I've been spending more time building than blogging.....

heres a family shot of two mandolins and a bouzouki.....





one of the mandos is likely to be heading to the US, the other will be going on eBay, and the zouk will be heading to Buckinghamshire.....

Mahogany zouk 65

back jointed with an ovangkol strip



sides bent



linings on

mango mando 66

some mango....



sides bent



back jointed



neck & tail blocks in & linings glued in

Mango zouk prertty much finished apart from som fret polishing.

mango topped bass is nearly done.....

tuners in, raked back for speed!!



neck on and strung up





backplate



concentric volume (centre) and tone, the switch is a coil split.





still a lot of set up to do, and the screws holding the pick up in place need replaced as the heads were destroyed screwing them in, but I've been playing this and I'm very happy!!