A woodworker friend tried to make a mandolin from a kit but ended up ruining the body. He gave the parts to me thinking I might be able to "rescue" it. I ended up salvaging all the good parts with the intention of building a "travelin" (a compact mando made for traveling.) This is what I ended up with, I call it a boxolin. The body is a hand-carved 'canoe' of black walnut with a spruce top. It plays just like a mandolin but doesn't have the depth or richness of the real thing. I added an external piezo which helps, It's good enough for traveling.
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Very nice.
Very nice! Sometimes it's good to have a bit quieter mando.
A woodworker friend tried to make a mandolin from a kit but ended up ruining the body. He gave the parts to me thinking I might be able to "rescue" it. I ended up salvaging all the good parts with the intention of building a "travelin" (a compact mando made for traveling.) This is what I ended up with, I call it a boxolin. The body is a hand-carved 'canoe' of black walnut with a spruce top. It plays just like a mandolin but doesn't have the depth or richness of the real thing. I added an external piezo which helps, It's good enough for traveling.
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