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Thread: First mandolin
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11th August 2009, 12:21 PM #1Novice
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First mandolin
Recently finished my first instrument, a mandolin. Blackwood back, sides, neck and peghead, king billy pine top and gidgee fretboard, peghead veneer and binding. I built it using Graham McDonalds 'The Mandolin Project'. Had a few dramas, being a complete amateur, and the french polish leaves a bit to be desired but overall had heaps of fun and the finished product sounds great.
All I have to do now is learn to play it,
Tim
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11th August 2009, 12:25 PM #2Apprentice
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lovely warm colours
nice work ...first instrument or notLooking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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11th August 2009, 01:03 PM #3Retired
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Excellent build Tim,
Great choice of timbers, beautiful looking Mandolin.
Regards
Bob
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11th August 2009, 08:21 PM #4
1st instrument, well done Tim, welcome to the forum!
There are a lot of learning resources on the net, this is a particularly good one, http://www.mandolinsessions.com/"We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
My blog. http://theupanddownblog.blogspot.com
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11th August 2009, 08:54 PM #5Retired
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11th August 2009, 09:27 PM #6Novice
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Thanks Sebastiaan, champion.
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11th August 2009, 09:40 PM #7Novice
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G'day bob, im coming down to Hobart in the next few weeks. Looking for some nice blackheart sassafras for a box lid. Any suggestions?
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12th August 2009, 12:22 AM #8Retired
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13th August 2009, 06:43 AM #9"We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
My blog. http://theupanddownblog.blogspot.com
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14th August 2009, 09:31 AM #10Skwair2rownd
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Droooooool !!!!
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18th August 2009, 08:40 PM #11Retired
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First Mandolin
Found one Sebastiaan, Check this out.
http://www.beatlesite.info/
Cheers Bob
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19th August 2009, 05:00 PM #12Whatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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