In The Masters Bench, the book from the National Music Museum on the work of John D'Angelico, Jimmy D'Aquisto and Paul Gudelsky, there is a sketch by D'Aquisto of an idea for an Avant Garde model mandolin which was never made. Here is an in-progress of a mandolin inspired by that sketch and some of D'Aquisto's other design ideas. Spruce and maple with a burl walnut head overlay, an ebont fretboard and tortoise celluloid binding.
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