2003 Pandini bowlback.
Jim
2003 Pandini bowlback.
Jim
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Well, since everybody contributed all type of backs.....
Not quite the same league as some of the others, but I think its purdy.
83 Flatiron A5-2
Jim
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Lawrence Smart 2 point.
Hope this works ...
A. Lawrence Smart "F" Model (2004). One piece and I believe it's big leaf although I could absolutely have that wrong. All I know is that it looks great and sounds even better
Bluegrass ... "It's Folk Music With An Overbite" (Robert Shelton)
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Gotta get at least one blue back on this thread...
Okay, I am going to mix up a batch of saturated ferrous sulfate and try this on scraps of various species of maple and post the results here. Then y'all can try it out on a spot inside your Loars.Originally Posted by (Spruce @ Feb. 01 2005, 15:19)
Meanwhile, here is the red maple back of Stahl #2 (2005)
"Arches" (Chris Baird, Moab, Utah) walnut bodied A style mandolin.
2003 Siren String Works F5 (I love this mando. #My first F5. She and I will be together for the rest of our lives...not to sound corny here, but it's true!) I believe the back and sides are red maple...not sure, though. Top is Adirondack. Finish is Varnish (the Dude recipie, if I'm not mistaken). As always, a picture just don't do it justice.
Man..there are some beautiful pieces here...JimW yours is outstanding. Darby emailed me and told me bought about $1000.00 worth of wood yesterday and having it cubed and resawn and will pick it up today. He got #some birdseye, quilted , sitka spruce, and some nice wide grained fir like on the top of the one I am playing now. He also got some madagascar ebony for my 3 piece neck. Said he should have enough wood for 10 new mandos..
Here's a back form Orcas Island Tonewoods.
Alright. That's just crazy. Who gave you such PhotoSHop skills?
That is an amazing back!
Jason Anderson
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
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Fancy a swim?Originally Posted by (jasona @ Feb. 02 2005, 15:28)
Here's my Wiens...
Wow, fantastic looking backs, everybody.
Scotti, if this mando is about tone, tone, tone...
then you don't want to just go for aesthetics and neglect everything else. Don't forget that different species of maple will color the sound differently, and each type of top wood will pair with certain back woods better than others; I'm sure your builder will have some inputs on the specifics. But the tone isn't 100% top, 0% back, far from it.
Did someone say "PhotoShop?"....Originally Posted by (jasona @ Feb. 02 2005, 09:28)
Yes Mark..I know what you are saying...but I want the absolute most beautiful wood in the back that I can possibly have. Darby and I have talked about this and I put total faith in what he comes up with.
"Here's my Wiens..."
I beg your pardon??
"Okay, I am going to mix up a batch of saturated ferrous sulfate and try this on scraps of various species of maple and post the results here. Then y'all can try it out on a spot inside your Loars. #" #
I actually hope this happens...
Mr. Gilchrist is totally convinced that the Loars are all Acer saccharum, but I sure think there's some Red in there somewhere...
And European...
Here's an interesting fiddle made from maple burl...
Orcas Island Tonewoods
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Bruce,
That wood is just completely sick! Off the hook! WOW. I wonder how that would carve? Did you supply that?
Tim Saxton
"Well, Yes, It is true that it did have random Hippie Sanding done to it"
"It's about the journey and not the destination."
I have two fiddles made circa 1915 in New York that have similar quilted backs. The first pictured on this page is my primary fiddle.
Jim
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
"That wood is just completely sick! Off the hook! WOW. I wonder how that would carve? Did you supply that?"
Nope....
It's a Chinese fiddle, so I assume it's Chinese wood...
I have milled wood like that from burls...
It usually doesn't have a lot of structural integrity...
That being said, I've seen some nice old French fiddles made from burls, and they seem to have held up OK...
It's an interesting look for sure...
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you, Bruce! Perhaps I will rephrase that next time...Originally Posted by
Mike
And now for something entirely different...
Here's the back of an electric/acoustic mandolin made by Ted Beringer of Billings, Montana...
Lightly bearclawed Sitka top and back, and a Ukrainian spruce neck...
Plays and sounds good both as an acoustic and electric, and is a cool concept...
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
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