I just finished this 10-string mandolin for an exhibit at the Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada. The idea was a group of artists of varying backgrounds all make objects using wood from the same tree. This is my contribution.
It was perhaps the oldest Black Walnut tree in Victoria and it needed to come down. When I first picked up my chunk of wood it didn't look very promising but I was able to find some good stuff in there. I got Nicolo Alessi to make the tuners and had a custom pickup made by Kent Armstrong. I used my standard Northern Flyer tailpiece that Bill James makes for me. It seemed to fit the design perfectly.
It has a 14.25" scale and I used a .052" pair for the low C course.
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