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Anyone have an idea of what this is? I'm not familiar with resonators and so far haven't been able to nail down exactly what it is. Looks like a National. Has a Dobro sticker. If more detail is...

The inlay set is from Depaule Supply.

Excellent question. I plead ignorance. When I restring it to send it off I will do so.

This was one of my covid projects. Haven't built a mandolin in quite some time and my college roommate wanted an A-style with a black top. Originally it was going to be all black, but I wanted to...

Customer wants black. I'd probably prefer a traditional sunburst, but I have seen some pretty striking black mandolins. If the photos were better you could see the wood is what most would consider...

I'm gonna paint it black.192943

I apologize, because this has to be somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. What is a reasonable clamping time for hide glue, say on a top brace or the like?

Something you might consider is Micromesh. When I bought it you could get it in a kit which included many different grades and a foam block for a backer. By using the correct grade you can choose how...

I have an instrument top that I am considering sun bursting with water based stains and then french polishing. I tried this once before and because of the wood binding and especially the wood...

This thread seems like as good of an excuse as any to mention a couple of books I've read recently that I've really enjoyed: "A Romance on Three Legs--Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect...

There is Guild of American Luthiers Data Sheet #183 that illustrates in a fair amount of detail how Jose Romanillos demonstrated this method (all done very simply with handsaw, chisels and a few...

What a beautiful mandolin. Very tastefully done.

Beautiful instruments--nice conception.

Great sound clips. What did you use to record them? They sound very good on my end, unlike the stuff I post to youtube.

If this is the Eastman with the spirit varnish then the perspiration (water) would react with the shellac (spirit varnish) with the result being what you describe. Water on a shellac finish causes it...

I guess I mean just polish it up and don't worry too much about the inevitable marks that get on an instrument. I use the Stew-Mac polish, but I'm sure there are lots of threads that deal with this...

I'm not sure why there have been no replys to this post, but I'll give it a shot. I don't have a MD 815 V, but I looked up the model and I see it is a spirit varnish finish, which I assume means...

Beautiful.

Nice mandolin--love the headstock inlay.

My posting and photography skills are pretty limited. I'm not sure these won't get pixelated when I post but I'll give it a try. I use water based stains applied more or less according to what Roger...

This is my third instrument. Red spruce and maple precarved by Siminoff. The rest of it is from scratch. The finish is varnish, with shellac french polished on top of the oil varnish. A couple of...

Beautiful--nice sunburst.

Sounds like a reasonable plan to me. I'm not sure I would use water as a lubricant (mineral oil cut with a little turpentine works for me) for sanding shellac. I've been varnishing lately and after...

As a hobbyist I really love the varnish/french polish finish, but I have used quite a bit of water-based lacquer on guitars. I am only familiar with the products Stew-Mac. and LMI sell, both of...

I've been searching for PC compatible software on the web and found this site http://www.ymec.com/eg.htm --I wonder if anyone knows of anything else, or better yet has some experience with sound...