Just so excited!!!

**vwfye** · Nov-20-2022, 8:53pm

Typo... knobs. It is now corrected

**vwfye** · Nov-20-2022, 9:39pm

Well, we didn't wait. He threw a couple on it and this was my decision.
Also, someone asked about the bridge choice. The OG Gibson tenor used the 6 string p90s and bridge, so I chose that set up.

**vwfye** · Nov-22-2022, 11:23pm

I have the octave in my possession, I played on it through my 1969 Univox amp and really like it. I had no problem getting up to a B chord above the octave G. The scale will require a bit of adjustment with my hand position on a couple of chords. The only adjustments on the Mando that I will need to make is to lower the tunomatic. Just a touch.

Was it worth the wait? Yep! Absofreakinglutely!
19" scale, p90s, 500k pots, mahogany neck and body, spalted maple face.
I am very, very happy!!!

**Mandolin Deep Cuts** · Nov-23-2022, 12:38am

Let’s hear it!! Looks fantastic.

**MontanaMatt** · Nov-23-2022, 7:56am

Glad your journey has led to you holding that mandolin!
Looking forward to samples.
Happy pickin
Matt

**vwfye** · Nov-26-2022, 2:17am

I tried loading a video of the initial sound check. No luck for this tech limited user.

**Jim Garber** · Nov-26-2022, 8:12am

You can’t just upload a video but have to host it elsewhere. YouTube is the easiest. Then you can link or embed it here.

**vwfye** · Nov-27-2022, 12:26pm

Sound check this morning was awesome! The clean channel has a creamy sound to it and my overdrives just scream!
The pots are 500k and the pickups are actually Eastwood P90s.
Scale length makes everything easy to reach.

I am beyond happy! ��

**vwfye** · Dec-04-2022, 3:32pm

These two are getting a workout these days...

**Jim Garber** · Dec-04-2022, 4:09pm

Ah,m now I see why you wanted that color! You love the blues!

**Lucindalin** · Dec-05-2022, 12:56pm

It has been so fun to follow your journey and I can see that it was well worth the wait. Stunning!!

**vwfye** · Dec-08-2022, 8:02pm

Thank you. Last night was a real in depth look at pedal and puck up settings. Our lead guitarist uses the same pedal but with humbuckers and we did lots of comparisons. He was blown away by the sustain and the diversity of sound from the p90s.

**vwfye** · Jan-09-2023, 5:25pm

Here we are, several weeks down the road and I am getting very comfortable with the scale length. I love this Octave!

**urobouros** · Jan-11-2023, 1:10am

That's awesome! I loved watching the progress & glad to hear it was a success!

**vwfye** · Mar-27-2023, 11:57pm

I was running low budget hardware due to my budget, not the builder. I have been able to do some upgrades.

**vwfye** · Mar-29-2023, 1:56am

I had added some used black tuning pegs prior and just added the black bridge and tun-o-matic Saturday. I left the chrome mounting hardware for both as it compliments the p90s.