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    I just finished this. Added to my collection.
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    That's a very cool instrument. It's the second electric solid body 5-string I've run across recently. Here's the other one:

    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/msg/2671931091.html

    I was previously unaware that such instruments existed. Is this a configuration with a long history, or is it just a coincidence that I've run into two of these within the space of a few weeks?

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    Paul Bigsby built at least one in 1952 for Tiny Moore. There are quite a few builders doing it now. This is my second 5 string out of 14 electric mandolins.
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    The 5-string solid (or semi-hollow) bodied electric mandolin is a fairly common beast these days.
    Just about all e-mando builders offer 4 & 5 string versions of most or all of their single-stringed models.
    The fifth string is almost always the C below G. However, Jon Mann builds 5-string octave mandolins he calls 'baritone mandolins'. These are strung one octave lower than a mandolin on the G-D-A-E, and have a fifth string on the high side (the B above E).
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    Default Re: new 5 string

    Just took some new pictures. (the first one was with my phone, couldn't find my camera)
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    The body is catalpa, the neck is walnut and maple. The body has some worm holes and a filled crack down the back so I went with the distressed look.
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    Congratulations, Dave, that's a really cool instrument.
    I like the combination of a string-through body and a floating bridge. Unique and neat looking.
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