I'll attempt to attach a sound file. I'm quite happy with the sound, way more pop and punch than my Eastman. No harshness or 'tinny' aspect to the sound, and more overtones than I expected. If...
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I'll attempt to attach a sound file. I'm quite happy with the sound, way more pop and punch than my Eastman. No harshness or 'tinny' aspect to the sound, and more overtones than I expected. If...
The camp went great! Unfortunately there weren't many mando players there, but people were very interested in who built my mandolin and quite surprised to hear it was 'home brewed'. Basically I...
After polishing the mandolin I drilled for the endpin jack. This is when I realized that the 'cloud' tailpiece that I was going to use wouldn't work with the endpin jack. Since this was last minute...
Here are some pictures of the final polished mando:
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Continuing the updates:
I scraped down the binding. The celluloid shavings are the worst thing ever. They get everywhere and are sticky. They are also super flammable, so I wasn't happy...
Hi Rjayh. Here are the tools I used:
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The gouge is a Pfeil 7/25. I think it would be better if I put a longer handle on it like some of the violin guys do. That is a project for next...
I dislike routing binding channels and this is the first time that it actually went really sideways. I was flush trimming the back to the sides and was very carefully climb cutting when the bit...
Here is a photo of the tools I used to shape the neck riser.
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I forgot to include the fact that I installed a JJB piezo pickup before closing up the back. Every time I go to an open...
Well, the mandolin is pretty much done! I knew I was going to the Georgia Straights Music Camp at the beginning of June so I pushed hard to get it done. We can't skip straight to the end though!
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A shot that shows the peghead shape I went with.
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Some more progress has been made on the Mandolin. I realized the peghead would be too thick once I added the plate on the front so I had to very carefully thin it down. I cut the fretboard to the...
I got a bit busy over Christmas and not much got done on the Mandolin. The formwork for our new barn is done and the slab will get poured Tuesday so that will be a milestone. I also created a...
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It's been awhile since my last post! It seems like I left off with the binding. All in all the binding turned out very well. I still need to do some final scraping but I think things are going to...
Sounds pretty cool! I haven't really played many Mandolas so I'm not sure what they typically sound like. Yours seems like it would be good for some 'Planxty' type stuff.
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Looks like my last post was just after the f-holes were finished. I had to try to get the top and the rib assembly super flat so the glue joint was tight. I should have done a better job on the top...
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I carved the inside of the top in the same way I did the back. I set the depth of my drill bit so that I had a bit less leeway after my experience with the back. I think I left an extra 1mm extra....
Here is the top at the moment. I carved into a bit of a dark streak. It will just be a bit at the edge. I could cover this with a burst, but I was hoping that if I didn't have too many sins to...
A few more pictures:
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Here's another update on where I am with this project.
I continued with the back graduations until I got to where the plate felt like it had the 'correct' flex and 'bong' when tapped. Of course,...
I am just beginning myself, but there are a few things I can suggest based on my little bit of experience. The first (I'm surprised no-one has suggested it yet) is to get Adrian Minarovic's F5 plans...
Thanks Adrian. I spent an hour or two after I posted the picture of my back arching trying to chase out all the bumps. I was thinking I should have drilled my holes a bit deeper but I’ve read a few...