Mandolin Family
'07 Model Mandolin
For my '07 mandolin design, I have increased the overall area of the soundboard into this pear shaped form. The idea is to increase the volume and also enhance the range of tonal response. As you may expect, this design gives a fuller, more rounded sound, while my '04 & '05 designs (pictured below) tend to have a more punchy, direct sort of voice.
Tenor Mandola (2005)
Mandolin 2005
Octave Mandola 2005
Mandolin 2004
These three mandolins are all built to the same template, though each has slight variations in the materials used and the construction. Each one has its own unique sound and character, like their appearance - distinctively similar, yet distinctly different.
The soundboards are of Sitka spruce. Backs and sides of flamed maple from Robon Hood's Sherwood forest. Fingerboards and bridges of Brazilian rosewood. Necks of maple, one of flamed mahogany. Head veneers, two of English Yew, one of Elm Burr. Mahogany bindings.
Octave Mandola 2004
