I built these babies as good as I know how. using nice maple for the neck and body. The top was koa from Hawaii. I used fairly good tuners. and did a nice job of finishing. (6 coats of blond shellac I mixed myself from chips. then steel wooled and po
This is the sound bite I promised of the mando I built for my son Russ. (see photo of same in my page photo) He is playing and singing off camera. You can hear how the mando rings. It turned out better than the one I first built for myself. So maybe
