Elmer got some bling!

Had the first mandolin I ever made with me when I met Ronnie McCoury. I presented his CrocBite mandolin to him, and also had him sign Poor Elmer for me.This thing doesn't feel so much like my old beater anymore!
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  • It is indeed a lot of tension... but I would worry more about bracing the box somehow, honestly.  This mandolin crumpled its first box over its first year.  That was the box with the exaggerated s-holes.  The replacement box was identical to start, and hasn't sunk a bit since the surgery.  This is a laminated top.

    Some boxes have nice thick solid mahogany bottoms, too... I've seen some up to 1/4".  Those boxes have an even smaller chance of failing.  

  • Thanks, Croc!  I have a couple of friends who are interested in mandolins but I have no router with which to put in a truss rod.  The tension of eight strings scares me.

  • No truss rod, just a nice fat oak neck. Still nice and straight after a few years. I usually keep my mandolins tuned in open g though, so the tension is lower. But I think they'll handle standard tuning just fine.
  • Sweet.   Did you use a truss rod for this?

  • Cool C.B.!!!

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