Re: Saga solidbody e-mando kit... anyone build one?
Just finished this - meet Hank!
Pretty much what everyone else says. Fun, inexpensive, a couple problems here and there. Biggest problems - bridge is in the wrong place, it'll take completely resetting the bridge to fix. Two of the tuners were drilled off center and weren't usable. Pickup isn't grounded, there are shielding issues - I happen to be married to a pickup maker/electronic engineer, so I suspect I can talk my way into a custom rewind and better components.
Based the headstock on an old Tele we have, but smoothed it out a little.
Played it through the spouse's 1962 Fender Princeton and it sounds pretty good, with a new pickup, it could sound great! Inaugural tune? Cold Cold Heart!
1918 Gibson A, "Lillian";
1940s (?) Kay A style f hole - currently down for a refret and fretboard re-profile, my first attempts (with guidance) at lutherie.
1981 Washburn M7SN (2 point);
2011 Eastman 504, "Belle";
2012 Lafferty mahogany octave mandolin;
2012 Emando (Saga), "Hank"
1 husband, 2 dogs, 4 chickens.
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