I am wondering if having the back and sides on the inside of a mandolin unfinished will absorb and kill some of the loudness of the instrument? Do any of you builders put a coat of varnish or lacquer on the backs and/or sides in side of the instrument? Many years ago I had an Aria that seemed to have the inside of the back sprayed with lacquer and it was a good sounding mandolin....I know that banjo players usually have the inside of the resonator sprayed with some kind of usually hard finish, I assume to get the sound to "bounce' outward...
Willie
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