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I was playing a mandolin very near another mandolin hanging on a stand, and I thought I heard a harmonic response from the mandolin on the stand, so as an experiment I thought I would try a quick...

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Another bouzouki heading off to the USA in a couple of days. Video to follow...
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As is apparent from many of the builder posts on this string, we seem to be detail-obsessed personalities ... in the best way!

I guess that is why I am so tickled by the little V5 logo detail on...

Your joinery is indistinguishable from perfect, John, at least in a photo on the internet. I'm trying to imagine me having to lay out that joint and it blows all the geometry circuits in my head.

Just because I haven't posted anything here for a while, here's one of the things I'm working on.
The mahogany that this neck blank is made from is not wide enough for a peghead. This guitar is to...

A nice shot of a new inlay for the V5 that I am prepping for finishing --

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Good Old Lumpy.....

I’m sticking with my tried and true Devastator…nothing better!

Close! The price tag gave it away, if it was a real Gibson MM Reissue it would have cost $20,000!

I'd get one just for the day pass!

Or maybe I'll just stay up too late and do it tonight.

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Working on finishing up the rim, including installing a keystone piece to match the Sapele strip on the back. Planning to glue on the top on the coming days.

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Luke's top is off the test rig and we glued it to the final rib garland this evening with the new go-bar deck. (More broken basses in the background!)

His fingerboard is made and fretted; binding...

Hey Peter, I hope I am not hijacking your thread. I have a real affection for L&H mandolins.
When I worked for a professional violin shop in NC years ago, we were gifted an American Conservatory...

This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...

I only use hot hide glue for the entire instrument build across the spectrum of the entire mandolin family, guitars, and the double basses.

All of the processes are continually evolving; the back...

Ask one of the other fellows to upload some video; that's not my best skill set & I'm way too busy to add that to the list!

Brandon's top is carved and tonebar braced. We glued it on to the live...

Oh, I don't know about a waste of a whiskey barrel. Some folks get an idea in their head and come up with something unique. It's almost like folk art. I enjoy seeing these franken instruments from...

Thank, Skip!

Here's a little comparative anatomy with the current Sorensen VX and V5 scrolls --

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Steve

No amount of whiskey can make that sound good!

Complete waste of an oak barrel!!!

It's nice to be back in the wood mode after a roller coaster detour into carbon fiber!

Here is a new variation of the Sorensen VX with a F5-ish scroll ... so I guess its a Sorensen "V5". I really...

I can't help wondering what it sounds like.

99 bottles of beer on the wall...

🍻cheers

It took a good long while and more wheeling and dealing (and spousal apologizing) than I've ever done, but I've managed to put together a full Lyon & Healy Quartet.

All are player grade - the...

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