Mandolins
Soundboard
Rosette
Bracing
Ribs
Back Wood
Back Construction
Neck
Head facing
Fingerboard
Binding
Neck Width at Nut
Scale Length
Frets Total
Body Finish
Spruce received as packing in a timber delivery
My own design, made from mosaics crafted in the manner of a traditional classical guitar rosette
As a Neapolitan Mandolin
Mahogany left over from bookshelves
Mahogany left over from bookshelves
Two Piece
Sycamore. Waste left after cutting an Octave Mandola neck from neck blank.
Padauk. Waste, from skip of a local timber merchant, left after cutting out bowl blanks for wood turners
Brazilian Rosewood
Imbua with Black & White 'half herringbone' Inlay
30 mm
360 mm
19
Liberon Finishing Oil
I named this Mandolin the 'Off Cut' as it is made from pieces of timber left over from other instruments, and household, projects.
Technical Details
The design is based on a Mandolin named "The Vernon" Possibly made by Bruno & Son (New York) during the mid 1900's. I have given my instrument a Neapolitan style 'broken' soundboard and introduced a slotted head.
