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The diamond volute originated with methods of attaching a separate piece of wood to the neck shaft for the peghead. There are 3 different neck joints (that I know of) that can result in a diamond...

Varnish and TO top coat done on the Griffith tribute.
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Inlay engraved (I might touch it up a little more later...):
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Griffith tribute progress:
Finish sanded, stained (sunburst) and sealed:
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Bindings scraped:
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Another bit of Griffith tribute progress:
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It's just the way I do it. I can extend the body bindings across the slot where the cross piece goes, then cut it so that the binding material fits tightly. In the case of celluloid binding, like in...

Back glued, edges cut for bindings.
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The forum software hates me. I'll try those again.
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Binding and custom inlay installed on the Griffith tribute peghead.
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We're using the snakehead shape for the peghead, but it will have a custom inlay when I get it done. As of now I have the logo ready to inlay and I'm slowly working on the main inlay design. We chose...

The customer who is patiently waiting for this mandolin has expressed interest in seeing some progress photos posted here so I'll go back a little bit and then catch up to current progress.
This is...

charlie and Capt. Kirk, I did go for it. It should be here on Friday afternoon. James from TMS returned my inquiry straight away before the store opened. He sent me some additional pics, a link to a...

Sell the Raven? Nevermore!

Hey all

I've been post a lot more lessons and song breakdowns - so I had to make a change to my posting schedule. I just added a breakdown on Billy in the Lowground for anyone interested. It's a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqk99EreeRU

Thanks Everyone!

John sent the two-point with J74s on it if I’m not mistaken. I’ve played J75s over the years so was going for that feel and started using them. I then experimented with monels...

Under those circumstances, people have waked up with a lot worse.


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FYI the group mando photo includes: The Griffith Loar, a copy of the Griffith Loar that Max Girouard built in collab with Bruce Harvie, Andrew's Nugget and Gilchrist F5's, my Ruhland F5 #35 and a...

Most fret wire on guitars, banjos and many mandolins is about .080" wide and .035" to .040" tall.
Nearly all modern banjos have the same fret wire as most guitars.
To some people, the narrow, tall...

The Allegro Assai BWV 1005 will improve your alternating strokes no matter
what speed. Sierra Hull plays it at break neck speed but even at slower tempos
(80 -86), the patterns and piston firing...

Just finished this nice purple F. Has the kind of sound I like.

Hi Jake,
I went through my .tef files and found whatever I could that came off the Traveler's album. Some of the tunes are almost exact transcriptions, such as El Grillo, Birdland Bounce, Chief...

When stainless and evo frets were introduced, I figured it was just a matter of time before people reported that they could hear a difference between them and nickel silver. Just a matter of time...