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    Another "tiny pieces" inlay with everything safely in their pockets --

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    PS - Thinking a lot about the loss of Barry Kratzer's good-humored creativity while doing this detail work. His Bulldogs live on.
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    Beautiful detail Steve!

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    Starting a new batch of A5 mandolins.
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    The Wee Lassie taking shape....
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    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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    The decorative band is Morse Code and spells "St Augustine" on the port side and "lighthouse" on the starboard.
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    Recently converted an Epiphone Les Paul Special to an Octave Mandolin. I've listed it for sale in Classifieds. Click image for larger version. 

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    I see a lock coming....
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    A few things from my workbench this fall. Octave mandolin and #17 F5.
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    I haven’t been on this forum for awhile and have forgotten how to post pictures.

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    This one is coming along…
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    Quote Originally Posted by PT66 View Post
    I haven’t been on this forum for awhile and have forgotten how to post pictures.
    On the Reply form below, go to the top, where all the symbols are. Click on the third symbol from the right and you'll get a box from which you can load a picture from your computer or another source.
    Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
    "I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
    Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.

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    Looking great, Skip!

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ID:	198675] I hope this works. This is my latest. An octave mandolin.
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    Lookin good Skip!

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    8hrs of scraping complete and I realize my eye sight is horrible... smudges and fingerprints come free
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    Very Nice, Rose #1! What brown dye type/color name did you use? Looks good and dark but not blackish
    "If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards." - Joe Pass

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    Thank you sir. I used trans tint. I hand stained it first with a combo of Lemon drop, Honey amber and walnut brown. Then I tinted Shellac with the same colors starting with lemon yellow and adding honey amber and eventually adding walnut brown till I got the desired color/finish in the burst.... no real formula just test spray each coat on a board before applying. I actually used a Prevail? Preval? sprayer for this took some time to get it to spray how i wanted (thinned the shellac a bit more each time) I believe i got it down to a .7 lbs cut on the shellac before it was coming out correctly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rose #1 View Post
    8hrs of scraping complete and I realize my eye sight is horrible... smudges and fingerprints come free
    Looking very good. I, too, suffer from old eyes. Something to consider next time (if there is one). 1/8" Pinstriping tape, the shiny blue stuff. It's flexible and can be stretched around the curves. Not cheap but worth it, you can find it at auto finish supply places. You still get some color creep under the tape in places and have to touch up with the scraper, but it may save you some time. Your burst looks terrific!

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    yes sir i guess after dozens of years I am set in my ways of doing things hahaha but age is creeping in on me so i may have to start taping off the binding in future builds

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    Old eyes or just bad eyes. Until a few years agoI had one eye that could literally read writing on the sides of needles. Now not so much. For all the old eyes this sits on or by my bench. The little one is always within reach. Both have magnifiers built in and I got them on sale at Hobby Lobby. A really good sale! Hope this helps someone.

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    Just completed a Celtic Mandola with a carved top and flat back.
    The top is red spruce and the body is quilted cherry.
    All the best on this one: Schaller tuners, James tailpiece, Silverangel bridge, and Tomastik strings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tukanu View Post
    Just completed a Celtic Mandola with a carved top and flat back.
    The top is red spruce and the body is quilted cherry.
    All the best on this one: Schaller tuners, James tailpiece, Silverangel bridge, and Tomastik strings.

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    Beautiful!

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    What's on the bench? My helper. Click image for larger version. 

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    Prepping for a test-drive before finishing with this lovely new custom 13" scale Sorensen AX mandolin.

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