've tried to match the grain on all of my builds but it does require the next slice of veneer.but thats fine by me. pcs of no. 5 coming soon. DT ...
this is a couple of pics of no. 4. quilted bigleaf, sitka top with east indian rosewood peghead overlay.exellent woody tone and chop.
is it thick enough to surface on a joiner?
mine says i've never had any other mandolin in my hand except for the ones i built and the thrill of stringing it up for the first time is hard to describe
is it both e strings? maybe there is a sharp edge on the tail peice.
here's a couple more
oops here they are
#1 soft curly maple and european spruce #2 honduras mahogany and sitka #3quilted bigleaf maple and sitka all with laquer finish and an exellent tone. i recently finished #4 but no pics yet. i would...