Trying my hand at building a Mandocaster.

[Sasquatch]

I decided I wanted to build a solid body electric instrument and since I love mandos, the mandocaster was my ticket. Funny thing is, I have never played one; in fact I have never held one nor even seen one in person! Putting this one together in the next couple of days. We'll see.
Body is made from a piece of local wild cherry a fellow musician cut years ago. I incorporated the woods natural flaws by filling them with epoxy mixture. Neck is maple with a figured red maple fret board. Scratch plate is copper I altered with mustard, salt and ammonia. I call my instruments 'The Squatch' and each one gets tagged/ named after one of the many cryptids from around the globe. This one is called 'Yowie'. I'll post the finished product later.

[Jim Garber]

What pickup did you use?

[Sasquatch]

Jim,

I bought a Almuse single coil.

Tim