Re: Any truth to sanding...?
Originally Posted by
Chanmandolin
...the finish off the top of the mandolin to make it louder/better tone/etc..
I have a mandolin that I love the tone of ...it just doesn't chop as I'd like it to, close just not quite woody enough for me. A luthier friend I have says he thinks it would bark a little better if he got some of the lacquer off and take some of the thickness of the top.
I admire his opinion, I would like to know what some of the cafe thinks.
Thanks in advance
If you already love the tone sanding down the finish will alter that. It's 6 of one or half a dozen of the other!
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