Mandolin #1000

Here are photos of the 1000th mandolin. As you can see, the wood for the sides is spectacular. I've saved this wood for a couple of years just for this project. The back is equally as figured. I also used boards from the same log for the neck. Not quite as figured, but still pretty nice.

Quilted maple

Pretty Wood

As you can see, the binding on the right side of the body is not installed yet.

The bound scroll

An inside photo

Another shot of that spectacular wood and the binding job around the lower body point

A shot of the finished mandolin. I now have it in a Calton case. White with a red interior.

A photo of the mandolin getting a final look over.

Another shot of that spectacular wood.

Detail of the heel carving.

Detail of the 15th fret cross piece.

And the other side

A shot showing the treatment of the fretboard position markers.

Detail of the upper body point.

Detail of the lower body point.

Another shot of the heel carving

Shot of the side wood.

Side and back shot.

Gold plated Allen cast tailpiece.

Another shot of the back.

Detail of the lower bout

Another shot of the binding around the upper body point.

And another of the lower point.

A shot of the top.

And, finally, a full shot of the mandolin.

Thanks for looking. As I mentioned before the instrument now has a white Calton case. It has gold hardware and, as you can see, triple ply binding (faces and sides), cast tailpiece and carved heel. Priced at $10,000

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