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carter | May 9, 2013
Here’s a picture of an electric mandolin prototype I recently knocked together. The body is pine, with a curly maple veneer cap. The neck came off a cadaver instrument (this is, after all, a prototype). And the pickup is one that I wound, using a block magnet as its core. I’m pleased with the sound […]
carter | May 9, 2013
Yes, you read that right — a twelve-fret archtop. I am making an archtop guitar in the shape of a late-twenties L-1. The back and sides are mahogany, and the top is Engelmann spruce. Since the bridge is moved toward the tail of the instrument from where it would usually be located on an […]
carter | May 8, 2013
Thought I’d post a few more pictures. This is an OM I built and handed off to its new owner last fall. Engelmann spruce top, beeswing cocobolo back and sides. Enjoy!
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