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Cool to see this on the front page. Tristan is a great player. I met him a couple times up at Planet Bluegrass in Colorado. The Stelling mandolin he is holding in the photo is signed by luthier...

Same. If I put them away they won't get played.
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Hey Doug, sat down in front of the old cell phone to record a quick one for you. Wish I had better recording equipment and playing skills. Should give you an idea though... Scale length is 21.3
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For my third and fourth instruments I finished the pair of guitar body octave mandolins. Number three is a black top with light Sunburst back sides and neck. Number four is the traditional burst....

Lots of great stuff listed already. I'll add Joe K. Walsh to the list.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. A bit of patience and elbow grease has gone a long way. They're not perfect but definitely looking better. I'm pretty happy with the results and think I'll...

That Mando looks great! And anything with Dawg playing is more than a good start. Just in case you missed all the publicity on the homepage, the song a week social group is a great resource. Half...

Don't you know Todd? He's only the most famous Italian French polisher out there!

Yeah, sorry about that. Classic auto text fail. Made the post using my phone and didn't catch that one in time....

Update with photos. This is shellac FP over water based alkyd resin varnish (em2000). I'mly two sessions in but already a nice shine starting to develop. I have a new respect for black tops - they...

Working on finishing a guitar bodied octave mandolin with traditional French polish. Any of you Builders out there have any advice for getting the corners where the neck and body join and on the top...

In the process of building a guitar body octave mandolin and a previous thread here got me thinking about the possibility of using a screw on strap button (Waverly) instead of an endpin. I'm...

From a 1920 Gibson F4. Still very common to see this and it can be more prominent in instruments with lighter color finishes, as Adrian noted.... I kind of like how it looks, knowing what is going...

Agreed. And seeing as that is the case, are any builders these days opting to forgo the endpin all together and simply use a screwed in strap button?

Digging up an old thread here. First, for all of you who have answered questions about em2000 already thank you! Are any of you using the cl100 Crosslink additive? Or just em2000 straight. Anyone...

Same here for me. The scale length that shows to use is a long Martin scale 25.34 cut at the third fret. I figure the 3rd fret on a guitar is the same note as your low open G on an octave mandolin. ...

Thanks. I'm planning on a black top for one of my octave mandolins and may give that a try!

[QUOTE=muleskinnermandos;1644737]3 New A's sprayed and hanging in the shop.

Looks great! What do you use/ how do you apply the black top?

Making some progress on two GBOMs.
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Although my little 14 inch bandsaw isn't quite up to that Yates of yours...

Lauri, have you brushed EM2000 or only spray? I know Target coatings says that it is a very brush friendly finish but didn't know what some user experiences have been.

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Here are some photos of Ebony from LMI and also Allen guitar. The two finished head plates are from Allen ebony. I'm choosing to embrace the variation in color......

I have purchased peghead veneers from both LMI and Allen guitar. Everything I've received from LMI has been top notch. Wood has been very well surfaced, flat and nearly ready for use. Of the five...

Thanks, Joe. I'm thinking of finishing my next build with EM2000. I have read a few of the threads on here regarding these finishes and people seem to have generally positive use of both. Just...

Thanks for the replies! I'm using a laminated three-piece neck with vertical grain and the headstock will be relatively small (a-style mandolin tuners) with adequate thickness. I will probably still...

A little off topic, but is anyone using the em2000? E m 6000 is more like a lacquer than a varnish and burns in between layers leaving no witness lines if I'm not mistaken? I have heard that it will...