Good morning. I Thought i'd post a couple of pictures and a small review on my recent International Violin F style build. This was my second mandolin build, my first being a SAGA (A style) mandolin.
For the price, the quality of wood was much better than the SAGA kit. The only thing that was sub-par was the tuners (terrible) and the tail piece although cheap, was not bad. The binding was extremely cheap and found it difficult to apply and i would recommend upgrading all the hardware.
This is s great "Intermediate kit" for anybody with a little bit of experience working on instruments and would recommend purchasing the book as well.
If you consider yourself handy and have experience working on mandolins, i would spend the extra money and purchase a siminoff or Stewmac kit. With the money it's going to cost upgrading the hardware, you might as well.
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