Bob schneider #47

[mandomick]

Picked this up about a year ago from Ken Cartwright. Besides the obvious maple/spruce, it has Waverly tuners, James tailpiece, varnish, triple bound and herringbone style soundhole rosette.

[mandomick]

First mando I got with a pickguard and armrest. Thought I'd wind up removing both but they're actually pretty nice.

[mandomick]

The Back

[mandomick]

Tried a close up of the rosette.

[jasona]

I love the colour of the back. Scratch that, the whole thing looks great!

[mandomick]

One more for flame lovers.

[mandomick]

A peghead shot to show Bob's fern. I'm not crazy about fern inlay but this one's pretty cool.

[mandopete]

Yow, that's GOLDEN!

[Brad Weiss]

Cool. I remember hearing a tasting sometime back (posted here way back when), and thought the Schneider was the top of the heap Lucky you!

[Clyde Clevenger]

I've had the pleasure to play that beauty. Sounds every bit as good as she looks.

[Mark Walker]

VERY nice! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Spruce]

Bob builds 'em 2 at a time, and here's #47 bench-mate...

[Spruce]

Heavily bearclawed Sitka top, although it doesn't really show up in these pics...

[Spruce]

Nice Bigleaf back with "fishbone" figuring...

[Spruce]

Mike Blohm's inlaid tuners are a natural on instruments like these....

[fatt-dad]

This thread kind of makes me sick. Not to take away from Spruce, but Bob built Kens and his along with a third - one slated for me. I had my deposit in and make all appropriate custom selections and it was in the works. He even sent me photos along the way. As the delivery date approached, I had to decline (for personal, financial reasons). I recall just how psyched I was at the time and this thread is just more to ponder. I have a strong feeling that this mandolin is what I truly want for some old-time playing and tearing it up too!

Carry on. . . . .

Beautiful instruments!

f-d

[Spruce]

"I have a strong feeling that this mandolin is what I truly want for some old-time playing and tearing it up too!"

It'll do both... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[WireBoy]

Hello Bruce,
that is a very intersting looking pick jammed in the strings. what is it?

[mandomick]

"I have a strong feeling that this mandolin is what I truly want for some old-time playing and tearing it up too!"

It'll do both... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
I can seconed that!(mine too) Nice mando Spruce!

Thanks for all the compliments folks. I tried to e mail Bob to let him know these photos were posted but kept getting an error message. Anybody know if he has a new address?

[fatt-dad]

This is what I had 1.5 years ago: robo AT spiritone DOT com

f-d

[bradeinhorn]

Hello Bruce,
# that is a very intersting looking pick jammed in the strings. #what is it?
i might be wrong but it looks like buffalo horn.

[jasona]

Bruce: best wood ever. Amazing.

You win. Close the forum!

[craigmurray]

I agree with Jason. The handel style buttons are slick too. I guess if you are building a mandolin for a tone-wood dealer you better deliver the goods.

[Spruce]

" that is a very intersting looking pick jammed in the strings. what is it? "

Bradeinhorn nailed it. It's horn...

Those pics really do it for me.
I actually like the horn pics better than TS...

[fwoompf]

" that is a very intersting looking pick jammed in the strings. #what is it? "

Bradeinhorn nailed it. #It's horn...

Those pics really do it for me. #
I actually like the horn pics better than TS...
I have a few horn picks (I think...), the ones I have are not straight, they're pretty bent. How do you deal with that?

Edit: I also wanted to mention that the mandolins in this thread are some of the best I've ever seen... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Spruce]

"the ones I have are not straight, they're pretty bent. How do you deal with that?"

The ones I have are pretty flat....
You might try boiling them for a few minutes, and then clamping them between 2 boards? That works with TS....

[fwoompf]

"the ones I have are not straight, they're pretty bent. How do you deal with that?"

The ones I have are pretty flat....
You might try boiling them for a few minutes, and then clamping them between 2 boards? #That works with TS....
I'll give that a shot!

Is this the stuff you're using? It's what I'm talking about: http://elderly.com/also/accessories/items/PK25-RND.htm

[Spruce]

Well, mine's more like this (http://elderly.com/accessories/items/PK25-TRI.htm) one...

I'm done with TS...
Just got back from Mexico, and have a much higher appreciation for the plight of the turtle...

[fwoompf]

I've never had the opportunity to play with real tortoise shell so I don't have anything to compare it with. I love my red bear trading company pick though. I had given up on the horn ones because they were shaped so funny but I'll give the boiling thing a shot this weekend. Glad to see we have the same materials, there's some hope I guess..

[Spruce]

OK, back to Mr. Schneider's F4/F5 hybrids...

Any other pics out there?