A thread a few years back called them rarer than hen's teeth.
I went looking for them last week and no luck
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
They make it close to impossible to palm mute so most players toss them. You have a wall-hanger in need?
You would ask....long story.
I had come across a young woman making electric guitars out of recycled planks awhile back. Totally untrained....just tore apart old junk instruments and made new stuff out of whatever she found. Got into a conversation with her where she said she had some beams from the old Schmidt brewery in St Paul that she wanted to use for instruments. I gave her a commission to build an electric tenor guitar using the planks and an old tenor banjo neck (21" scale). Took awhile to get it, as she had a few "mishaps".....and she came close (is playable and the intonation is perfect), so I took it "as is" to let her get away from the project. Without destroying the neck/body join I have to sink the bridge down into the body top about .12/.18" to get the action playable. The cover is to "cover" the way it is going to look visually. She said she learned a lot........and I was only out 300 to support a young person pushing their envelope. When I get done it will be a player. The whole experience was well worth it. Well Verne, you asked.
Good story. Thanks for sharing. Good luck in your quest.
Pictures?
I made one out of a mini humbucker pickup cover
A picture of a mandocaster in the want ads made me think of how I solved this....I found an old silver plated butter dish cover and cut the ends to fit. Superglued a couple of small magnets to the cover and a couple more to the back plate of the bridge. Worked out perfect.
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