New Voight

[Dan Voight]

I'm starting this thread to post the final stages of my latest F style. The neck is being glued in at the moment. I plan on stringing it up in the white hopefully this week and making the final adjustments. I will post sound clips of the mandolin from the early stages after first being strung up as well as through the final adjustments and after finishing.

Enjoy

[Dan Voight]

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[dcoventry]

Ah ah.

Is this the one with the CF bracing rods?

In any event, lovely, to say the least. My congratulations.

[Ben Milne]

Sublime

[Dan Voight]

Is this the one with the CF bracing rods?

This is the one.

Fret board is ready to be secured

[billhay4]

Dan,
Beautifully exact work.
Bill

[Skip Kelley]

Dan, that is a sweet looking mandolin!

[Scotti Adams]

Really nice...looking forward to seeing it finished.

[bernabe]

Very nice, Dan.

[JEStanek]

Excellent!

Jamie

[Dan Voight]

Just about ready for some strings. There is still lots of sanding to do but I know ill probably bump it on something playing it in the white. I'll post sound clips of the initial string-up and then some progressive clips as it settles in a bit.

[Dan Voight]

I recorded this clip roughly 10 minutes after stringing it up. There is still a lot of sanding to do. I also have yet to open up the F holes and remove material from the recurve area. The neck is also pretty fat still. Set up is close but not as low as I'd like it.

[Skip Kelley]

Dan, great work! Nice sounding mandolin!

[Grommet]

Glorious tone, and beautifully played (loved all the clips on you site as well).

Scott

[Charles E.]

Dan, that looks and sounds great. Do you have any sense how the CF rods are affecting the sound yet? Keep us posted.

[Malcolm G.]

Lovely, Dan!

Can I ask which strings are on her?

[Dan Voight]

Lovely, Dan!

Can I ask which strings are on her?

Elixer mediums. They're not quite settled in yet.

[Dan Voight]

Dan, that looks and sounds great. Do you have any sense how the CF rods are affecting the sound yet? Keep us posted.

Im going to reserve that judgement until I open up the F holes and finish the recurve area. I'll post more clips soon.

[usqebach]

Dan,

I love both the look and the tone of that mandolin! I don't know what you mean by "opening up" the f-holes, but I sure wouldn't want to do much to them. I'm not much of a fan of traditional f-shaped holes (fiddle player bias), but I think those are some of the most stylish and artistic that I have seen.

Keep up the great work!

Jim

[Malcolm G.]

Elixer mediums. They're not quite settled in yet.

Thanks, my quest continues.....

[Scotti Adams]

Looking and sounding good.

[Dan Voight]

Here is a clip I did today. The mid/bottom range is starting to come in and the instrument sounds more refined than last week.

[Dan Voight]

[Charles E.]

Dan, just wondering how that mandolin with the CF rods is doing. It sounded great in the white and it's been a little while, what are your thoughts?

[Paul Statman]

Sounds and looks awesome! Kudos!