I want to build an 8-string cigar box mandolin but I have limited tools and skills and is currently investigating whether it can be done.
My main concern is the string pressure. To deal with it I think I have to make a neck-through design. That shoul
Read more…I'm in the initial planning stages of building a cigar box mandolin and is investigating whether I can do it with my current tools and whether I can get the parts I can't make myself.
Is it possible to buy a slotted (maybe fretted too) mandolin fret
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I recently finished my first CBG - a fretless three-stringed bolt-on design.
The neck is made from two strips of mahogany laminated with a thin piece of walnut veneer between them. I planned to make the fingerboard out of ipe but found out it was
I bought a premade bridge with a piezo pickup installed for my first build. It is like this one:
I have now installed the bridge and the jack in my box and now I have a really stupid question. There is a black and a white wire from the pickup and two
I got impatient and added too thick a layer of linseed oil based finish to my neck and now it will not dry and has been tacky for a week. Is it possible to mix some turpentine with Japan drier and wiping it on in order to increase drying time? Whrn
Read more…What would you recommend for finishing a mahogany neck and a fretless oak fingerboard? I have looked into tru-oil and read that it should be easy to work with. They don't sell tru-oil here in Denmark but I've read that you can mix your own concoctio
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I've never built musical instruments before but I think building a CBG would be fun. I plan building a three-stringed unfretted one. Even though this is a first time build and even though I have limited woodworking skills I want to build some
Read more…For my first build I have bought a pre-made compensated bridge like this one
I want to place the bridge at the middle of the box but in order to know how long my neck is going to be I need to know from where to measure the scale length.
If we say th
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