Guitar shaped mandola (CGDA)

[PT66]

Have any of you made a guitar shaped mandola (CGDA)? If so can you recommend scale length, body length and lower bout width.

[mrmando]

Check this one out.
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[Charles E.]

One of my very first instruments I made at the Redwing school of lutherie was a guitar shaped mandola. I chose a Gibson Super 400 body shape with a cutaway and reduced it to a 16 inch scale. It worked out pretty well for a newbie and looked very cool.

Are you planning an arch top with F-holes or a flat top?

[PT66]

I think flat top.

[Charles E.]

I would look at tenor ukulele body dimensions and a 16 to 17 inch scale length to start with.

[oldwave maker]

11"wide lower bout, 13.5" body length, 16" scale, worked better as daeb, no $ above the 5th fret, not much below either!