Don Tomas box using the wood bottom as the mandolin top.Medium-Medium frets- I should have used smaller ones, but I used what I had.Scrap metal tail piece. Gitty' economy tuners. Electric guitar strings using the 5th, 4th 2nd and first for either standard mandolin tuning (GDAE) or sawmill tuning GDGD.Folks if you make one of these, getting the frets nearly perfect is crucial. Don't use a fret calculator. Lay your fret board down beside a factory made mandolin and mark the fret spots. --I also used a fret for a zero fret and made a wood string guide.
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