Rick Crenshaw
Mar-26-2007, 6:40pm
Well, I can't compete with the pro's on the 'Show your works in progress' thread. #So I'll just post a pic and a link here of my first mandolin - a Stew-Mac kit. #The unbound box sat for a solid year while I plotted and procrastinated on my approach to the binding. #Finally just dug in and said 'what the heck'. #It came out OK, but not close to professional quality. I decided at that point to finish as a distressed mandolin! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif # #I bound it, strung it up and picked it, thinned it here and there, picked some more, thinned some more, till it sounded good to me. #I had no experience so I relied on my ears and what I thought would work. #Anyways, here's a pic of "The POS'M'. #It's an acronym. #You figure it out. #Sounds better than alright and plays great. #I'm liking the tone, though it is far from the clarity of the Daley's tone. #It has more overtones and very good bass and low mid's. #The A string is getting better each day and the E is better than I hoped. #It's a good mandolin to pick around the house and to take on trips.
If someone was to clue me in on how to post a recording from my R-09, I'd put up a track or two.
Thanks for looking in. #Pic on next post.
If someone was to clue me in on how to post a recording from my R-09, I'd put up a track or two.
Thanks for looking in. #Pic on next post.