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Author Topic: finished building my double octave mandolin....  (Read 2030 times)

tho x. bui

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finished building my double octave mandolin....
« on: January 26, 2009, 11:03:16 PM »
16" scale length, tuned to fifths, GDAE, 'cos I'm a violinist.
Body is pine, neck is maple, fingerboard is walnut.

http://thoxbui.com/instruments/slides/smallashbory.html
Tho
« Last Edit: January 30, 2009, 05:55:22 AM by tho x. bui »
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Mike Tavener

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Re: finished building my double octave mandolin....
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 06:17:05 PM »
Nice piece of work and very cool! Maybe you could interest Mr McCartney......... :-D

Mike
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Re: finished building my double octave mandolin....
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2009, 06:30:24 AM »
That's cool, and likely the first built with that scale length and tuning.

-Brock
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tho x. bui

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Re: finished building my double octave mandolin....
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 05:21:33 PM »
Quote from: Brock on January 28, 2009, 06:30:24 AM
That's cool, and likely the first built with that scale length and tuning.

-Brock

Wouldn't have happened if I couldn't buy most of those components from Largesound!

Here is the instrument in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyURepi1rvE

Sorry about my lousy sight reading skill.  Like I said, I don't know cello literature very well.
BTW, it's not that big.  I'm a pretty short dude.

TB
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Re: finished building my double octave mandolin....
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 11:59:54 PM »
Great job with the bass. the sound is great. Your playing is nice too!!!
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