Author Archives: Chris Oliver

Spring F5 -2

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Chris Oliver

Wow, the easiest part of the build is complete.  The cases have arrived! Here are a few flight cases and a couple soft backpacker-style cases.

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Spring F5 -1

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Chris Oliver

This spring I will be building several mandolins based on the Lloyd Loar signed model I wrote about in another post, 1923 Gibson F-5 Lloyd Loar #73984. I will be naming each post “Spring F5″ followed by the post number … Continue reading →

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Rick Mari vs. Cocozilla

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Chris Oliver

Local rock guitar hero, Rick Mari, stopped by the shop with Hipbone Sam recently to talk shop and while here gave Cocozilla a hard hitting test drive. I grabbed this video of Rick without any warm-up or approval… sorry Rick, … Continue reading →

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Paduak Fret Marker Dots

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Chris Oliver

Some days it is the little victories that keep the spirits up!

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1898 Gatcomb Banjo Model #20

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Chris Oliver

The Gatcomb banjo was built in 1898 in Boston. Here is a video, some photos and sounds of the instrument.

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