Mandolins in progress

[Dan Voight]

One more F to put tone bars in and its on to binding the peg heads and gluing these tops on.

[StevenS]

A little 12th Fret detail just to keep things interesting . . .



Steve

[Kip Carter]

Love it Steve!
Kip....

[Max Girouard]

Nice inlay Steve!

Lauri stained these two today! One is a carpathian topped, birch mandola (one piece back) stained amber and red, the second is a sitka topped, birdseye maple A5 with a brown burst. These photos have a light seal coat on and need the binding scraped. Once she gets going with the finishing, the grain will pop a little more on that birdseye.

[Ed Goist]

Max, those stains are striking!
Congrats to you and Lauri.

[Tavy]

Nice inlay Steve!

Lauri stained these two today! One is a carpathian topped, birch mandola (one piece back) stained amber and red, the second is a sitka topped, birdseye maple A5 with a brown burst. These photos have a light seal coat on and need the binding scraped. Once she gets going with the finishing, the grain will pop a little more on that birdseye.

Can't wait to see those with some finish on - boy will that grain pop!! Lovely work.

[ColdBeerGoCubs]

First carving sessions for a few Brazilian rosewood backs from a 50 year old beam along with a mandolin in the white. 'Gonna have some tired, stiff old hands at my gig tonight.....

j.
www.condino.com

I got to play this one a few weeks back and I still haven't been able to get it off my mind. Nor do I posses the vocabulary to properly describe it. I literally could not put it down and I think it was the first time that I officially began thinking of things I could get rid of to own a mandolin. It had the sweetness and delicacy of Snow White but the authority of Thor. Not only that, but those pictures don't do it justice. Those are good pictures, but in the hand the thing was simply breathtakingly stunning. Everything on it was perfect, the wood, the craftsmanship, everything. I have the highest respect for those that build such quality and to hold something like that let alone play it just further strengthened that respect. I'm still in awe over that thing. Simply amazing is all I can really say.

[StevenS]

I must admit, I start looking forward to finishing when the wood looks like this after a quick wipe-down from a wet rag to raise the grain . . .



Curly Redwood and Quilted Red Maple.

Steve

[Steve-o]

Wow, incredibly beautiful wood Steve. Thanks for posting.

[wwwilkie]

Off to the Montreal Guitar Show in a few weeks and I'll have with me a new oval hole mandolin. Also displaying a custom Northern Flyer guitar as well as a 7-string archtop. I thought it would be something to have 6, 7 and 8 strings.

[Bob Bronow]

I must admit, I start looking forward to finishing when the wood looks like this after a quick wipe-down from a wet rag to raise the grain . . .



Curly Redwood and Quilted Red Maple.

Steve

Sweet! You gotta love that Quilted Maple!

[oldwave maker]

Final coats on Mark's octave, Elise's blackface a, and a golden mandola. My first mandola with red spruce top and vermont hard maple back.

[JEStanek]

This is consistently one of my favorite threads to visit. Wow!

Jamie

[Elkhorn1]

Here' the latest Elkhorn f-5 nearing completion. Next it's on to finish leveling and french polish. Enjoy!

[OldGus]

What an elegant and tasteful beauty, nice work Rob!

[Glassweb]

agreed... looks very nice!

[hank]

Some of this quilted maple is just outrageous. Like holograms in a perceived visual texture of a smooth flat surface. Always amazing wood and luthiery extraordinaire here.

[Arnt]

F5 finally done

[Bill Snyder]

Arnt, that is stunning, but everything I have ever seen you post here or at the MIMF has always looked wonderful even the a-style you built from the maple scraps of some home projects.

[Arnt]

Thanks, you are very kind Bill.

Here's how the A5 ended up

[Arnt]

...and, here's the whole batch together: A pair of dreads (red spruce / Honduras rosewood, red spruce / cocobolo), plus the pair of mandolins

[billhay4]

Very nice stuff, Arnt!
Can we hear them?
Bill

[Arnt]

Sure, just come one over Oh I see, you mean soundfiles? Sorry, I'm not set up for it at the moment, I'm working on it tho...

[billhay4]

You're welcome to come over instead.
Bring them on.
Bill

[Geoff B]

Arnt, that is beautiful! As is everything above it.

Here is some amber waves of grain...