A Look Into the Workshop
= Mandonator™ Serial #4 ===
This is a 4-string walnut instrument with rosewood binding.
The optional features are:
- Four strings with standard 13.875" mandolin scale
- Figured walnut body with Camatillo rosewood binding.
- Mahogany neck
- Ovangkol fingerboard
- Figured walnut headstock veneer
- Abalone heart and white mother of pearl inlays
- Nickel plated hardware
- Orrico tailpiece
- Radiused fingerboard
Standard features include:
- Spherically arched back
- Spider bridge and resonator cone
- Cutaway
- Traditional F-shaped soundhole
- Maple saddle
- Bone nut
The walnut came from a board my dad had in his garage for a long time - it's old and stable and very pretty. I can't wait to see how it looks with a glossy finish!
The lovely fingerboard and headstock inlay design was my wife's idea. You can see a bit of the beautiful grain in the ovangkol fingerboard.
Finally – the flow of Mandonator™ activity let me work on this instrument again. It's still in the white, but strung up, and it sounds and plays wonderfully! After playing it, I've decided to make a minor adjustment to the neck shape, then it will be ready for a glossy finish by Addam Stark.
Mandonator™ 4 has been completed! You can see photos of the finished instrument on its Gallery page.