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This mandolin has a laminated maple neck, Sitka spruce
top, solid mahogany
sides and arched back hand carved from solid mahogany.
Rosewood pin/type bridge,x braced top and braceless,
arched back give this mandolin exceptional volume,
sustain and richness of tone. |
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Solid top mandolin, cedar, perhaps. Solid mahogany
sides and neck. |
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Beautiful potato
bug mandolin, repaired and refinished. Lavish abalone
and
mother of pearl inlay in top and fingerboard. A work
of art that makes music, too. |
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This photo does not do justice to
the dazzling depth of grain
in the maple neck and mahogany body of this unique
electric
mandolin. This mandolin now sports an Attila Zoller
Jazz Humbucker pickup
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A
Telecoustic with a Strat head?!? When Chris first got
hold of this guitar, it was headless. It's a long
story how it got that way, but Chris made short work
of putting this guitar back in service by grafting the
head from a Strat onto this Tele. Check it out!
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Detail of the Strat/Telecoustic graft. |
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Fellow
picker, songwriter and good friend
Bob Jacobson brought Chris this $12 pawn
shop guitar a few years ago. Chris replaced
the back and a year later made the cutaway.
Still later, Bob insisted on a new top.
Chris redesigned the bracing to accommodate
a pin bridge and installed a solid spruce top
with an ebony and ivory rosette. Small guitar,
big sound |
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A waffle guitar?!? Chris has been called the
Waffle Man since he recorded My Pancake
Baby back in 2000. He figured, "Why not
have a guitar to fit the name?"
Chris really gets cookin' with this
guitar because it sounds
as hot as it looks. |
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Jolly Roger bass guitar |
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Mandolin # 7 Custom order for
Maurice Stadnyk |
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Jolly Roger six string guitar
Who put the Aaarrrr in guitar? Chris did with this
Jolly Roger electric guitar
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The original Jolly Roger guitar
now has a big brother. Chris built this
four string Jolly Roger bass for a local player who is a big
Gene Simmons
fan. |
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Custom cases |
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Jolly Roger
coffin case |
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Mandolin case |
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Solid body mandolin in its case
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