my latest......a pandolin

[buckhorn]

with time on my hands, here is my newest work of art

[Got8Strings]

That's just wrong... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Got8Strings]

On the other hand - a panjo - that's something we could appreciate.

[chinamando]

Buckhorn,
Would you be willing to sell this? How does it sound? And is it used? I hope it's not used.

[Antlurz]

What's it smell like?? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Ron

Can you make me one with f holes instead?

Oh yeah, and does it come with a case?

[buckhorn]

another pic...

[buckhorn]

soo...what do you think? things are not quite right tho. the firt mistake::the steal won't support the preasure from the neck. as you try to tune, the enamel cracks and splinters... and that is the second problem. next time i'll try stainless steel..anyone have any ideas how to support the neck to stop the splintering?....keith

[Jim Garber]

Keith Cary has been making the resonator version of this, the Commodium (http://www.keithcary.com/commodium/index_html/document_view?month:int=7&year:int=2005) for some time now. Joe Craven plays one. They supposedly sound pretty good.

http://www.keithcary.com/commodium/commodium-mando.jpg

Jim

[John Flynn]

I can see a lawsuit coming from the Commodium guy.
http://www.keithcary.com/commodium/

[jim simpson]

I would look at a banjo neck and see how the extension of the neck goes under the head and attaches to the inside of the rim. I believe the same set-up could work here.

[Jim Garber]

Simultaneous post with mine, Mando Johnny. Great minds run the in the same bedpans. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Jim

[John Flynn]

Wow, we posted basically the same thought simultaneously.

[John Flynn]

We gotta stop this!

[John Flynn]

Now everyone can get in an argument about whether enamel coated bedpans are tonally superior to stainless steel. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Lane Pryce]

A new spin on "sniffing F holes!" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Lp

'Scuse me, these might be considered A holes (ducking)....

[Joe F]

Those are modeled after the classic instruments built by Lloyd Loo.

[Keith Owen]

Diego, you had me rolling - right on!

[Got8Strings]

With just 4 strings and AECG tuning would this be a upeelele?


(say it slowly)

If this thing barks I'm out of here...

[Ken Berner]

Not the conventional oval hole and certainly not an "f" hole configuration; must be a "butt-hole" model. By the way, folks; Joe Craven can play anything in this world with a string on it. Well, maybe not a tamp. . !

[bluegrassplayer]

...with time on my hands...
and hopefully nothing else after working with that.

[buckhorn]

i will try this again...........after years of triing to learn to play stringed music , the wife was at her limit...first it was the guitar, then the banj.... ,then this addicted thing called a mandolin...she said that as hard as i tried, it still sounded like #### ..sooo this is how i had hoped to handle the ####.......keith

This is bringing tears to my eyes. I can feel the love in the room. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[JEStanek]

What would you put in there as a virzi?

Jamie

[kww]

Looks like a good instrument for one of my favorite Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band songs: "The Strain". Better known for "Death Cab for Cutie" and "I'm the Urban Spaceman", "The Strain" was on their final album, "Let's Make Up and Be Friendly."

From memory:
Hey, Hey, Human going to do the strain
gonna grip the seat, I'm gonna pull the chain
barb wire bum, baby, be like me,
gonna do the strain on the lavatory

Every time I settle down and try to read a book
the telephone starts ringing so I take it off the hook
Then Jehovah's Witnesses start a knocking on my door
I try to tell them nicely, but they still come back for more
strainin', complainin,
No ... I'm not complainin'
Just got a lot of octothorpes in me
gotta get it out

[Strange1]

uh,how often do you have to empty it to maintain the tonal qualities?

Jack

[HarmonyRexy]

buckhorn-- interesting... too bad its not all that playable... using a stainless steel would probably help out somewhat. I hope you get great use from your new "A" style!!!!


I'm a proud owner of one of Keith Cary's Commodiums. It is an amazingly strong instrument... and heavy.

I play mostly jazz with it.... but I'll pop that thing out if a banjo player or two are getting too sassy during a jam of any genre. It is loud but does not have the metallic twang that I had feared it would produce.
:cool:

[Ken Berner]

Jack, I think Jamie has the answer to the ever-changing tonal qualities; that Virzi enhancer has to be of some value! I suppose the builder will furnish some "paperwork" to explain care & cleaning of this gut-wrenching instrument.