Mandolins in progress

**oldwave maker** · Jan-08-2015, 10:12am

If I'd only known there was going to be a 3rd 2 point mandocello, I'da bought one of those fancy giant robots to carve it like you younguns use, instead of scraping off evidence of the latest texas chainsaw massacre. If you don't use up your elbows by the time you kick the bucket, they will surely have gone to waste..........

**atbuckner21** · Jan-08-2015, 10:17am

This is beautiful man. I am an A5 guy and you are doing great work. Lovely headstock

**Steve Sorensen** · Jan-10-2015, 2:04am

Yes, tops do burn through the recurve first.

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Steve

PS - AAA Adirondack Spruce with a couple of pitch pocket surprises at final graduation.

**Pete Jenner** · Jan-10-2015, 5:22am

Looks like an emulation of the immolation in the Condino avatar.

Shouldn't this be in 'Mandolins not in progress'? ....now there's an idea for a thread.

Oops - 3000 posts in 3 and a quarter years - I'd better shut up for a while.

**amowry** · Jan-13-2015, 3:04pm

Here's a paua abalone rosette on an octave top.

**Steve Sorensen** · Jan-13-2015, 4:20pm

Beautiful, Andrew!
Steve

**Marty Jacobson** · Jan-14-2015, 12:35pm

That is just sick, Andrew.

**Tavy** · Jan-14-2015, 2:34pm

Originally Posted by amowry

Here's a paua abalone rosette on an octave top.

Wow, got to love that stuff!

**lauri Girouard** · Jan-14-2015, 3:41pm

Shooting finish on this one today.....

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This is the one we did last summer using its sister wood....

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**Jim Garber** · Jan-14-2015, 10:08pm

[QUOTE=lauri Girouard;1362735]Shooting finish on this one today.....

I think I can see some pre-historic sea creatures swimming in that back, Lauri.

**Pete Jenner** · Jan-15-2015, 6:09am

I'll have what Jim's smoking.

**Skip Kelley** · Jan-15-2015, 7:43am

Andrew, that is a beautiful rosette! You have the cleanest work of anyone!!

Love the finish on your A model, Lauri! Nice work!!

**Pete Jenner** · Jan-15-2015, 8:06am

Originally Posted by Skip Kelley

Andrew, that is a beautiful rosette! You have the cleanest work of anyone!!

I agree Skip, Andrew sets the benchmark for clean work.

**juneman** · Jan-16-2015, 2:19pm

A5 #51 and 52 both x-braced ,one englemann,one adirondak,flame ambrosia maple for back,sides and neck. Paduak trim on one and flame claro walnut the other. Both sound great. Very,very happy with the sound. Strong solid mid range,strong ring to the e and a strings and a woody bottom end. Both have off white binding. Not sure yet of my color combinations but will most likely do a redder burst to go with the redder paduak trim and a yellow ,golden burst to go with the walnut trim.

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walter "june" mandolins and guitars

**billhay4** · Jan-16-2015, 2:29pm

Nice, juneman. Can't wait to hear them.
What is "ambrosia maple"?
Bill

**juneman** · Jan-16-2015, 2:59pm

Hi, from what i gather ambrosia maple is nothing more than flame sugar maple that has been infested by the ambrosia beetle. Its what causes the streaks and small beetle holes.(black specks). The wood had a clear tap tone and rang like a bell so i decided to use it. A lot of it may not be as visible or not be as apparent depending on my staining choices. I was almost tempted to do one as a blonde. I still have five one piece backs left out of the board so maybe down the road on a future build.

**Rodney Riley** · Jan-16-2015, 3:05pm

Originally Posted by Pete Jenner

Oops - 3000 posts in 3 and a quarter years - I'd better shut up for a while.

No no no Pete. Love your posts. Either get mad, laugh or learn something from your posts.

**billhay4** · Jan-16-2015, 6:43pm

Thanks, Walter. It is striking wood. Blonde would be nice.
Bill

**amowry** · Jan-19-2015, 11:17pm

Here's the octave again, with the F5 Tone Producer installed

**Marty Jacobson** · Jan-20-2015, 12:12am

You should patent that. Of course, a patent ends up costing $25k or more now, I'm guessing it was a lot less when the Virzi was patented...

**TDMpicker** · Jan-20-2015, 8:30am

Some photos of my latest mandolin project ready for some stain. This mandolin has an Adirondack red spruce top and maple back, sides and neck. 1 1/8" not width on an ebony fretboard and peghead overlay. A M.O.P. Celtic spiral inlay at the base of the fingerboard. The tuners are vintage style.

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Photos of recently completed mandolins here.

**J Caldwell** · Jan-20-2015, 11:25am

A few in the white of my first foray into the mandolin world. I had it strung for about 6 weeks and played with it quite a bit, making tweaks here and there, unstringing, restringing, etc.,etc. I'm in the process of putting the finish on now, so hopefully in a month or so, it will be all done.