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Making a mandolin - part 19 - finished!
After gluing on the fingerboard and nut I touched up the varnish and gave the whole instrument a good final cleanup and wax. Then it was time to add the tailpiece and machine heads and the instrument … more →
Four Strings
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nightwoodband wrote 6 days ago: Mavo Folks: listen to two of Mavo’s newly posted tracks on myspace! via Prim & Proper Love … more →
Cigarbox Ukuleles on the Wall
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ukuleleperspective wrote 1 month ago: Finally! The cigarbox ukuleles are hanging on the wall. Twelve of them are now in a fun, local bus … more →
More work on Cigarbox Ukuleles
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ukuleleperspective wrote 1 month ago: Today I measured and decided on the soundholes for the cigarbox ukuleles. The decision: one or two s … more →
Cigar Box Ukuleles getting ready for show
ukuleleperspective wrote 2 months ago: In another few weeks, I’ll be putting my cigar box ukuleles up on the wall for a show at a loc … more →
Photographing Progress to Gain Perspective
ukuleleperspective wrote 2 months ago: One of the podcasts I have started to listen to is Fretboard Journal’s “talk-radio-podca … more →
Playing catch up
eric wrote 7 months ago: A quick trip: My father-in-law is going in for surgery on his spine early next month. We met them in … more →
someting new
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eric wrote 10 months ago: click here in time I’ll move the knowledge base, technical stuff, and stuff that really pertai … more →
Making a mandolin - part 19 - finished!
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jerry wrote 11 months ago: After gluing on the fingerboard and nut I touched up the varnish and gave the whole instrument a goo … more →
Making a mandolin - part 17 - the bindings
jerry wrote 11 months ago: The sides glued up well, and progress continues – after removing the clamps I gave the sides a … more →
Peter Coombe mandolins
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jerry wrote 1 year ago: I was having a look at some luthier sites the other day and came across Mandolins by Peter Coombe, a … more →
Violin - fitting a new bridge
jerry wrote 1 year ago: Introduction I mentioned that at the recording studio I had to do some impromptu raising of the brid … more →
A Part of History
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eric wrote 1 year ago: I was reading over at sidemeat about some blacksmithing that JB was doing. He posted some pics of so … more →
My latest instrument
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eric wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been working on and off on a harp of sorts. an Aeolian Harp. Its a project that I started … more →
Violin making in America
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jerry wrote 1 year ago: Looks like a great exhibition coming up for anyone heading to California… Violin making in Ame … more →
Stuck on Deck
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eric wrote 1 year ago: The last few weeks have been pretty sparse in the music arena. I’ve been on deck for a while b … more →
Pochette - part six - Shaping the back
jerry wrote 1 year ago: Once the glue had dried I removed all the peg clamps and used a pencil to draw around the outside of … more →
I make guitars, what do you do?
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mojoluthier wrote 1 year ago: Actually, I have way more than just guitars going on in my life, but if you ask me what I do or am, … more →
Pochette part five - linings
jerry wrote 1 year ago: With the glue dry on the ribs it was time to separate the skeletal structure from the mold ready for … more →
Pochette - second step
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jerry wrote 1 year ago: In the first post of this series, I had completed the mold and had cut and thinned the ribs to size. … more →
