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    Registered User Max Girouard's Avatar
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    Aside from the Siminoff and Stewmac plans, where else can I find plans for mandolins? I would like to get as many as posible to compare then decide what design I would use before my first build.

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    Adrian Minarovic - probably the best plans out there today. One heck of a builder too!

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    The newer Siminoff book has some good plans in it too, plus you get a good book that you can learn building techniques from.
    My original IV mandolin kit blog- http://makingamandolin.blogspot.com/

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    Max I guess you want plans for an F-style. As mentioned Mr. Minarovic's plans are available at Elderly Instruments.
    Dons Plans has F-style plans drawn by Don Morris. There is Watson Bailey plans available for free download in three different formats.
    If you want plans for different styles Don's Plans has a few others and the Troughton book THE MANDOLIN MANUAL: THE ART, CRAFT AND SCIENCE OF THE MANDOLIN AND MANDOLA has some flat back plans.
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    There are a couple of plans available from the Guild of American Luthiers.
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    I highly recommend Hogo's (Adrian Minarovic) plans that you can get from Elderly. The NEW Siminoff Book is good too. If you can afford it, get both. Hogo's plans are better, but the book is a helpful reference. Be aware: don't buy it used unless you can make sure it is a recently published copy (older copies of the 'new' book had some errors, but you can download the updated pages from Roger if you do get one of those), and DO NOT get the older book --the plans in it are full of errors.

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    I vote also for Adrian Minarovic's F5 plans , definitively the best for me .




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