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I am a young builder.......but a very respected building mentor told me once if you want the best pieces to use for tone bars, you cant just cut a couple out of one piece of wood or only order 2. To...

Funny story........When I was moving from Guam back to the US, the movers didn't have anymore packing material left and I didnt want it to get delayed, so I put my Martin case in a larger box and...

I am a newish builder, but I do the frets first before gluing it on.....particularly because I dont want to press or hammer frets and risk the instrument taking the stress, especially if you have an...

My first couple mandolins had little tone and were twangy, mostly due to my nervousness about carving the back and tops correctly. I left them way too thick. I read Siminoff's suggestion about...

You certainly picked the right guy to learn from!!

I have '23 A Junior that I restored (got it in 4 pieces) The machines were more than pretty sloppy....Like you I didn't want to taint it with replacement ones. However, I also wanted to play it. I...

I had a similar thing happen to mandolin no.1, I heard a very uncomfortable crack and then found the saddle in two pieces......parted like the red sea.....except with a crack. I had made the saddle...

196203196204196205Sorry for the confusion, here they are for real!

Last year I embarked on a journey to learn how to build mandolins. This past week, I finished my first mandolin and am right proud of it. However, I didn't get here by myself. James Condino...