Interestingly I didn't notice anything with this one: my long scale cittern though, I did have to do some head scratching on the bridge compensation as potentially each string in the course needs...
Interestingly I didn't notice anything with this one: my long scale cittern though, I did have to do some head scratching on the bridge compensation as potentially each string in the course needs...
OK Part 3.... closing out the box...
Back is 2.5mm rosewood and a lot less flexible than the top, so while it also has an induced arch in the same manner as the top, it's a lot less noticeable. ...
A short video about Michael...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZEGIqETatM
OK folks here we go, this is a slightly unusual thread - it's not a "build thread" because the instrument is already built and off in it's new home, nor is it a "look what I made" thread, because I...
Davy,
Nice tailpiece. Looks good and easy to use. Don’t know why more luthiers don’t choose to use that type. Must be the Gibson influence.
Regards,
Davy, that’s a great looking mandolin. The Blackwood is really good looking wood. How is it for carving?
Looks great! I like that tailpiece.
That looks awesome!
No, you posted in the right thread. Looks great!
For folks feeling left out of our thread derail, here is a link to a detailed discussion and description of my plate tuning jig:
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Off to the US next month for the Guild of American Luthiers convention in Tacoma WA. I will have a couple of new mandolins with me. The latest of the King Billy and Huon Pine oval hole mandolins, and...
I make fan fretted tenor banjos, so I got a custom built fan fretted tenor guitar in carbon fibre. The scale lengths are 23” (E) to 24” (G). The ergonomics are such that it has a comparable stretch...
Nice work! I haven’t ever been south of the equator myself & it never occurred to me the perspective of the moon would be that different. I couldn’t ever see a face in the moon as a kid but, laying...
We can immobilize the mandolin, use a strap that sticks to our shirt, or otherwise keep the neck from dropping, but that doesn't adjust the balance of the instrument. It only overcomes the tendency...
I don't know about violins, but it has certainly been well covered in the guitar world. Adding mass to the sides lowers the frequency of the main top mode and that can be used to advantage (or...
A recent video featuring a Small Celtic F mandolin.
http://youtu.be/zGv6c81QHfU
Nigel
www.nkforsterguitars.com
"Dry gluing" is common among violin makers as it will prevent staining wood with glue (any residual glue can cause ghosts under varnish). They don't seem to use steam but rather hot water applied...
Another variation: apply glue to both surfaces, then liberally apply reasonably dilute HHG to both to re-activate and clamp up.
Nice work Davy. That is a beautiful octave.
Steam can get "anywhere" when it comes to wood.
I have not tried the technique, but it has been done successfully.
A similar method (and to me, one that makes more sense) is to glue, dry and clamp...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCI6KEnh-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiijRNeFFxs
I believe the precursor of the scroll on mandolins at least in the US appeared on German concert zithers. No doubt Orville wanted a certain look to his instruments. After his departure post-three...
Orville was heavily influenced by Victorian times, though he was working somewhat later. Ornamentation was the order of the day, and his personal aesthetic led him to heavily ornament things; thus...
Very interesting discussion.
More than just the thick / thin rib concept, I believe the bigger issue is how you use that one aspect to couple the entire build together to make a very responsive...
Yes, the rapid cooling is problem with thin stock at lower temps (slightly below boiling point) but if you apply the stock to heated iron for bending it will work and my tests samples suggest that it...