You couldn’t be more right! The last few that I have made, I had my respirator on… Years later… I’m thankful my lungs still work. Good advice. Dust control folks!

@@Hamm-toneGuitars After over four decades of remodel carpentry I've done a LOT of sketchy breathing. Been lucky so far and am very careful now...fingers crossed and thanks for the tutorial. My radius dishes are getting pretty wonky and I might try your method rather than buying again!

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Thanks

I use drywall screws to hold it onto a shooter board.

@@Hamm-toneGuitars It seems much easier to control the board than the plane. I like your approach.

You got it buddy

The main reason for tying all 6 strings together in this age old traditional method is to reduce the chance (yeah, it’s somewhat unlikely) of a string unravelling and slapping back on the soundboard, making an ugly mark. I’ve seen it more times than I wish. There are many ways. If you like your way, you should stay with it. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix. Right? Thanks for sharing your perspective!

Oh, you are so correct. The video is a sympathetic byproduct of what I do, in that I don’t really film these videos in a professional manner for profit. I’m just hoping that I can shed a little bit of light on certain things… But yeah, I totally feel silly for having such a big head with that massive corduroy hat in front of these different sections… Just learning different ways of filming. I’ll have to try making some sort of angled mounting structure for next time. Thank you for your input.

Hey, thanks for the kind words Clarence! It’s an enjoyable (time consuming and sensitive) task. Lol

Darrell! It’s GG DD AA EE, one octave lower than a mandolin. It fits somewhere between a Mandola and a mando cello in tuning. Thanks!

Bwah hah hah hah….. I forget which one it is, but Kevin, I give you all the credit. Jess says it now too. And we laugh. And we laugh…….

Interesting. Thanks for your thoughts!

It’s a circular Piezo, the one that’s about the size of a dime. Like this: www.ebay.ca/itm/353800000665?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=zbborm9tr3u&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=5H-Rb7UYRCi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

@@Hamm-toneGuitars Fantastic. I have experimentet with those disk Piezos, but never gotten that good sound from them. Good Job! Were is it placed, if you don't mind me asking?

K&K pickups do a good job using them in an effective way. I basically try to mimic their method. I even mix a little bit of epoxy and seal off the solder joins on the back, it has just enough mass to reduce feedback and microphonic reaction, and it also helps make sure that the solder joins do not come loose. On this particular one I have it mounted directly beneath the bridge, using epoxy. Just one. On acoustic Guitars I will use three. I glued it on before I fastened the back.

K&K pickups do a good job using them in an effective way. I basically try to mimic their method. I even mix a little bit of epoxy and seal off the solder joins on the back, it has just enough mass to reduce feedback and microphonic reaction, and it also helps make sure that the solder joins do not come loose. On this particular one I have it mounted directly beneath the bridge, using epoxy. Just one. On acoustic Guitars I will use three. I glued it on the top before the body was closed up.

@@Hamm-toneGuitars Thanks a lot, much appretiated!

That sounds great! I’d love to hear what they sound like!

@avalanche9026 Have you tried clicking the thumbnail for info on the channel before getting mouthy?

Thanks for watching the video… I am a person who makes musical instruments and enjoys playing them. I post them on the Internet because it seems that people are interested in them. I know there are a lot of mandolin players, a lot of musicians, that are much better than I, but find it’s fun.

Not yet, hopefully sometime this week I’ll post photos. Thanks!

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With action relative to the first fret, between 7/64 and 6/64 on the bass side, and 4/64 and 5/64 on the treble side on an acoustic guitar. I usually aim for a minimal amount of neck, relief, somewhere between .006” and “.012”. Nut slot height, in relation to the first fret, after the neck, relief and saddle is adjusted properly, usually somewhere between .006” and .012”, depending on the guitar, playing style is also a factor.

This particular one is a 22”. The one in this next video is a 20”: Octave Mandolin, Part 2 of 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH2ohquCjMefiJY

Tru-Oil works very well. Super thin, seals and adds visual depth/lustre but not thick or shiny…..

This one is a 20” scale, 14 fret join with a smaller body than yours……. At night I think to myself: “I am a mandolin maker. I am a mandolin maker…..” over and over again. The endorphins I get from just thinking about them are almost overwhelming……

I'm all riled up with mandolin excitement now!

I've never liked playing Mando because they're just too small and fiddly. That octave Mando looks just right.

Thanks!!

@@Hamm-toneGuitars so if I understand it, we can build one of these in the five week course? That would be amazing!

Thanks!