Looking great! Keep up the good work! That headstock is very, very cool.
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Looking great! Keep up the good work! That headstock is very, very cool.
You might also check out these two: 1) John S. Bogdanovich's, 'Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design'; and 2) Frank Finocchio's, 'Acoustic Guitar Making', DVD. Finocchio's...
Excellent interview! Thile is my hero. And this is also an absolutely fascinating thread. Scott, I hope you can get all of the history sorted!
Check out The Peatbog Faeries from Skye, if you don't know them. Not 'punk' in the way that the Pogues were/are, and they are primarily a tunes band, rather than a song band. More a blend of Scottish...
I saw 'em last weekend in Minneapolis and it is easily one of the top five best shows I have ever seen. Insanely great musicians!!
Maybe you could fabricate something like this?
http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/2010/04/octave-mandolin-build-part-7.html
Looks great so far! Thanks for posting the pix. Best of luck with it!
Lots and lots of great advise here, pezdork. I work on pretty much the same philosophy at Dick Hutchings - do it for the pleasure. If you really, really like it you will sink a ton of money into a...
Beautiful. The back is amazing. Congrats!
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for posting!
Very, very nice! Love the back!
Beautiful!
Unbelievably cool thread!! Thanks for posting. I love it!!!
Looks great! Congrats!!
Geoff - the inlay and the headstock look really cool. What is the image on the headstock? Nice looking mando!!
Hahaha! This is fantastic. I think I'll print it out and take it to our local ITM session tonight. Thanks for the post!
Lots of nice work on this page folks! Thanks for posting the pics. Max - the back and top of that mando is amazing! I love the contrast.
Thanks a lot for all the helpful suggestions, folks.
Mario - I have not filled it yet. So, I'll give the shellac and sanding a shot. I really appreciate the helpful explanation of how to do it!!!...
As an addendum (and this is, admittedly, my oversight) I guess I should have said that I have no 'expertise'. Because I am a hobby builder, but also insanely curious about all the pros and cons of a...
That headstock is so cool, Bill!
Thanks David. I will give it a shot on some off-cuts and go from there. I appreciate the response!
Oh, this is a great thread. Thanks for its redux Jim!
When the White Stripes first came out I, admittedly, could not stand them. I thought it was a complete joke. I'm still not much of a fan...
Thanks to all of you for the responses. They are helpful. I really appreciate this forum. I've learned an awful lot!
It seems that the majority consensus is 'nope, don't use it'. And, if I am...
Hi All:
I did a search on this topic but came up empty. So, a quick question - have any of you used drywall mud as a pore filler? I saw a video by Robert O’Brien where he demonstrates the...
Great mando. I absolutely LOVE the back. So cool!!!!