Builder's Choice
Okay. Connor and Mike have been building oddball mandos over the past few years just for fun so, we are now offering them on this new page of 'builder's choice'.
Check in periodically as we'll put up other mandos as we find cool woods that we find interesting.
M-2S B Stock
M-2S B Stock
What the heck is an M-2S, you ask. Well, since maple is getting expensive we looked at Sycamore as an alternative ‘white’ wood and lo and behold, its pretty good as tonewood. Looks kinda crazy with the odd grain pattern but it makes a decent mando.
Halfway through the build of this fella I noticed a side crack on the underside of the instrument that I missed:(
I glued and cleated it back up and used it as a test mando for a new amber shellac and slapped on an oddball brass tailpiece we had kicking around. Should be plenty solid but if it explodes down the line just let me know and ill make you another