Hello all, I hope the holiday season went well for everyone. Here are a couple late christmas mandos which will be shipping out soon.
The F4 First.
Hello all, I hope the holiday season went well for everyone. Here are a couple late christmas mandos which will be shipping out soon.
The F4 First.
Walnut back, sides, and neck.
Tazmanian blackwood/maple binding.
The inlay is my take on a southwestern theme. The flower is modeled from a "Sacred Datura" which grows where I live. The geometric design was taken from Navaho pottery. The littl fleck in the middle is a piece of dinosaur bone.
Tazmanian blackwood tuner buttons.
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A-style.
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Headstock
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That F is over the top...
Great work!!!!
Look up (to see whats comin down)
Amazing work and a real treat to see, thanks Chris.
Gail Hester
Yamahama! Both of those look splendid. How does the walnut sound? Vastly different than maple?
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Nice work, and brilliant finish! The F is a little over-the-top for me though the walnut look awesome, but that A looks fabulous. Is it gold MOP inlay for the logo or wood? I love the dead-straight trussrod cover. Good job I'm poor right now.
Germain
Stunning, simply stunning!
Milan
Chris, I stopped in at Intermountain this afternoon and Kennard was still drooling over an F4 you brought in a couple days back. Was it this one? For the record he said it looked and sounded spectacular.
Jay
I guess I'm getting "A" late christmas present from myself. It's looks are more than I had envisioned.
Daryl
Chris,
That F is awesome. Love the inlay. Absolutely nothing over the top about it as far as I can see.
Daryl,
Enjoy that A! Let us know if it sounds as good as it looks.
Paula
Stunning! The inlay work on the F4 is absoutely top shelf in everyway;that is gonna be one proud owner. That A aint shabby either. Well done. Lp
J.Lane Pryce
The F-4 is amazing. I love the headstock design too.
Beautiful work, Chris!
Chris,
To quote Doc Watson "What a job he did". I was talking to a friend last night about ordering a walnut F4, but was not sure if I had the conjones to risk it. Well you did, and very tastfully I might at. Thank you for sharing.
Tony
Tony Huber
1930 Martin Style C #14783
2011 Mowry GOM
2013 Hester F4 #31
2014 Ellis F5 #322
2017 Nyberg Mandola #172
VERY VERY nice mandolins - both of them. I think that F4 is stunning. It's not 'over the top' - but certainly unique! I too am curious about the sound/tone with the black walnut! GREAT JOB Chris.
"The more I learn, the more I realize how ignorant I truly am..."
I love your work Chris. It is always an inspiration to me and I hope that one day my work will be as beautiful as yours.
Keep up the excellent work!
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