Long time coming, New Navy Mandolin

[David Newton]

I began this instrument in 2010 and set it aside for other projects.
Now that I'm working full-time in the shop, I found time to finished it.
Black Walnut from Woodville, Tx. Carpathian top, Honduras neck, Ebony fretboard.

[Tommcgtx]

Very nice!

[Markkunkel]

VERY nice, David. My very first mando was this one's older sibling, and man, I miss it. You do some beautiful work.

Mark

[Jim Garber]

That is very enticing, David. I have this fascination for flatback, walnut mandolins. Hmmmmm....

BTW what is that neck joint? It looks very interesting. Also; do you have any sound files?

[David Newton]

Hi guys, thanks for the nice comments.
Jim, the neck joint is a straight mortise & tenon, glued in. The back is over the heel.
I have wood files & metal files, and fret files, but no sound files, but my playing sounds like a file acros the strings. I can make one, but it may take a few days.

[Jim Garber]

That is all right. Nice that you have lots of files.

BTW what is the neck with at the nut? I assume flat fretboard?

[Charles E.]

Nice Mandolin but what has me curious is the John Juzek "Master Art" violin label hanging on the board next to it. Is there a story to that?

[David Newton]

It is 1-3/16" at the nut, flat fretboard, or nearly so.
Did you mean the neck/head joint? It is a straight scarf, but the head is sculpted a bit, so the thin edge makes a shape.

Charles, I do quite a bit of violin repair, and I had a contract with the school district years ago, and got a lot of salvage instruments. Just a neat label that I saved.

[fatt-dad]

I love it!

f-d

[Jake Wildwood]

Walnut is my fave on new builds. Cherry right after it. Good work. :D