There is no one factor you should be worrying about. Or, the corollary: nobody can tell you one, or a few things you can do that will magically make...
Not necessarily. But you don't know anything about the wood you've got on hand, other than that it's lighter than what you used before. And the side...
Ok, what does "darker tone" mean? To me it means, as a gross over-simplification, "Set the EQ to Bass Boost".
So if you want it to really have those...
I've only ever had to adjust truss rods on customer's mandolins if the customer (or someone in the past) messed with it or broke it.
So I build mine...
I am a Music Production nerd with the Berklee College of Music. I had the honor to play with the Great White Possum String Company for 3 years. I also studied with Bruce Graybill (Two Time National Champion) for 3 years. I play a little bit of everything from Bluegrass, Jazz, Classical to Dawg music.
Location:
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Interests:
Spending time with my kids, camping and sport shooting
Occupation:
Owner of SoundWeaver Studios and Inspector in the natural gas industry
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2013 Jacobson Nautilus #23 Semper Concinentī
2007 Weber Custom Yellowstone
2003 Gibson A9
2013 Godin A8
2007 Martin 000-18 Norman Blake #62 of 134
2000 Heritage Millennium H-155