Here's a couple more of my Bigsby Inspired Mandolins.194632194633194634194635
Here's a couple more of my Bigsby Inspired Mandolins.194632194633194634194635
I've been building some Bigsby Inspired Mandolins, though I'd share some photos.
Here's a finshed one, this one now lives in Chicago, l'm starting a new batch soon. Some asked where I got my pickups and what the scale was, scale lenth
13 7/8, I make all the pickups and custom...
Findly getting one put together, took a while to carve out the all the aluminium goodies. Can't wate to play it.
Here's a few photos of the painting.
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Sprayed sealer today on all 5 of the instruments I'm building.One of my mandolins is sold, one is still available, stay tuned for more photos.
Well friends, I findly got back out into the shop this weekend, finished up the necks for my Bigsby Tiny Moore style mandolins. Did the mother of pearl inlays, fretting, binding and shaped the backs...
Managed to get my 2 necks ruffed out. These are flame maple, ebony fingerboars and black walnut burl head overlays.Going to start doing inlays tonight.
Well I managed to get out into the shop, routed the binding slots bound the front and back and sanded both bodies. Picked out a nice piece of 5A flame maple big enough to make 2 necks and a couple...
I think I've caught the Bigsby bug, I've been wanting to build bunches of Tiny Moore style mandolins for a long time, I've tooled up, here's the first 2 bodies I built yesterday, going to saw out...