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    Seconded.. the "tree of life" thing is very cool, Gary.
    Now you just need to make three more, and you could have a mando quartet with the same tree represented in each season . :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by GarY Nava View Post
    The client whose mandolin I’m currently working on, ordered an armrest from Doug Edwards, inlaid with a tree motif. So I thought that it would be nice to do a matching one in the head.Click image for larger version. 

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    Cheers Gary
    Nice work Gary!

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    Thanks guys!
    Nice idea Marty, if only someone would commission them!!
    Cheers Gary

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    Gary, nice inlay! Great looking!!

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    Wow, so much great stuff in this thread lately. Really wonderful stuff everyone!

    Lauri buffed this one out for me today!
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    Max, That is one awesome looking A model! The figure in the back looks like it runs across the sides too!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Girouard View Post
    Wow, so much great stuff in this thread lately. Really wonderful stuff everyone!

    Lauri buffed this one out for me today!
    You guys have really got it down, I can tell how well the frets are placed, I bet the intonation is spot on!

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    More pictures of my Silver Angel in the white, pictures courtesy of Ken Ratcliff. The back is a one-piece red maple.

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    She is currently being sanded ready for staining.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NG53 View Post
    More pictures of my Silver Angel in the white, pictures courtesy of Ken Ratcliff.
    It seems as if the muse has attached herself to this one already. -Harry

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    Yep, and according to Ken she is as good in the sound department as she looks.

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    NG53, that is one sweet looking A model! I love the one-piece back!

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    Ken's philosophy on making mandolins is that you need to have full and vibrant highs. mids, and lows sounds in a mandolin, like you would have in a band - otherwise it is not a complete instrument. I too like the one-piece back - came out exceptionally beautiful.
    The headstock veneer is made from a walnut burl so it has some beautiful wood features too.

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    Some new ones finally glued into their ebony homes -

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    Now, back to the musical end of the stick.

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    Steve, those are some awesome looking ladies! The pegheads look great!

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    Been looking at some old Rolls Royce emblems, Steve? Sweet ideas.

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    Here's what was going on in my shop today...

    Nautilus #3, with Sitka top and birdseye sugar maple back and sides. Parallel braced. This one's going to be a huge improvement over the first parallel braced prototype.

    You can see how the sides are applied... they stand proud of the plates when they are wrapped around the body. A few strokes with a block plane gets them flush, and I chamfer them off at a slight angle so there's no sharp corner, and to reveal the contrasting layers of wood in the sides.

    Also, a yellow cedar top for Nautilus #4 (my #16). It varies between 50 grains per inch and 65 grains per inch. Pretty incredible top. Transverse braced, and the bracing is yellow cedar as well. This piece of yellow cedar is actually more like red spruce than cedar, but with a little more cross-grain flexibility than red spruce. So I'm really excited to hear it. I have enough for six more tops from this board.

    Also, the back and heel cap of Nautilus #2. Sweet ribbon mahogany on that one.

    EDIT: the telecaster ukulele is something my son is working on... heh.

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    Martin, that is some great looking work! That is a tight grained top for sure!

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    Nice work Marty. I like the use of same design motif in the sound hole, tailpiece and fingerboard end. It is always so refreshing to see some original design work here.
    Cheers Gary

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    Martin your design and joinery are nothing short of CNC Alchemy. You weave that rim rap like your walking on Cake, dancing in the icing. Very, Very nice work.
    "A sudden clash of thunder, the mind doors burst open, and lo, there sits old man Buddha-nature in all his homeliness."
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    Fun project about to wrap up and go into finishing.............
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Girouard View Post
    Fun project about to wrap up and go into finishing.............
    Can just imagine Hayseed/DC buying this for there work!

    Good stuff!

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    Hehe, that's cool, Max. I kind of like the look of the James tailpiece without the cover.
    Are you making a different cover for it, or just leaving it off to keep dings off it before it's finished?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ArtDecoMandos View Post
    Hehe, that's cool, Max. I kind of like the look of the James tailpiece without the cover.
    Are you making a different cover for it, or just leaving it off to keep dings off it before it's finished?
    Yep, I'm going to inlay a mother of pearl tiger into an oval piece of ebony which I'll attach to the top cover of the tailpiece. Should be interesting!

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    uh-oh, Ed is going to want a tenor guitar verson of that.
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    Max, those are the coolest sound holes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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