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Mandolin #35. Time to start the final sanding process. 1 piece Engelman top, sugar maple for the rest.

Finally getting around to finishing off this 10 string fanned fret mandola. First and last time I'll use purple heart on an archtop instrument. Too hard on the tools and joints. The top is a piece...

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Hey! I resemble that! You've gone from preachin' to meddlin' pardner...LOL!

Also Sean, the flip-side of your point is that it's well known that "goils" love them bad boys...

Daniel - Why not go for a Travelite case ?.Of all the cases i've tried (& own),the T is by far the best IMHO. There's more room around the tuners in the headstock area than any case i've tried other...

Thought that you might find this interesting! The last touch on the 10-string 'cello.
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Did a whole blog post about my version of pin point capos here.
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Good article actually ... worth a read. The reasoning is well explained, imo. Sadly, no mandobassists are covered.

Science Suggests Bassists Are Far More Important Than Most People...

Still another thought on B.B. They just keep coming.
There was not a time I saw him live, which was many times, that he did not make me laugh. A line or or some little bit of a story. Singing at...

Another thought on B.B.
So often when there is talk about B.B. King, it is focused on his Guitar playing. Rightfully so.
Also, he was simply a glorious Singer, from a whisper to a scream. He could...

I loved BB's music before I knew who Bill Monroe was. But like Bill, all it took was one note and you knew it was BB King and Lucille about to get as blue as it gets! We saw him for the last time...

Saw him many many times, and I have a black 335 here that he signed waaay-back-when that I'm going to pull out right now and re-string...

RIP BB...
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BB King, more than anyone, showed me that good tone doesn't come from fancy equipment or expensive instruments. Good tone comes from the hands.

A new Baroque mandolino started recently.

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For quite some time, I've wanted to work on a new mandolin design which has the features desired by F-Style players, but with post-Victorian style, and the complexity allowed by modern tooling.
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Spruce, I remember when you first sent this stuff over. When I split the billets, they were still wet on the inside from hanging out in that bog for who knows how many years! So far this cedar has...

Here they are Dan......

Enjoy!

Way cool.

Get yourself a hinged tailpiece from Gilchrist for 97371.

Here are a couple of more pics, check out the twin Gibson L-00's. 1934 and 1933 left to right.

It is related to what I mentioned in post number 3.

There is a deal that Google/YT have struck with BMI and others. The 'pay' comes from a 'cut' (15% of net revenues) of adverts - and shortly, YT...

sgrexa,
I just saw where he responded to that question on Facebook and it is an A style Nugget.

To the sceptics..........good for you. To the believers.........thanks for the nice words. I guess I should have taken more recent pics. Those pics were taken a few weeks ago and yes, the varnish is...

I was about to leave for the long ride home when tapped on the shoulder to go into a backroom and work up a 30 min set to take on stage. The banjo man was Levi from Nu Blu, there was a Rice guy on...

It's even fun for non builders to hang out with talented luthiers in or out of the shop.

That ain't Bill, it's Larry from The 3 Stooges.

Thanks for the kind words Sean. That means a lot coming from someone who has owned several high end mandolins and knows what a good one sounds like. I have been more than pleased with my JBovier. ...