The yellow-meated melondolin "Sweet" and the aquamarine radio flyer ripoff "whoa!"
The yellow-meated melondolin "Sweet" and the aquamarine radio flyer ripoff "whoa!"
Mad dawg,
and the string?
Tomorrow is tomorrow
This is the peghead of my first mandolin made in '79. Straight Siminoff.I even called him to order the tuners at 7 AM Mountain time,thinking he lived on the east coast,but he had moved to California,so I got him out of bed at 6 AM to make the order.
Nugget did the finish on it for $200.Those were the good ole days.
Herman, your mandolins look fantastic! Who made those?
greetings, Arto
Hey guys, lets keep those headstock pictures coming.
My personal favorite, for obvious reasons... :-)
Check out those ears on the neck. They're 3 pieces each, alternating maple & cocobolo, so you get that sweet stripe down the center, which is the inverse of the maple/cocobolo/maple center part of the neck. Sweet!
And the pretty lass, too... the reason she looks like she's got a great tan is because she's copper, in case you were wondering. :-) Goes great with the copper and ebony jazz-guitar-style trapeze tailpiece...
A delicious, graceful Embergher provided by Alex elsewhere on the board:
Here's my Gibson F4
MPO - we prefer to use cat-gut.Originally Posted by
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Head Stock of Bill Thompson's F4
Gavin Baird
http://www.sheba.ca
The head and tuners on my Santos Beirao Lda., ca.?
ArtDecoMandos,
How about some photos of the whole thing, looks like a beauty so far.
There are three kinds of people: those of us that are good at math and those that are not.
ArtDeco,
I really like the coco ears.I got to hold a Loar this past weekend,and was struck by how they used the black veneer overlay on the back of the peghead to hide the fact there were seams as well as starting the scroll climb so you don't see the seams.You,on the other hand used the seams to get a nice,contrasting look.
Watch out for that cocobolo.It can produce rashes if you let the dust get on you.
Here's a couple by Michael Lewis.
First, the D'Anjelico Mando
And the headstock on one of his Brazian rosewood F models
and a traditional F style headstock
(this one is mine!)
sam bush...
"I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice."
Mike's Pricetone #33
Here's my D1M Dearstone headstock....
Thanks for the kind words and caution. I actually had my first run-in with inhaled cocobolo dust turning bowls a while back. Something like an instant severe head cold... :-)
I use a dust mask now... at least, whenever my little brother's watching.
And I don't care what anyone says. Mr. Lewis is the man. Keep 'em coming!
Hey ArtDeco -
I love those Michael Lewis headstocks and tailpieces. When are you going to post some pics of the mandos they're attached to?
Dudenbostel #2:
..... f5joe
89 Flatiron F-5 Custom....my new Baby....
my mando headstock
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