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After a long backorder, these are back in stock. Great for smoothing out that tricky scroll!!

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=67195&cat=1,42524

If you want I have a similar A-5 kit and can start a build diary for those of who are interested.

https://youtu.be/9-wEbszahw0

Seems to be the cheapest and easiest way to get yourself a duplicarver. Has anyone built this one? Plans are at copycarver.com


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DytNtu2dbcY

If the nut is of good quality, the nut slots are good, and the strings fit the slots well, (in other words, if the instrument is well set up) any decent quality tuners will tune the strings just...

What we can do is called "educated guess".
We can pretty closely replicate their working methods and materials and even the specs from the sheets.
Loar had no one to learn from the TT of mandolins....

I've repeatedly said about all I have to say about tuning parts of mandolins to what I consider to be arbitrarily decided frequencies, so I'll leave it at: I tried it and gave it up because I didn't...

How they work.

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I don't have a filter suggestion, but I've always been able to spray the stuff after filling an airbrush bottle using a pipette. I draw the liquid dye mix from the surface of the container with the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN2M8x7raN8

Thanks to Mando-Montreal here is a video of Jacob Reuven's warm up. He discussed this in our workshop this summer and I took the best notes I could. And I have been working from my notes. I did not...

Hi everyone

Just strung up my Gellie F-5 made from an Arches F-5 kit.

Here is a picture of her in the white soon to be sunbursted:

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And here is a sound bite :mandosmiley::

Final shape.

I had a chance to sit in for a tune with these guys at the Station Inn - what an amazing band!959_AYNS_7A

finally...
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Hi Daryl

Mine is heading to Australia hopefully this week. Great pics BTW. I will give a report when mine arrives.

And by the way you can build a mandolin almost as good as a Collings if one...

UPS dropped off a 5.6 lb, 16"x16"x6.5" box yesterday. Inside the Arches A style kit was neatly packed and was very well pleased with the contents.


the top, back and sides were high quality. The...

You guys are on the right track but I would advise that you always use 2 opposing spool clamps so the body rides on three points. The bottom edge of the rabbit will be much cleaner. Even for a...

This is a jig I made using some parts from a stewmac binding jig that never worked very well and some other bits and pieces. I prefer to use a down cut spiral bit. (In this case it cuts up)
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Just set it up. Chose to use an LMI bearing cutter.

There's more playing in this clip.

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I was at Hans Brentrup's house the other day, and he showed me his last F5C mandolin and a new book he has written on mandolin building. Looks like very practical information with lots of...

Max and Lauri Girouard pointed to this review/demonstration clip on their Facebook page. The reviewer does a great job of providing the kind of information required by potential buyers - and the...

It's a good thing I have not been bitten with the lutherie bug, I don't think John would ever get anything done!
You are so generous with your talent, it makes me happy to see you help so many.

As long as you go in knowing how much of luthiery comes down to sanding, and are prepared for the hours that don't feel so creative, go for it.