Or maybe I'll just stay up too late and do it tonight.
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Or maybe I'll just stay up too late and do it tonight.
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Working on finishing up the rim, including installing a keystone piece to match the Sapele strip on the back. Planning to glue on the top on the coming days.
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Absolutely beautiful Peter! I love it. I've always loved that asymmetrical L&H shape!!!
Charlie let me play his carved top version of the same bell shaped instrument when I met him in FLA last...
I can't help wondering what it sounds like.
99 bottles of beer on the wall...
Correction: 21/32" for the larger braces
Roughly 25 yrs ago, I went to the Atlanta College of Art and after 4 years I received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts with a Concentration in Sculpture. It's where I learned the basics of...
I don't have a gauge on how tall the Kalamazoo braces are, but Im thinking it's probably lighting and camera angle. On mine, the 2 main braces are around 21/64" at the peak of the bend and around...
Thanks guys. That one went to its new home in Oregon a few months back. I'm excited about this one as it's a departure from the Army/Navy pancake shape. Just finished up bracing the top following the...
I hear you Bill, I just found the natural beauty of the wood attractive... it turned out beautiful and it sounded awesome on the last instrument, so I'm repeating the process.
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Starting my next flat top; Douglas Fir top and some lovely Birdseye Maple for the back with a 1/8" strip of Sapele in the middle.
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The fir top on my last build sounded so nice I...
I love the glue up when gluing the top to the rim... I feel like that's when it really starts to look like what I saw in my head before I started!
Not a fan of the finishing process... it feels...
James, I would definitely like to see video, hopefully you can get it posted somehow! If I had the time and money, I'd gladly take a trip up from to spend a day, but that's not in the cards! Thanks...
Good on you Zach! Sounds like it was a great time. I can honestly say without a doubt that playing with others at my local jam really did a LOT for my playing!!!
Resurrecting this thread because its been on my mind and something I've been working on here and there and finally finished last night...
A few months back a friend who is an HVAC Technician gave...
Thanks all!
I like this set up Clark Mandolins uses:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AX17AZ4Mkmw&pp=ygUcRG92ZXRhaWwgbmVjayBqb2ludCBtYW5kb2xpbg%3D%3 D
First of all, Merry Christmas! ...
To the point... To date, all the instrument's I have built have been flat-topped and plans called for just a straight tenon, but I am planning something...
Agreed 100% ... I play very regularly at a jam and have played both an F hole and oval hole at said jam. What I have found is that while an oval has a place in one's arsenal, it typically gets lost...
That's a really nice sounding oval-hole, Zach... Congrats!
Knowing your preferences Zach, I'm assuming whatever it is, it has a flat top!
Another vote here for RedEye. I haven't played plugged in in quite a while, but I do have a K&K in my SA and used to play in the worship band at church. I had the RedEye with a tuner run through the...
Love it Graham! Is that a satin finish? if so what is it? ... I like it!
Are you looking for the name of the builder who made the mandolin on the cover of that book? It looks like one of Marty Jacobson's!
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Can you confirm this at all, Eric? I read somewhere that they had a sort of modified ladder style bracing. I'm curious mostly because the next build I am planning is a flattop modeled after the old...
I can confirm this. I just ordered these plans and received them a couple weeks ago.
Can't imagine ever parting with my Silverangel Econo A. It hits all my marks and does everything I want it to, therefore I'm pretty sure I have possession of my Holy Grail. So I'll keep working on my...