Why stop with one soundhole?

[mrmando]

Pretty trippy, this ...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Aspray-...gAAOSw5HJXKlUv

Anyone familiar with David Aspray?

[Marty Jacobson]

Makes sense, it'll let that much more sound out.

[mrmando]

Makes sense, it'll let that much more sound out.

Ha! Well, in that case, why bother with a top at all?

[Mandoplumb]

Ha! Well, in that case, why bother with a top at all?

Gotta have something to hold up the bridge

[MikeEdgerton]

David Aspray does not appear anywhere else on the Cafe. The mandolin actually looks to be well built but the real treasure here is in the auction description:

tuning pegs turned left or right to meet the correct note on a tuner

I wish I'd written that.

If you could find a grommet the right size to fit those sound holes we'd be talking about this as a Blue Comet replica.

A Google search brings up several links to pages that mention that Dave Aspray made custom pickguards for archtop guitars but every link to his page comes up as broken.

[LongBlackVeil]

ah i was going to pull the trigger on it, but it needs a tuning. bleh, ive tried to tune many mandolins. Its hard work and ive never once got one in tune. No thanks not worth it!