A friend of mine asked me to help her find a nice used mandolin for her son (grown, plays guitar, wants to branch out but doesn't play mandolin yet). Not a common instrument around here, looking on line isn't finding anything interesting, so I thought I would make one. I make fully carved archtop guitars normally, in a traditional style. I figure an A style mandolin, from a technique point of view, is kind of like a small, round archtop guitar, so if I research things like neck joint, graduation of top and back, tone-bar bracing I should be able to make one. Any thoughts on this kind of idea? Is there something exotically mandolin-ish that I'm missing? I have an A-style 1930's Kay with a pressed top that I would kind of emulate.
Thanks, Brian
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