A few new Mowrys

[amowry]

All headed to various parts of the UK. Always feels good to get these shipped off and get back to working with wood in its raw form!

[amowry]

A couple more. Thanks for indulging me!

[Skip Kelley]

Andrew, those are awesome! The sunburst is absolutely perfect! I love the inlays, especizlly the one in the pickguard. It just doesn't get any better than that!!

[mandroid]

That Trapeze Tail-piece of Ebony is intriguing , uses Ball strings one presumes ?

[swinginmandolins]

Very Nice!!

[turpintony]

Andrew,
They look great ! I'm glad to be on the list....TT

[g-mac]

Gorgeous work, Andrew! I predict there will be some happy folks across the pond in a few days.

[JEStanek]

Tasty indeed. Well done, Andrew.

Jamie

[Austin Clark]

Very pretty, Andrew!

[Brad Weiss]

How can I not like these?!?

Better and better, Andrew!

[Ted Eschliman]

Please. Just make it stop...
<Puts fingers in ears and hums loudly>

[wwwilkie]

Inspiring to see work of this calibre.

[Keith Newell]

Nice work Andrew! Your work is very inspiring.
Keith

[MandoNicity]

That Trapeze Tail-piece of Ebony is intriguing , uses Ball strings one presumes ?

I too am curious about this. I'd love to see a bigger picture of this one, seems to be a Jazz model? Outstanding work! Gorgeous, just gorgeous!

[amowry]

Thanks folks! That's an octave with the trapeze tailpiece, and it does indeed take ball-end strings, since they're most readily available. I'll see if I can scrounge up a better photo tomorrow.

[Jill McAuley]

Lovely stuff!

Cheers,
Jill

[Mark Walker]

Absotively, posilutely beautiful! Great work Andrew!

[Matt Hutchinson]

OK, two things. Firstly I think certain builders (Austin Clark and Andrew Mowry) should be banned from posting their work on the forum as it's just too much to bear for most of us! Secondly, I will be hanging round the customs sheds at Heathrow for the next two weeks hoping they leave a door open and I can make off with one of these - lovely work Andrew, they look great.

Matt

[Matt Hutchinson]

Hmm, judging by the photos there appear to be a couple of leftys in there...in which case I think I know who's getting them! Lucky man if it's the case, I spoke to him a while ago and he mentioned he had a mandolin and a guitar bodied octave on order.

[amowry]

Sound's like we're speaking of the same guy, Matt

Here's an old photo of one of those tailpieces. There's a brass strip inside to prevent the strings from wearing the ebony. The strings holes angle down a few degrees, so the strings bear against the upper side of the holes, preventing them from buzzing.

[Mark Franzke]

It's always inspiring to see your work Andrew. Nice job! I know what you mean about getting them shipped off. From the final buffing through set-up, everything has to be handled so carefully. And then getting it all packed up and sweating while it travels on a bumpy truck or sits in Customs for a few days, until finally getting an email that everything was received and that the buyer is happy. All I want to do after that is take a nice flamed block of maple and guide it through the bandsaw. Ahh. That's the best.

[Arnt]

Very nice, Andrew!

[bropete]

Beautiful Andrew, simply beautiful! What kind of finish is on these?

[amowry]

Thanks everyone, and Mark, I couldn't have said it better myself!

The finish is French-polished spirit varnish. (i.e. shellac).

[Matt Hutchinson]

I got an email from the guy who is getting the 2 lefties (after he spotted my post here) with a few more pics of his instrumnets. Andrew, they look incredible! I'm looking forward to seeing them in the flesh (wood?) one day although sad I won't be able to play them, not being left-handed. Are any of these headed for TAMCO in Brighton??