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Type: Posts; User: muleskinnermandos
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Not "on" the bench. But recently left the bench and headed to Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots in Manchester, VT. Andy built this instrument for the festival's instrument raffle to raise funds for a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oFQKoVrIHc
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Lots of curls on the bench this week.
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Starting a new batch of A5 mandolins.
A quick Tim O' Brien cover by Vermont based trio "Trifolium" (featuring an A-style mandolin that Andy built)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC5PaJLEgoo
A video of an original tune featuring a Muleskinner Instruments guitar bodied octave mandolin, with Muleskinner Instruments luthier Andy Mueller and his bandmates Chloe and Justin.
Filmed and...
Another video, with both of the mandolins in action. Andy is joined by friend and bandmate Justin Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQaEB0kq4mM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq8f-mFiH8M
And here is a video demo of the two Guitar Bodied Octaves...up the hill from the shop in a new small cabin being built.
Just finished about a week ago and just went off to their new owners. Friends and bandmates. These are the first two instruments of this design coming out of the Muleskinner Instruments shop, but...
Video and more pro shots to come. Just strung up.
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An update from the Muleskinner Instruments bench...GBOM
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Same specs. One of left is mahogany and the one on the right is walnut with a maple binding (the peghead logo inlay will be maple as well to match).
On the Muleskinner bench...a pair of guitar bodied octave mandolins.
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Before and after finishing of a Sycamore back and sides A style mandolin.
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A mandolin being built for Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival in Manchester, VT. This will be raffled off along with a Seeders banjo and a Pre-War acoustic guitar. A great festival that...
Addy top, Mahoghany back, sides and neck. A Koa soundhole rosette and back strip and Koa/flamed maple binding...plus a flamed maple bit on the back of the neck heel.
A pair of Guitar Bodied Octave Mandolin rims (mahoghany and walnut)
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A short break from the mandolins...a dread style axe for friend, multi-instrumentalist and bandmate Brian Carroll.
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Explanation/demonstration video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plzZORY_oEM
Playing a tune on the Sycamore mando:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpWyr0vQOA
Pal and bandmate Justin Park...
A new A-style from the Muleskinner shop. Literally just strung up about 5 minutes before these shots. Sycamore back, neck and sides. Demo coming to Youtube channel soon.
More photos on the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmPxl2xDhuQ