Mandolins currently for sale:

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Guitar Body Octave Mandolin...

...Has been sold!

Keep checking in, as I plan on making another one fairly soon.

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Here are 3 video/sound samples of Octave Mandolin # 82:
(Since apparently I can't seem to delete them right now)







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Hybrid 10-String
F-4 Mandolin/Mandola. (# 75)


With a scale length of 16" 
I've been told this might qualify as a
'short-necked Cittern'.

The tuners are the finest quality 'economy' individual Guitar tuners from China. There is no brand name. They are very affordable, but so far the best tuners I've ever used.  

 17 medium frets with a 'zero' fret at the nut.

Close-grained Redwood top,
with 2 new side port sound holes.

I decided it was time to 'upgrade' my clam-shell inlay,
so this is how it turned out.
This was also my first attempt at engraving inlay too.
It may seem pretty crude compared to what other full-time professional engravers can do,
but I'm pretty pleased at the way it turned out.  
The back, and sides are made of highly figured Rock Maple.
The neck is made of Birds-Eye Maple.



Back of the head showing the fancy Ebony scrolls that were carved separately and glued on later.
Also a close-up of those nice tuners.



All stained a deep reddish brown wine colored Merlot.


 Compensated adjustable Ebony bridge.
(Hand-made by me)
The intonation is spot on too! That green light on the electronic tuner twinkles a pretty green when fretting the notes. 

And of course, a Bronze Allen Tailpiece.
I just can't say enough about Allen tailpieces. Not only are these pretty much the Only tail pieces made for 10-Strings, they also can take both ball and loop end strings. 

The case, like all my others, is made of carved Cedar 2x4's with a flat plywood back, padded with foam and lined with felt.
Also stained with Merlot.





# 75 was purchased by someone in Florida, and it spent a year down there in a very humid semi-tropical environment.
The customer said it behaved itself just fine, until it was taken outside the heavily air-conditioned house, then the neck kept warping down so that it created several buzzes in the fretboard. I've had it back here in Minnesota for more than a year now and it has gone back to behaving itself quite nicely once again.
So keep that in mind if you're interested:
This one needs to stay somewhere in the North Land.

$2500
(Case included)

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Here's some videos. Sorry for the poor blurry quality.
They were nice and clear when I uploaded them to YouTube.






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Down below are some of the
10-String  Mandolins
I've made and sold:

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Photos and details of the 
A-style 10-String Hybrid
Mandolin/Mandola.
(# 74)



Scale length (from nut to bridge) is 16 inches.
The width of the neck at the nut is 1 and 3/4 inches



The peg-head is made of highly figured Curly Maple. 
The fret board is Ebony.



There are 17 frets and there is a 'zero fret' on this one too.
 






The top is made of Redwood.



The tail-piece is a nice heavy chunk of bronze made by
Allen Guitars.





String spacing measurement on the bridge.






String spacing measurement on the nut.





The end of the fret board is highly scalloped to allow those magical tinkly notes without hitting the frets.



The back, neck and sides and peg-head are stained a reddish-brown burgundy wine-color called 'Merlot'.



The tuners are economy Ping tuners that are
surprisingly nice and easy to tune.



The neck is made of Birds-Eye Maple.



There is no adjustable truss rod. However...
the neck is constructed of 3 layers of hard Bird-eye Maple with 2 steel rods imbedded in between 2 layers of Ebony.
(I'll provide a detailed photo of that too) 



The back and sides are made of highly figured Maple.



Here's the pics and details of the case:

Made of carved western cedar stained Merlot.



Inside lined with foam and blue felt.



Leather strap handle with brass latches.

Hinged compartment case.





Four rubber furniture coasters keep the brass hinges from scratching tables and floors.





Back of the case is made from a nice piece of half-inch Plywood.



(# 74 is sold)
  There will be more 10-strings available some day
but it might be a while.
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Here's a video.
Thanks to Logan at
Scheitel's Music in Mankato, Minnesota
for playing a tune on it.







 

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  In case the videos aren't working, go to
TeeJay5085 on YouTube
That should take you right to my videos page.
You can also try to copy and paste this: 
http://www.youtube.com/user/TeeJay5085
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