Hello, all.
I am in the middle of three different mandolin builds, all F5 models. One of these has been reserved by a friend of mine in New Orleans who mainly plays rockabilly/honkytonk music. He has never played a mandolin, but he's an excellent musician and is looking forward to learning. In our discussions, he asked if I would ever consider building him a custom archtop guitar.
Coincidentally, my eleven-year-old daughter has become very interested in learning violin, and she specifically has asked if I would build her one. How could I say no to my little girl?? So of course now I'm on the hook for that.
As a beginning mandolin builder I found the Siminoff book very enlightening (though I have since expanded my reference collection for mandolins considerably...).
I'm wondering, are there any single, "essential" guides like the Siminoff book for archtop guitar building and/or violin building? Thanks for your help.
-Mark
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