by Don Paine | Jun 23, 2023 | F5-Style, Mandolin, Recent Mandolins
This one completed in June of 2023, a blond F-5. It features: Red maple figured sides and back Englemenn spruce top with tone bars fully bound in Ivoroid Rubner tuners 1 3/16″″ width bone nut Shop made ebony adjustable bridge/saddle Adjustable truss rod and 3...
by Don Paine | Jun 23, 2023 | A - Oval Hole, Mandolin, Recent Mandolins
Just completed in March of 2023, another V style oval hole, this one with natural color tones. It also features: “V” style construction, plates overhanging the sides with inlaid violin perfling top and back Artist grade Englemenn spruce top, X braced Rubner tuners 1...
by Don Paine | Jun 7, 2023 | Octave, Recent Mandolins
This custom build was completed in May, 2023 for a good friend and member of our local, weekly old time/celtic jam. For her, a 19″ scale length is the best of all worlds.. as close as we could come without the transposing involved with a mandola! It does...
by Don Paine | May 6, 2023 | Mandola, Recent Mandolins
This one completed in February 2023, a custom “basic” oval hole mandola, featuring Englemenn spruce top and figured maple back, sides and neck, built for the same customer that ordered mandolin #284. They were built in sequence but delivered to him at the...
by Don Paine | May 6, 2023 | A - Oval Hole, Mandolin, Recent Mandolins
This completed in January 2023, a custom build, ordered along with a similarly appointed, oval hole mandola. This mandolin features Englemenn top, and figured walnut sides, back and neck. “First, the mandolin is...
