Last edited by soliver; Mar-29-2024 at 11:24pm.
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Steve, that is classic! Nice work brother!
Just because I haven't posted anything here for a while, here's one of the things I'm working on.
The mahogany that this neck blank is made from is not wide enough for a peghead. This guitar is to have a slotted peghead so I didn't want to glue "ears" to the sides, and instead I went back in time for this V joint. This gives me straight grain in the peghead (rather than the severe run out in the peghead of a one-piece neck) while hiding glue lines through design and construction features. The "diamond volute" will be carved later.
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The same guitar has this "stellar" rosette!
John Hamlett
www.hamlettinstruments.com
Your joinery is indistinguishable from perfect, John, at least in a photo on the internet. I'm trying to imagine me having to lay out that joint and it blows all the geometry circuits in my head.
Clark Beavans
Clark, my first test on scrap went pretty well, and I left plenty of material and proceeded slowly. It's one of those things where experience sure can really speed things up!
John Hamlett
www.hamlettinstruments.com
beautiful work, John!
It has been a while since I posted a picture of what is on my bench.
First I put a new fretboard with gold Evo frets on my Black A-4. For some reason there was an inbuilt curve in the neck. So I ironed that out so to speak.
The second mandolin in the picture is my sixth mandolin I have built. It has waned in its case for the last three years since I started building it. I got more interested in making and repairing violins in the last three years. I might make one mandolin a year from now on. I have plenty of good wood lieing around in boxes.
So I finished the headstock inlay. I am waiting for some pearl dots to arrive so that I can finish the fingerboard. In the meantime I will finish some violins and get them set up to play.
Nic Gellie
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
It is still there Pat without the frets. In fact it is slightly larger than the one that was on there originally. I also did away with the bound fret board. It makes it easier for future refretting. I think that it also looks just as good as the previous bound one.
Nic Gellie
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I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Do you reinforce the under side of a rosette like that?
Dave Schneider
Not on the bench, but just off the bench…[ATTACH=CONFIG]213152
Skip,
That gives meaning to the phrase "simple elegance". So nice!
Steve
That's lovely, that is, Skip.
Steve, Paul, I really appreciate that. I wanted a little different task from the carved tops and backs.
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Jim, thanks. The top and back are flat but with a radius. Check out Kelley mandolins on YouTube to see the back really good. I’m using sugar maple for the back, sides and necks. It has really nice figure.
Nice mandolin Skip. Checked out the YouTube video as well. Sounds Great.
Adam
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
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