Saturday, August 22, 2009

Dragon Mandolin





































August instrument creation - a Mandolin. I hadn't made a mandolin for a couple of years, so I thought it would be a good change of pace. I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out. I had a problem with the bass side F hole and the dragon inlay was my solution, i.e. just cover up the problem. Inlay is all hardwoods. Didn't do any bindings, instead did plurfing - violin style. End point protectors are bloodwood. Back and sides are maple, top is either honey mesquite or mahonany (had some of both lying around and they are close in appearance and workability. Fingerboard, bridge, tailpiece are ebony.

TEXAS