Mandolins in progress

[Skip Kelley]

Gail, those are some sweet looking pegheads! Very nice work!

[piknleft]

ANOTHER beautiful high-end Lefty in the works. Bless your heart!

[McCandolin]

Wade, I love the look of that mandolin, I'm a sucker for wooden binding and apparently now I'm a sucker for blondes too. If I ever get to the point where I can afford a mandolin from a small builder other than myself I will be keeping you in mind, great stuff!

[David Newton]

This New Navy Mandola is trudging into the snows of Vermont this week.

[Markkunkel]

GORGEOUS, David! As the never-again-to-be-pried-from-my-fingers custodian of one of your New Navy mandos, I can only imagine that this one sounds even nicer. Thanks for sharing the pic with us.

MK

[David Newton]

Thanks for the comment, Mark.
Thanks also, for those who have asked, I'm not currently building the New Navys. Guitar orders got a'hold of me. When I get back to GDAE, you'll be the first to know.

[Ken]

Getting close now, it's at this point that I can't wait to hear what it sounds like. Planning on b/w/tortoise binding, side bound as well as top and back. Also currently planning it to be black top with medium brown back and sides.

[Dan Voight]

Carving a nice one piecer.

[John Hill]

Nice Dan. I love me some one piecers.

[Tracy Ballinger]

Dan, that wood is already alive - can't wait to see it with stain! Great stuff you're putting out.

[Patrick Gunning]

Can't...form...coherent...sentence... Hypnotized by flamed maple...

[LVH]

Patrick, your voight is on order... is that yours? if so, YOU LUCKY DOG!!

[Patrick Gunning]

Yeah, that's mine. *assume evil laugh pose* Muahahahaha...

[LVH]

If you ever need someone to baby sit it for you.

[Skip Kelley]

Ken, Nice job on the A!!

Dan, That is a fine looking piace of maple!!

[D.E.Williams]

Carving a nice one piecer.

Interesting workboard and hold-downs. Are you handcarving, or are you using some kind of machinery?

[Dan Voight]

Interesting workboard and hold-downs. Are you handcarving, or are you using some kind of machinery?

Both. I rough carve with an arbortech power chisel. I have to clamp the plate down with quick clamps when I use that bad boy. This fixture also allows for the plate to be turned over for graduating the inside. I also clamp the plate in this jig while fitting the tone bars.

Thanks for the comments guys!

[kyken]

here's my new Fantasma......

[LVH]

well i got the wood for the mandolins. but the flame on one set is so beautiful and the grain on the spruce top is excellent. I can't bare covering it with a thick, dark stain like the old gibson a's. Should i do some modern A oval blondes? like old waves....?

[Jason Renzi]

here's my new Fantasma......

that's incredible!...
who made it?...

[Brad Weiss]

that's incredible!...
who made it?...

He did!!

[D.E.Williams]

Both. I rough carve with an arbortech power chisel. I have to clamp the plate down with quick clamps when I use that bad boy. This fixture also allows for the plate to be turned over for graduating the inside. I also clamp the plate in this jig while fitting the tone bars.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Brave guy! Those power chisels scare me...I have a hard enough time with the manual kind.



Nice fixture, btw, and your mandos are lookin' good!

[Skip Kelley]

Ken, That fantasma looks awesome!

[Mark Walker]

Ken - that's sweet! Do you have a little different logo in your more recent headstocks? Can't tell if that's an angel or a letter 'R' or what!


Dan Voight - great looking efforts you've been posting recently too!

Keep up the great work you two!

[Jason Renzi]

He did!!

duh...
i'm not real bright, don't you know...

anyway, that's on the of the most amazing looking instruments i've ever seen!..