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Post by pete1951 on Apr 3, 2021 18:25:35 GMT
More router stuff
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Post by davey on Apr 3, 2021 21:17:50 GMT
I'm going to have a crash course on power tools when a friend gets out of lockdown. I don't mind all the hand work I have to do, but my results are a bit rustic. I was pleased to find some trims for my sound holes. They're giant eyelets for curtains. Today I fitted a back which is held on by screws so I can get in and tinker about if necessary, also a truss rod cover.
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Post by davey on Apr 5, 2021 16:13:59 GMT
Here it is, the result of ten days stuck in a Cabin with nothing but a pile of stuff and some tools. I had a Continental Cone fitted for a short while but I cut the saddle too low, so I reverted to the cheapo cone which sounds really good to my ear. The Continental was deeper and purer but the cheapo has a nice metallic ring to it. The neck also flexed forwards more than I'd imagined, under the weight of eight strings tuned to GDAE. Frets 14 to 18 had to go to get the neck straight so I invented "Silver filler" and filled the slots. I don't play past the seventh fret anyway.
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 5, 2021 16:34:11 GMT
Wow!
Well done Davey, or should we call you Mando-Davey from now on. It sounds great and considering it's your first attempt at making an instrument, it is WONDERFUL!
Shine On Michael
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Post by thebluesbear( al) on Apr 5, 2021 17:55:27 GMT
hi davey that sounds great really great . have you thought of building more ? best to you
al
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Post by davey on Apr 5, 2021 18:02:06 GMT
Cheers Michael,
it's been great fun and a succession of cockups, most of which were fixable. Thanks to Pete who gave me the neck & TT who supplied a lovely coverplate for a modest cost. I might even make another.
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Post by davey on Apr 5, 2021 20:17:25 GMT
hi davey that sounds great really great . have you thought of building more ? best to you al Hi there I don't have the skill to make the neck. If I can source ready made ones I'll carry on, I have some ideas I'd like to try, for example adjustable neck angle & bridge height. I'm also going to buy a cheap Mandolin and put a high quality pickup, amp and speaker in it. That will sort out the fiddles and Squeezeboxes that drown me out at sessions. Cheers, Mando-Davey !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2021 8:43:44 GMT
Well done - sounds fab. TT
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Post by pete1951 on Apr 6, 2021 9:30:48 GMT
I noticed that Davey used a cone made for a mandolin that matches one I have ( visually at any rate) These cones have a smaller than guitar size place for the biscuit and no spirals. I think I will use a Continental guitar cone. I used one in a reso mandolin before and was very pleased with the tone. Pete
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Post by davey on Apr 8, 2021 14:55:13 GMT
I've got the cone from a Chinese metal Mandolin fitted, and it's okay but it has a slightly plunky sound to it. I'll leave it a week then I'll put in a Continental Cone which I have. It's been in once but I cut the saddle too low.
I've started making number two, which will be a Tenor Mandola, mainly because the neck I bought was a 17 inch scale length.
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