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Custom, hand-built guitars and mandolins, restoration, repair and consignment for collectors and Bluegrass and acoustic musicians by Chris Oliver in Springfield, Illinois.
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Tag Archives: Loar
Spring F5 – 6 – fretboard2
I got a chance to shape the fretboards. This is not as easy as you might think. There is a lot of end grain to deal with. None are identical in grain nor shape… just one factor that makes each … Continue reading
Spring F5 – 5 Bindings
Wow… bindings for the fretboards and bodies have arrived. The celluloid nitrate bindings require hazmat fees just to ship them. These bindings are the same style used on Bill Monroe’s mandolin and the others signed by Lloyd Loar back in … Continue reading
Spring F5 – 4 – fretboard1
An ebony billet turned into several fretboards. When working with solid wood, always make more than you need… you know what happens otherwise. I cut the blanks from a billet I acquired from a woodworker in the state of Washington. … Continue reading
Spring F5 – 3
More easy items arrive. Here are the “PAT’D JAN 19 – 21″ ebony bridges.