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Bob_H
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Just completed the second of two 14.75 inch scale length mandolins in Englemann Spruce and River Oak. This one has a ziricote finger board and ebony binding and is finished with hardened shellac.
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It's twin has an ebony fingerboard and blackwood binding and is finished in Osmo PolyX.
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Beautiful something to be very proud of!!!


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Those are lovely! How do they sound?


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Looking sweet. are these A style? And if so which plan did you use?

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Melt in the Sun wrote:
Those are lovely! How do they sound?


I'm happy with their sound, but I lack experience (and possibly objectivity!). I would really like to locate an experienced player locally who could critique them for me. I could do a sound sample, but it would be limited by my (lack of) playing ability :)

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Looking sweet. are these A style? And if so which plan did you use?


Yes, A style with a 3 meter induced curve in the top and the back. The general shape and technique is based on the flat top in Graham McDonald's book "The Mandolin Project" https://www.mcdonaldstrings.com/mandolinproject.html but the scale length is a little longer and I've used a mortise and tenon neck joint.

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dofthesea wrote:
Looking sweet. are these A style? And if so which plan did you use?


I think there's some confusion here. A-style usually means the Gibson archtop mandolin of the early 20th century. My sister had one. Sweet instrument.

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Pat Foster wrote:
dofthesea wrote:
Looking sweet. are these A style? And if so which plan did you use?


I think there's some confusion here. A-style usually means the Gibson archtop mandolin of the early 20th century. My sister had one. Sweet instrument.

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I'm happy to defer to others here. Is there a preferred descriptor for this type of mandolin - not exactly a flat top or back, but with an induced curve rather than a carved one?

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Beautiful work is what I call it, Bob.


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Wow very beautiful work indeed!


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