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Ahh, i think I'm on a different plane! Hogo, i get what you're saying. I was thinking of the direction of the slot when viewing the mandolin from the front.

I cut them straight in line with the strings, so strings won't bind on the front edge. Then slightly widen the opening on the back edge toward the tuning machine, to avoid binding there also.
It's...

I play a bit of slide on the mando. I've always left the gdae tuning as it is, the 5ths tuning works ok for that. I usually play an electric which helps with sustain, but works on acoustic too. I...

I built a hollow body 8 string with a single dp181 in it. Positioned towards the bridge but angled so that the treble is closer to the neck. I think it sounds good, very clean. But I've only built 2...

Thanks Graham, that's helpful. Yes, I realised maple is the go-to wood choice nowadays, but i found a 2 metre piece of sapele 150 x 40mm being thrown away. It's going to be my go to wood for quite a...

What would be suitable thickness for a sapele back plate?
I'm building an A model F hole, spruce top and sapele back and neck. I've been following the Siminiff book along with the usual graduation...

Almuse make a mighty fine mandolin pick up.
http://www.almuse.co.uk/mandolin_pickups.html#

I've used Reverse Chord Finder android app for working out chords. It's designed for 6 string guitar so you have to change the tuning and mute 2 strings to make it mandocentric. Which makes it a faff...

I grew up in the village of Dunkeld, which is on that rail line about 60 miles north of Edinburgh. It is a scenic route, the hills are great as you get north of my village and of course there is the...

Just let people play, and give supportive feedback, it's not easy but it is what it is. If I read this thread about me I'd be gutted. It's patronising.

Thanks all, and Marty, really useful your sketch and comments on f'board thickness. Looks like I can do it.
I have thought about strat style, but the look I'm after is towards the acoustic and i...

I've a couple of lengths of cherry that I want to glue together lengthwise for a neck blank for a bolt on electric mandolin build. The depth of this blank will likely only be 45mm once tidied up,...

Yeah, i think his rhythm is good, i like it. Well done your son, i could only hope to hold together like that.!

Fixed it. And the problem was.... my capacitors were rated nano-farads, not micro-farads. Same numbers, 47,22 etc but different by a factor of 1000. The markings on caps weren't clear as to that,...

Thistle - my pots were one of each and the audio was fitted in the volume position. There's always a chance I mixed them up, but I don't think it's a pot mix up problem.
My wiring is the same as...

I've now got hot to middle tone lug and cap between left lug and ground. The cap has been reduced to. 22. It's improved the way the treble is cut - but it's still got the same effect to no, or very,...

Thanks for the replies both.
Yes, I've not got either of those methods. And quite a bit different from Toms diagram. If looking at the back my hot comes from volume right lug to tone left lug....

Thought I'd post here instead of builders section as that is often very acoustic based - but please let me know if you think that would be more appropriate.
I've just completed my first electric...

I bought one of these tps for an electric I'm building. It arrived quickly and I think is well made. One issue though is the through holes looked to have sharp edges and weren't chamfered. An easy...

I'm with the op, they are a low cost design that is rubbish compared to a cast or solid tailpiece that is well designed. . I leave the cover off, it looks a bit ugly but makes it easier to use and...

Real? Use your zoom, where's the frets?, why does the binding stop? Why does the grass have an axis of symmetry? Am I missing the subtlety of this thread?

I find this an odd question too. It's all still the mandolin wherever you play it, and mine sound really sweet when I play in the 5 to 9 fret range. And I don't think I'm a particularly accomplished...

Thanks for the compliments. I checked what the binding was called - red pearl, nothing to do with tortoise real or not! 147245

Hi all,
I've been lurking here for years but never yet posted. Completing this first kit build would have been a whole lot trickier without the masses of info I've gained from these pages - so...