grandmainger
Dec-31-2008, 1:24am
Well, this one's been a long time coming, and it's still in the white, but it's built, at last! Started over 2 1/2 years ago in London, finished yesterday in Tokyo, with wood from Bruce Harvie (front) and Don Kawalek (back).
My first one from scratch (except the headplate, bought as is off ebay, couldn't be bothered to get into inlaying :sleepy: ). Done mostly afer hours on the living room floor, with cheap hand tools and a drill. Sharpening stone, scrapers and elbow grease... and blood, sweat and tears. A great experience.
The shape and 4-strings inspiration credit goes to Paul Lestock's Jazzbo (http://jazzmando.com/paul_lestock.shtml). I played an early prototype of the jazzbo with Paul at the symposium in 2005, loved it, came home and started this one :mandosmiley:
The sound is strong, full and interesting, it needs fine tuning, but I reckon it will turn out to be pretty good, and it's already lots of fun to play.
Thanks to all who helped with wood, inspiration and advice, now I need to find some time to play it!
Happy Holidays!
Germain
My first one from scratch (except the headplate, bought as is off ebay, couldn't be bothered to get into inlaying :sleepy: ). Done mostly afer hours on the living room floor, with cheap hand tools and a drill. Sharpening stone, scrapers and elbow grease... and blood, sweat and tears. A great experience.
The shape and 4-strings inspiration credit goes to Paul Lestock's Jazzbo (http://jazzmando.com/paul_lestock.shtml). I played an early prototype of the jazzbo with Paul at the symposium in 2005, loved it, came home and started this one :mandosmiley:
The sound is strong, full and interesting, it needs fine tuning, but I reckon it will turn out to be pretty good, and it's already lots of fun to play.
Thanks to all who helped with wood, inspiration and advice, now I need to find some time to play it!
Happy Holidays!
Germain