I have met Phil for last time in 2008 in Union Grove NC we keep in touch via this forum sometimes , I'm so sad for that , he was a so nice person . He was with his Wayne's mandolin on the photo...
I have met Phil for last time in 2008 in Union Grove NC we keep in touch via this forum sometimes , I'm so sad for that , he was a so nice person . He was with his Wayne's mandolin on the photo...
Last construction of the year
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Actually on the bench , a travel training mando
sides are removable for going in a little bag , it goes with a shadow undersaddle piezo pickup , a guitar amplifier and a 9 volts battery
tuners are...
My last built it's a tenor 8 strings tuned dD gG BB ee
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and the sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZDJ6dUFbio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz60cX5BsKk
it's D G b e , like a 12 strings guitar without the 2 couples of bass strings
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Hello all
my project is done , here is some pics of this new one
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Hi Philphool , nice idea you have had here , in fact Sebo lives at just 40 kms from my home , in other words he is my neighbour .
we met yesterday morning for the first time , and probably not the...
2 years ago I decide to build my own CNC
I start from scratch , in fact I use an old door which come from an old telephone cabin like this one
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I cut this door in 2 parts , one part became...
I build one jig recently for an instrument I discover (octave mandolin first build ) , as others here , not sure it's an help , but here is the model :
it works without back installed , the strings...
Hi all
I've recently finished an octave mandolin 22" scale tuned GDAE see photos below
and the new project I have to do is to build the same instrument , but turn it as a tenor guitar with double...
HI all
I'm also on the way to build with CNC.
I've start from ground 0 , because I've built myself my machine , 700mm for X , 600 mm for Y and 200mm for Z.
I've bought motor and ball screws and...
Hi all , thanks for the replies
first , I'm sorry for having use the same name "Nautilus" as Marty Jacobson does , in fact the side construction I've made look like the sea shell , that only why....
Hi all
I've not posted on the cafe since a long , long long time .
But I want to share with all the mando aficionados you are here , this thing which I've just finished
It's a training ( no noise...