Here are some pictures of a custom Weber Octave Mandolin currently being built for my shop. This model has a custom 20 inch scale length as well as a
D-soundhole. I'm expecting this in the fall.
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Weber Octave Mandolin Progress Pictures
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Posts: 550 July 15, 2009 17:18:19
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 15, 2009 18:36:28
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Oh oh, M.A.S. is coming. That top wood looks fantastic.
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 1091 July 15, 2009 21:05:59
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That is sweet. I actually played one of these the last time I visted Apple in Portland. It is very cool and I have been toying with getting one...What's
keeping me from it? Well I could justify it if I played a regular mandolin better than I currently do....LOL.
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 16, 2009 13:35:02
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Mac is this a custom build for a customer or for your shop? Earlier I stated how nice the top wood looked, but upon further eyeballing all of the wood on it
looks really nice.
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 550 July 16, 2009 13:49:02
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Fingerpicker wrote: It's for the shop. I always have one octave mando on hand or on order. I decided to go for the shorter scale with this one since it's easier to play, and the D hole because it broadens the projection and lets the mandolin breathe more. |
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Posts: 335 July 16, 2009 14:58:00
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Sweet. Is it going to be a sunburst or one color? One of these days I'll finish the one I started but it's a long enough day just keeping my business
going in this economic slump.
I like your style, Dude.
Well, I dig your style too, man. Got the whole cowboy thing goin'. Thankee. |
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 16, 2009 15:08:58
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Greg you know better than that. We need details...
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 1850 July 16, 2009 17:22:41
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I'd been wondering whatever became of Greg's build; he told us about it long, long ago; a year or two.
Looks nice, Mac; I'd like an octave, someday, but I think around the 20 inch scale would be more useful for me than the longer scale Weber normally uses.
Mandolins;
Breedlove Cascade; Victoria, B&J New York ; Washburn 215 bowl back, cr.1906-07; Flatiron by Gibson pancake(currently untunable, after "repair"attempt ). Guitar: Guild D-25NT. |
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 16, 2009 18:30:54
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MandoSquirrel wrote: I'd been wondering whatever became of Greg's build; he told us about it long, long ago; a year or two.Well me also now, looks like some really interesting choice for wood in it. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 335 July 17, 2009 12:41:37
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Fingerpicker wrote:Yea it's been quite the ongoing project for me. There's a few more pics in my images of it you should be able to see. It's actually a solid body made of mahogany with a bookmatched walnut cap. The neck is mahogany and a bolt on. The fretboard is orange agate if I recall the right spelling. It's also bookmatched to get the look it has. The headstock has the same and I carried the grain pattern from the fretboard into it to get what I think is a pretty cool effect. All the wood matching came about from the light streak down the middle of the body. I liked the look and countinued it thru the instument. Other than time slowing progress....I have been on the hunt for the right pickup for it. I'm kind of hoping when it's finished that I end up with a mando sound that I can tweak with some effects for some original music I have. A bit untraditional....sorry....but hopefully cutting edge!
I like your style, Dude.
Well, I dig your style too, man. Got the whole cowboy thing goin'. Thankee. |
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 17, 2009 14:15:43
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Greg F wrote: ...but hopefully cutting edge!Definately Greg. Like the look you achieved with the woods and grain pattern. Should be super sharp when you get the finish on it. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Michael Tognetti wrote: Would you like some help rationalizing? How 'bout justifing it in this sense: You will play better (up to the instrument) than you currently do if in fact you abort toying and take the plunge. Oh and Greg... nice stuff, gald you posted. now I don't have to go downtown to get some MAS. |
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Posts: 1091 July 21, 2009 20:03:52
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Tommie wrote:
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 21, 2009 20:07:42
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Michael that won't work with Tommie. Just saying.
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 24, 2009 19:22:38
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How come the rows aren't even Tommie? <grin>
Hey Michael, Jen was just asking yesterday about you and the mando you had made. You know the one...fancy soundhole modeled after a window in a cathedral...She says she can't get that thing out of her mind when she thinks about a mando. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 1091 July 24, 2009 20:49:38
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What would Jen like to know? I know that some people may look at it and say that I went too far with the sound hole, but I still don't think so. This
mandolin represents my family roots and the Crescendo is the sound hole. My wife loves the sound the best of all three of my mandos--I am currently trying to
learn a song that was on the recently released tribute to Butch Baldassari (a very sweet ballad melody called "A Place In The Heart ") I am
not there yet but I will get there. The mandolin sounds a little sweeter each day as it ages. This mandolin is one of the reasons that I say I am pretty
immune to MAS.
It is almost time for it's 1st birthday party. 
BTW I believe that there are still two Labraid A models at Gruhn's in Nashville. It's not too late to treat Jen to one extemely well made and sweet sounding mandolin (NFI). |
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 July 25, 2009 07:05:12
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She seems to be immune from MAS currently. She heads right for the mandos when we visit a shop but always says "Nope". I think she was just
wondering how it is getting along and if you had said anything about it.
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 550 August 9, 2009 10:11:14
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Here's the latest round of pictures. It's expected to ship in a week or two.
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Slope Shoulder
Posts: 2797 August 9, 2009 10:24:45
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Krikey that is a good lookin mando.
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Posts: 1850 August 9, 2009 11:02:24
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Yup!
Mandolins;
Breedlove Cascade; Victoria, B&J New York ; Washburn 215 bowl back, cr.1906-07; Flatiron by Gibson pancake(currently untunable, after "repair"attempt ). Guitar: Guild D-25NT. |
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