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Kinda looks like a flattop to me. I guess without a date of when the photo was taken we can't be sure. If Bill is in his early twenties in the photo then it might possibly be a KM-11.

What is Monroe playing here?

Looks like an oval hole. Maybe even a flattop. Too early for a KM-11, right?

Mick

I'd like to see the photos of them getting up on that wheelbarrow . . .

Always a good one.

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Thanks for sharing this piece of history. Bill appears to be in his early teens in the picture.

Now we know why he started wearing big hats ��

Nice mandolin Skip. Checked out the YouTube video as well. Sounds Great.

Adam

Really nice, Skip. Is it a flattop (induced) or carved top? Have a shot of the back?

That's lovely, that is, Skip.

Skip,
That gives meaning to the phrase "simple elegance". So nice!
Steve

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It's for real. I have spoken to Tom Ewing about it, who knew nothing about it. That would mean in his 25 years of researching Monroe for the book, he never ran across one. He suspects when the...

It has been a while since I posted a picture of what is on my bench.

First I put a new fretboard with gold Evo frets on my Black A-4. For some reason there was an inbuilt curve in the neck. So I...

Today I have confirmed the existence of what I believe to be potentially the first song book of Bill Monroe. I cannot find any information for this book existing. This book here was on eBay and I was...

The scroll reminds me a bit of a cinnamon bun -- not that that's a bad thing...

I kind of like the scroll. It looks like something from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (reversed).

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OK, that scroll... :disbelief: I kind of like the creative use of the door plate... kind of.

Oh dear! The plate with the knobs looks like it started life as as a door handle escutcheon - note the keyhole.

I was playing a mandolin very near another mandolin hanging on a stand, and I thought I heard a harmonic response from the mandolin on the stand, so as an experiment I thought I would try a quick...

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Another bouzouki heading off to the USA in a couple of days. Video to follow...
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As is apparent from many of the builder posts on this string, we seem to be detail-obsessed personalities ... in the best way!

I guess that is why I am so tickled by the little V5 logo detail on...

Your joinery is indistinguishable from perfect, John, at least in a photo on the internet. I'm trying to imagine me having to lay out that joint and it blows all the geometry circuits in my head.

Just because I haven't posted anything here for a while, here's one of the things I'm working on.
The mahogany that this neck blank is made from is not wide enough for a peghead. This guitar is to...

A nice shot of a new inlay for the V5 that I am prepping for finishing --

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Steve

Good Old Lumpy.....