Hey Marty.
The image on the monitor - what is that?
Campanella Due.
Condino chambered Les Paul style singlecut with back from the craigslist cocobolo log; cutaway gets finished after the neck is attached.
Wow, James - what kind of pickups you gonna put in?
Clark Beavans
It has been a while...
Carving a couple Imperial top and back plates.
Eric Foulke
Boots Mandolins
"Outside of a book, a dog is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx
A flat-top mandola I have just finished. Top is cedar, back is cherry and the sides are walnut. No real reason for the choices other than I had this wood in my stockpile and wanted to make a mandola but only had sides in walnut and a enough for a back in the cherry! The neck is made from recycled Austrian Oak from a pew which was being recycled from a local church during a refurbishment project; the pews had been installed in the church in 1908, so I reckoned the oak would be fairly stable by now. Fingerboard in from a stock of Canadian maple I was gifted a while back by an architect friend; he was using it in a project in his own home. I just love recycling!
I have added a soundport to this build and used a different style of bracing (a sort of H format) which I saw in use by Graham Macdonald in another posting in the forum.
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I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
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Thanks for your comment, Bob. I did a bit of research into scale lengths and decided on 404 mm. This seems to suit the D'Addario string set I used, 14 - 47.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores
Purr more, hiss less. Barn Cat Mandolins Photo Album
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores
My 5th take on the Griffith Loar A model. Left handed model I was asked to build. Just strung it up an hour ago.Still not where I want to be but get better on every one.
Hughes F-5 #1
Hughes A model #1
1922 Gibson A-2
1958 Gibson A-5
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com
The Mandolin Project on building mandolins
The Mandolin-a history
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Three weeks before I leave and to arrive hopefully in delightful autumnal weather 8-)
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com
The Mandolin Project on building mandolins
The Mandolin-a history
The Ukulele on building ukuleles
Thanks, Dagger. Your encouragement is very welcome! I have just posted a recording of Alistair McCulloch's "The New Dawning" over on the SAW group and it features the mandola, so anyone can have a listen to it there.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order. - Eric Morecambe
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheOldBores
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