Mandolins in progress

**Gibson A5** · Jun-14-2007, 7:37am

Looks great Stephanie. What kind of flower is in the little pot on the peghead?
Bill P.

**Stephanie Reiser** · Jun-14-2007, 6:53pm

not really sure, just some kind of generic, branchy-leafy thingy.
Thanks for looking.

**frankenstein** · Jun-16-2007, 7:26am

Originally Posted by (Driver8 @ May 30 2007, 12:02)

Hans, #on the 3 point that you are building, you say it has "Mike Blohm's buttons".

here ya go !! mikes buttons.. nice huh!!

**Jim Hilburn** · Jun-19-2007, 3:03pm

Varnish drying in the booth.

**Jim Hilburn** · Jun-19-2007, 3:09pm

If you cut very carefully you end up with a souvenir.

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-19-2007, 3:30pm

Alright Ladies and Gentleman...she's currently waiting at the FedEx office to be picked up at 6 PM!!! I missed the delivery today, but I'm glad I can pick her up tonight instead of waiting until tomorrow.

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-19-2007, 3:31pm

#2

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-19-2007, 3:32pm

#3

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-19-2007, 3:33pm

#4) If this goes on another page, check out the 3 others before it.

**John Hill** · Jun-19-2007, 4:08pm

It's amazing the variety & quality of mandolins available to players today. That is one sweet mandolin.

**grandmainger** · Jun-19-2007, 4:23pm

Originally Posted by (Jim Hilburn @ June 19 2007, 21:09)

If you cut very carefully you end up with a souvenir.

Holy Macaroni! That's one fine cut Jim, very impressive. Are you a surgeon in your spare time?

**Brad Weiss** · Jun-19-2007, 4:26pm

WOW! Ralian, you have lucked out!! What a cool combination of traditional elements to produce something unique!! Andrew, you've done it again. Gotta hear some sound clips when you have a chance - fair warning, it will sound EVEN BETTER in just a few days, weeks, and months.

The second prettiest mandolin I've seen (after my own Mowry, of course!

)

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-20-2007, 9:48am

Originally Posted by (BradW @ June 19 2007, 17:26)

WOW! Ralian, you have lucked out!! What a cool combination of traditional elements to produce something unique!! Andrew, you've done it again. Gotta hear some sound clips when you have a chance - fair warning, it will sound EVEN BETTER in just a few days, weeks, and months.

The second prettiest mandolin I've seen (after my own Mowry, of course!

)

I plan on making a few recordings in the next week or so. #I'll post those when I get them. #

Yes, this is one hell of a mandolin. #I played all of my repertoire on it before going to bed last night, and woke up and played half of it this morning. This is a flat top mandolin, and the idea that flat tops only sound louder to the player is nonsense. #I had my wife sit across the room and listen, and this mandolin wails! #I have an A800 Alvarez (which I will now be selling for $475 in excellent condition if anyone would like a nice intermediate mandolin) that I had compared to upper end mandolins and even though tonally it didn't compare to the 3-4K mandolins it was extrememly loud compared to them and could easily be heard over the fiddle, guitar, and whistle in the irish group I play with...I would say, and my wife agrees, that this flat top is at least 3-4 times louder from across the room. #

The notes all seperate with crystalline clarity. #The highs are sweet, full and bell like. #The lows and mids are earthy, woofy, loud and deep. #The mids, lows and highs are all perfectly balanced. #The sustain on this mandlin is to die for. #It is like my Gibson Les Paul. #I can play a note, go eat dinner and come back and its still ringing. #Can you hear it? # It's still ringing and I'm at work. #; )

Andrew Mowry Captured EXACTLY what I wanted out of this mandolin, and I must say he also gave me 200% more. #It is way more than I ever expected. #I could go on, but I won't. #I'll post some clips soon. #I don't have a great microphone but I do have a nice tube preamp and digital 8-track. #

I play mainly irish and brazillian music, and I could not imagine a better mandolin for it. #Mr. Mowry's next construction for me is a doubleneck, with a mandolin neck on top and a 6 string acoustic on the bottom! #I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

**mandomick** · Jun-20-2007, 5:14pm

Almost too pretty to play! What's the back wood?

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-20-2007, 9:51pm

The back and sides are bubinga. The top is engleman spruce. Neck is mahogany.

**Narayan Kersak** · Jun-23-2007, 10:58am

Is there anyway for me to post sound clips on here?

**mandolooter** · Jun-24-2007, 11:24am

no but if ya post them on YouTube, Myspace, Soundclick etc ya can link to them in your post.

**Keith Newell** · Jun-25-2007, 1:43am

OK, here is one I'm building for me. I don't want to hear about the color, don't laugh. I like it, I live in Oregon (green), I like avacados, I like relish, I like JJ Yeley, I like money (the color of

, and most things green. Given the choice between colors I usually choose green.
Keith

**Keith Newell** · Jun-25-2007, 1:44am

I'm stuck on green. Keep in mind there is no finish yet on this. I will be doing that later this week.
Keith

**45ACP-GDLF5** · Jun-25-2007, 3:27am

It kinda looks like the "Tiger Stripe" camo that was used in Vietnam by the Spec Ops and LRRP's and the Navy Seals!

**Stephanie Reiser** · Jun-25-2007, 4:22am

Keith, a mahogany neck? Will this be an F-4?

**Mandoborg** · Jun-25-2007, 6:35am

Keith, Green is Great, be Bold, Beat the Boring Burst !

Looks like a winner.

Jim

**JEStanek** · Jun-25-2007, 8:28am

Looks cool. I like the hook scroll too. Please show us the top.

Jamie

**Keith Owen** · Jun-25-2007, 11:47am

Surprised to see you go with the ivoroid binding, Keith...thought you were tortoise all the way!

Looks great!

**Daniel Nestlerode** · Jun-25-2007, 1:03pm

Originally Posted by (mandolinkgn @ June 24 2007, 23:43)

OK, here is one I'm building for me. I don't want to hear about the color, don't laugh. I like it, I live in Oregon (green), I like avacados, I like relish, I like JJ Yeley, I like money (the color of

, and most things green. Given the choice between colors I usually choose green.

I think Joe Raposo wrote the following, sung by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog:

It's not that easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that

It's not easy being green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky

But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean, or important
Like a mountain, or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful
And I think it's what I want to be

Daniel