I have a pretty bluesy/old-timey picking style, and I like mandolins with a bassy thump that hits you in the chest - definitely not the bluegrass sound. Lately, I've been thinking about how to get the most bass out of a mandolin, and I have a few ideas: oval hole, mahogany top and back, deeper body than normal, and maybe shorten the scale slightly.
Has anyone built something like this? Is there a production model like it (even from a small builder) or would it have to be a completely custom job?
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