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    Re: Newbie Builds an Electric Mandolin

    Terrific progress. The cherry is a good choice - easy to work with and it will finish nicely. I've used microplanes for quick material removal. A bit "rough", but subsequent filing / scraping...
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    Re: Newbie Builds an Electric Mandolin

    Yes, that's the neck from my profile picture - and the only mandolin I've built.
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    Re: Newbie Builds an Electric Mandolin

    I've always done the fretting after the fretboard is installed. Gives me an opportunity to fit the fretboard to the neck after it's glued down before I have to worry about filing the fret ends. ...
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    Re: Newbie Builds an Electric Mandolin

    Agreed - wonderful pattern. And if I see the pencil lines correctly, that's going to be an interesting headstock shape.
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    Re: Newbie Builds an Electric Mandolin

    Good luck to you. Very interested to hear how you work out the electronics. I'm a guitar / ukulele builder hobbyist and tried an electric solid body 8-string myself (my son's a player) - was quite...
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    Electric 8-string Mandolin Build

    A year or so ago I built an electric solid-body mandolin for my son. The body is solid birds-eye hard maple (thanks to Kettle Moraine Hardwoods). Neck is lamination of maple and cherry with a...
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    8 string electric build

    A year or so ago I built an electric solid-body mandolin for my son. The body is solid birds-eye hard maple (thanks to Kettle Moraine Hardwoods). Neck is lamination of maple and cherry with a...
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