Mandolins in progress

[OldGus]

Those are some sweet backs!

[D18dave]

My dad's Christmas present is starting to come to life. I hope to get it to him by St Paddy's day

[Marty Jacobson]

I like the Dearstone influence there... don't feel bad about it -- my boys are still waiting for their nylon string mandos I was building them for Christmas 2011!

[Pete Jenner]

That looks great Dave - some Dad's are very lucky.

[Pete Jenner]

#3 underway.

[Pete Jenner]

oops duplicate post.

[rb3868]

a little different take on the neck...I used walnut strips to make it look different...might have been cool if I would have used a strip down the centerline of the back.......

i like the look of that neck

[Marty Jacobson]

Feels good to be able to build an instrument without having to build all the fixtures, eh?

[Pete Jenner]

Yeah

[Steve Sorensen]

First Shellac French Polish session -



Steve

[amowry]

Nice work, all!

[amowry]

Here's an octave I'm working on, headed for Italy. It's evolved into a bit of a homage to John Monteleone.

[Don Grieser]

I believe you should call that model the OMG.

[GKWilson]

Andrew. I saw the headstock for your Octave on your FB.
I wasn't sure if I liked it. Now I see the rest of the package.
WOWZER!!

[Steve Hinde]

Scraping binding on a Sunday afternoon.

[Steve Hinde]

Color on a grey burst 2 point.

[Marty Jacobson]

Digging that gray, Steve!

[Steve Hinde]

Mandola finished up and out the door last week.

[Steve Hinde]

Now that is really cool Andrew!

[Harrison Withers]

Custom built to order. Chambered mahogany body, mahogany neck, Spalted maple top. Randy Bretz ebony and bone bridge. GFS lipstick humbucker. Golden gate mini button tuners, stacked pot for vol/tone

[Marty Jacobson]

Rock on, Harrison. Looks great! Is it another 'cello?

[Harrison Withers]

Yes it is Martin. I gotta do a cigar box mando for a customer next than a have a solid body octave started.

[Marty Jacobson]

Now that I have built some Nautilus mandolins that sound good, and some that look good (not always the same instrument), I need to make sure they will all look good and sound good. I spent the last two weeks rethinking my fixtures. Now my back and top plates can be made on the same fixture, and I can rough out up to four at a time. Final finish passes are done individually, and I adjust the tool paths for each part depending on its properties. Final voicing is done by hand.
Bubinga, Khaya mahogany, and curly maple.

[Pete Jenner]

Beautiful Marty.

[amowry]

Very cool!