These are the facts: (question at bottom)
Adrians '23 Loar drawing shows the total thickness 3 3/8 at the bridge.
My F5 is very closely copied from this drawing, outline, archings, neck thickness and set (though not the decorative aspects) and is 3 3/8 at the bridge
A Collings MTO (oval hole A) I have here also measures 3 3/8 at the bridge.
I have two Cedar Creek cases sitting here, A and F style, and neither my mandolin or the Collings will fit them... the top hits the bridge and is still open an inch... besides the fact that I obviously wouldn't want to put the pressure on the instruments that it takes to close them, I REALLY don't like the idea of the bridge having so little xtra space and what would happen if the case got squeezed at some point.
I'm about to send them back, at my expense, because they insist the cases are fine. Case closed.
QUESTION... do any of you make mandolins thinner than 3 3/8?? Seems like they would need to be about 3 total to fit well.
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