AHG octave mando build

[Prince of Darkness]

 

[AcornHouse]

A little more natural lighting inside the closed box.

 

[GAD]

Is it soup yet?

 

[AcornHouse]

Is it soup yet?

Well, I've got to cut the binding ledge on the back, glue the binding in, slot the fingerboard, blind the fingerboard, make the fingerboard extension, glue the fingerboard, shape the neck, make and glue the neck filets, do the fretwork, finish sand the entire thing, do the finish, make the bridge, add the hardware, do the setup.

Why don't you have a nice piece of fruit while you're waiting.

 

[James Hart]

Why don't you have a nice piece of fruit while you're waiting.

now how do I get this fine mist of coffee off my laptop? you caught me off guard with that one

 

[AcornHouse]

For a perspective on size; here it is next to an F-112.

 

[GGJaguar]

Basso profundo mandolin!

 

[AcornHouse]

Basso profundo mandolin!

No, that would be the Mandobass.

 

[GGJaguar]

Mandobass.

Might as well be playing an upright bass.

 

[AcornHouse]

Might as well be playing an upright bass.

Many did play it upright,

 

[James Hart]

An Octo Mandolin is the next up on my list of instruments to learn.

Other than frets, that is pretty close to the scale of an Upright bass... my 3/4 Engelhardt pictured in my avatar is 42" scale, google says mondobasses average 43"

 

[Prince of Darkness]

Many did play it upright,

Hilary James with her partner Simon Mayor.

 

[AcornHouse]

Making curlies, trimming the overhang.

 

[Prince of Darkness]

In between the Octave Mandolin and the Mandobass there is the Mandocello





and my attempt!

 

[GGJaguar]

They seem to sustain pretty well.

 

[James Hart]

I've been drawn to the Octave because of Sarah Jarosz... I've always dug the standard mando but it was a bit too piercing to my bass biased ears. I knew other sizes existed, but Sarah's guitar styled one made me research what made that tone.

Here is a good example
and another

@AcornHouse yours is coming along awesome... you are fueling my GAS for one with this thread! I cannot wait to see / hear it complete.

 

[AcornHouse]

With the overhang trimmed, the shape of the back appears.

 

[Default]

Wow.
< low whistle >

 

[GAD]

Well, I've got to cut the binding ledge on the back, glue the binding in, slot the fingerboard, blind the fingerboard, make the fingerboard extension, glue the fingerboard, shape the neck, make and glue the neck filets, do the fretwork, finish sand the entire thing, do the finish, make the bridge, add the hardware, do the setup.

Why don't you have a nice piece of fruit while you're waiting.

 

[AcornHouse]

It's not really a surprise by now, but it's a great feeling how solid everything feels now that all of the structure is complete. Without the back there was still a little flex in the body, but with the box complete it's just one solid unit, from the headstock down to the tail.