@robin Dream on

Isnt Ash quite heavy? Attachment : 0BFD285D-3D4B-49FF-AA86-618984A58392.jpeg Got this piece 2inch thick and it weighs a ton. Hell of a neck dive to use as a neck.

@boo Sounds good to me. I think I’m going to love living in Scotland And just as a bonus, we've got a football team again.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I’m hoping to get some big Ash boards soon. My nephew has a friend with an Alaskan sawmill and there are some on offer I think, so I might have some to trade for paint fini...

@tv101 and @Clinton Thanks guys!

Attachment : 7C084FD6-E6DA-496F-8420-BDC243D78A14.jpeg Baritone Uke 19inch scale lenght. Steel strings used. Carbon Fiber Rod installed. Attachment : 3BA0F9FA-0B13-4CFE-A9DA-08818252529D.jpe...

Truss rod not needed

@boo I’m hoping to get some big Ash boards soon. My nephew has a friend with an Alaskan sawmill and there are some on offer I think, so I might have some to trade for paint finishing advice.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Sorry this is off topic a bit, but if you want me to look out the notes and post them to you I can do, or you could collect them any time you’re travelling North. I’m 10 mi...

@boo Sorry this is off topic a bit, but if you want me to look out the notes and post them to you I can do, or you could collect them any time you’re travelling North. I’m 10 miles from the M6 turn of...

Posted by: @tv101 Not to your usual taste @boo? @tv101 You may say that but I couldn’t possibly comment. 😐

Posted by: @russ Posted by: @russ Just be careful when Googling them. @russ I’m definitely not Googling that. Not to your usual taste @boo?

Posted by: @russ Just be careful when Googling them. 🤣 @russ I’m definitely not Googling that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@robin If it’s a Neapolitan bowl back type mandolin it probably is beyond repair. They are a nightmare and hardly ever play in tune. Good decorative pieces but that’s about it.

I've had an issue in the past with the connections on the selector switch failing. That seems to be a weak point for me, rather than solder on pots, etc. Posted by: @robin Connect your bridge puck...

@mattbeels I re-wired it all in the end as I could isolate the issue, all good now 🙂

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I learned on a course in Lincolnshire in about 2003 and think I still have the notes, including how to make a bow string with a spliced loop from wax thread. UK wood isn’t ...

Posted by: @mattbeels Crazy how that guy removes his respirator immediately after spraying, their extraction must be state of the art and then some! @mattbeels Yeah it’s so good having extraction li...

The headstock was one of the things I was looking at that I didn’t think looked right. Thanks to everyone for confirming my suspicions. The horns on the body were something that also “just didn’t look...

Okay. Thanks guys. I'll give it a try once the finish is done.