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Hi all. I don't get to build many mandolins these days, but I though you'd be interested to see this solid electric I've just completed for a customer who is travelling to India shortly.

It is a...

I'm not sure if "Four, five and eight string electrics" is the right forum though - this one has sixteen!

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(Apologies for the poor playing BTW - I've been playing more uke than...

Hi - I believe this mandolin will be used for home recording.

This tiny-bodied electric is going to a customer in the UK.

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Hi there - I am the builder of the travel mandolin in the youtube clip. Thanks for your interest!

It's not the first electric mandolin I've built - there are a few more on my web site, including a...

Yeah, the cigar box was all solid woods, where this box has a plywood top & bottom. Did you try the tin mando clip?

THat's my kind of uke! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I've done cigar box mandolins, guitars and just about every imangineable variant of the biscuit tin banjo/guitar/dulcimer/mando...

...but here goes with the vintage port case mandola....

Not very much to tell, to be honest. I made the mando pretty much how I do the biscuit tins. It's a through-neck, with the part of the neck that's inside the box cut away slightly so the soundboard...

The nut is Corian, the bridge is English holly.

The box has a nice print on the other side, "Romeo y Julieta" with a picture of the famous balcony scene. I noticed the same brand of cigars on...

I wound up buying a pile of them off ebay.

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

I've just finished a 4-string cigar box mandolin - 14" scale, standard tuning.

I guess this is as good a place as any to post it...

Well in the hour or so I spent with the guy when I handed it over, he still kept reaching into fresh air - trying to tune it at the headstock end.

I'll bet he has the opposite problem when he goes...

The new owner has just taken delivery of this strange creation.

It's a headless 8-string, with a minimal body and an articulated armrest, which protects the tuners from the player's forearm.
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Fair points re "normal" playing position for the mando. I've been playing guitar for 20 years and mandolin for 2, so I know I'm quite guitar-centric in my thinking!

GD, that is a fabulous piece of...

When finished, there will be an armrest to protect the tuners. The thing between bridge and pickup is a little abalone inlay (my first attempt).

I'll start a proper thread for it when it's...

Here goes...

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(I like the body shape on yours BTW!)

Something I fancy building at some point is a mando / guitar doubleneck.

The thing is, all the examples I've seen online seem to have the mando neck at the top. This doesn't make much sense to me,...

You rang?!?!

I have had difficulty sourcing good quality cigar boxes in the UK. There is a lot of demand for them for all kinds of crafts projects.

I've done a stick dulcimer using a small...

Wow, thanks to Scott I'm front page news with my little web site! (Totally unexpected on my part I have to say.)

I'm guessing this is the right place to introduce myself, so here goes.

1. How...