The bottoms of the drawers are veneered. Everything else is solid. Sides, top, and drawer fronts a little over 3/4" thick. It was an ugly reproduction with little value, so time to repurpose.
The bottoms of the drawers are veneered. Everything else is solid. Sides, top, and drawer fronts a little over 3/4" thick. It was an ugly reproduction with little value, so time to repurpose.
For a $6000 mandolin, IMHO, yes that is ¨wonky¨.
Google says a extra heavy fender pick is 1.2 mm. 50/1000¨ is 1.25mm, so any of the blue chips with 50 in their name should be very close to the same thickness.
My flatiron has small frets and I love the way it plays, but I've built several instruments since getting the Flatiron and I've used the EVO GOLD FW 74. I love the larger frets. Feels better to me. ...
I'm having problems with cracks in my finishes on my last two mandolins. I used the Mohawk branded Behlen instrument lacquer from my local Woodcrafters. On the first mando the cracks were around...