Mowry octave/guitar combo

[amowry]

Here's a fun project I just finished-- a matching pair with an octave mandolin and an archtop parlor guitar (same body size as the octave). Surprisingly, the small body actually worked pretty well on a guitar!

[Geoff B]

Man, those are good lookin! Nice work!

[tango_grass]

Very nice! I hope they sound half as good as they look! nice work, thanks for showing.

[Ken Olmstead]

Really nice Andrew!! The guitar idea is extremely interesting!

[Tripp Johnson]

Gorgeous! Beautiful finish work,I really like the small body guitar.

[Skip Kelley]

Andrew, those are just beautiful! That's as good as it gets!

[JEStanek]

Stunning, Andrew. That's a cool project to have pulled off so well together.

Jamie

[Jake Wildwood]

Wow! I love 'em!

[Jim Roberts]

Outstanding work, Andrew. Based on the Mowry mandolins I have played, I'll bet these instruments sound incredible.

[Ken Olmstead]

Andrew, I just wanted to tell you that I played the mandolin that Ted has reviewed on Jazzmando.com today and it was magnificant!!! The strings were about 3 months past their prime but it was wonderful!! You build a mighty fine mando sir!! This one to be specific:

[grandmainger]

Andrew, these two look fantastic! Could you post a full front or back shot of the pair?
Yum!

[Austin Clark]

looking sweet, as always, Andrew!! Nice work.

[Chris Biorkman]

Very cool.

[Brad Weiss]

Better and better, Andrew!

[Dan Voight]

Wonderfully done. I love the inlay scheme.

[amowry]

Thanks folks! It looks like this is the closest thing I have to a full front shot.

[grandmainger]

Thanks Andrew. It's nice to see the two together like this. It makes it easier to compare the with of the fingerboards.
Love 'em

[Mike Black]

Andrew,

Are you modifying a guitar trapeze tailpiece for your octave? They look great!

[amowry]

Mike, yes, I just cut four additional slots in the underside of the tailpiece. That leaves two unused slots, but it gives me the approximate same spacing as at the bridge. For octaves I usually replace that steel bar with an ebony one, but this customer preferred the traditional look of the unmodified trapeze.

[James P]

Some great pictures of these on your site, Andrew. The backs are incredible.

I also see that mine made it into the gallery. I am over the moon in love with this mandolin. Tone, workmanship, fit and finish - I knew it'd be nice, but I had NO idea. Thanks again!

[Bob Wiegers]

my oh my, I am in love. WHY do you torture me so?

[Fliss]

Beautiful work, Andrew. I'd love to try out the archtop parlour guitar - I bet one of those would look gorgeous in a honey-blonde finish

Fliss