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Post by davewhite on Aug 16, 2018 9:01:43 GMT
davewhite. This is a proper stupid question - but you must be used to those from me by now. I always wondered... It seems that all stringed instruments have the grain running from neck to heel (i.e. vertically) rather than from side to side. Is that for structural or aesthetic reasons? Not a stupid question at all Leo. Structural - wood is much stiffer along the grain than cross grain. |
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Post by davewhite on Aug 21, 2018 14:08:52 GMT
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Post by davewhite on Aug 23, 2018 17:31:52 GMT
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Post by davewhite on Sept 19, 2018 15:14:04 GMT
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 19, 2018 16:10:50 GMT
davewhite, can it be described as a mandolinetto? Or is the body too big for that? Leo
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Post by davewhite on Sept 19, 2018 16:18:32 GMT
davewhite, can it be described as a mandolinetto? Or is the body too big for that? Leo I don't really know. It's basically the same size as my mandolin - it fits the Hiscox mandolin case perfectly - and mandolinetto implies a small version of a mandolin so I prefer guitar shaped mandolin. |
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 19, 2018 19:58:15 GMT
davewhite , can it be described as a mandolinetto? Or is the body too big for that? Leo I don't really know. It's basically the same size as my mandolin - it fits the Hiscox mandolin case perfectly - and mandolinetto implies a small version of a mandolin so I prefer guitar shaped mandolin. Well your preference is what counts, obviously. It's your design, you can call it whatever suits  It's just that I have what, for years, I called a mandolin until someone told me that, because of its shape, it should be described as a mandolinetto and, when I was looking for images on t'interweb, all mandolinettos seem to be guitar-shaped. And I came across this: mandolinettoHowe-Ormes used to make 'em, ya know |
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Post by davewhite on Sept 19, 2018 22:16:08 GMT
It also sounds like that Pavorotti ice cream  |
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Post by davewhite on Sept 20, 2018 8:28:56 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 20, 2018 13:46:20 GMT
Beautiful! Looks a bit like Big-Boy but far away...
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Post by garynava on Sept 20, 2018 15:33:43 GMT
I think that you’ve got the proportions spot-on, Dave. Without a frame of reference, it could an 8 string baritone guitar.
Cheers Gary
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Post by garynava on Sept 23, 2018 15:19:57 GMT
Closing the box:  , I notice that you're using a soundboard transducer- what adhesive do you recommend? I'm going to put one in my archtop and I'm still mulling over what to use to stick it in place. I've been playing with Gorilla Gel CA and I'm not too impressed! Cheers Gary |
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Post by davewhite on Sept 23, 2018 16:29:16 GMT
davewhite, I notice that you're using a soundboard transducer- what adhesive do you recommend? I'm going to put one in my archtop and I'm still mulling over what to use to stick it in place. I've been playing with Gorilla Gel CA and I'm not too impressed! Cheers Gary Gary - I've used superglue gel on all of these that I've done and they have all worked fine for me. |
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