Build A Solid Body Mandolin Part 2

[Hydrilla]

Thanks a ton! As a mandolin player and (very) amateur luthier with only a few instruments under my belt, vids like this are very helpful. I've been wanting to build an electric, because a mic-ed acoustic mando has a hard time keeping up with plugged in instruments and drums on stage. I don't like the 4 string models, I don't think they sound like mandolins really. This is a good and relatively simple project that anyone should be able to do if they are interested. I subscribed to your channel.

[narutosaenz]

dude i have some questions why you paint the body first, why makin a guitar player friendly mandolin and i had oter questions but forgot

[guitwild]

@naruto saenz I don't usually paint first but I was trying to show how to do a Fender style sunburst and I thought a full body would show it better. Guitar friendly the neck is larger than a mandolin neck easier for me to play I am not a mandolin player and the spacing of the frets and longer neck helps me, sounds exactly like a normal mandolin.

[LedWolf7]

Logos ARE cool :)

[LovelessArcana]

i have a few small questions, on the neck, from the head to the base i guess you'd call it, what was the width, i mean from where the nut at the head stock to the top of the mandolin what are the widths, also, what is the thickness of the bass wood used, and where did u get the pick-ups and bridge and stuff like that, did u make them to, or buy them, and where might you buy them? thanks for your time, and i really like the videos

[cornflakesnwater]

great build again.. Im apply all of this info to my Bass Building.. thanks (saw dust as side makers..!!)

[Cougerbat]

oops, sorry my other comment was supposed to go here, and how expensive was it? or did u make the pickup?

[guitwild]

A truss rod will keep the neck straight if the neck bows or concaves. by tighting or losening the nut on the rod you can strighten out a neck. there are also none adjusting truss rods but I prefer an adjustable truss rod.

[pyrogav19]

whats a trust rod for, and is it needed? this is by far the best how to video i've seen in a long time

[alexanderguitars]

So when you say "trace and mill" you just eyeball that router cut? You don't use a template? Must come with experience I suppose.

[guitwild]

I do use templates, but sometimes I mill by eye. When milling by eye take your time. The Sabre Guitar video shows me using a template. Thanks for watching.

[guitwild]

There are two ways, The first use a long drill bit and drill into the lower corner of the pickup cavity into the control cavity. Second with a 1/4" x 12" long drill bit start drilling from the input jack straight through the control cavity into the pickup cavity. Good Luck and take your time.

[corypalmer94]

how did you drill the hole from the pickup to the control cavity??

[smallbutcool1]

thats quality, as a guitar player im finding it difficult to play on such a thin mandolin neck, the thicker neck is such a brilliant idea

[guitwild]

You are right, But the idea of the Guit Wild Show is to show how to build Guitars and make repairs. So by making a change after the finish was completed hopefully showed that all is not lost if a change is needed and the finish can be repaired as if it was never touched. Thanks for the comment.

Perry

[dondeestasquenoteveo]

Just my two cents here:

finish all the woodwork first, assemble the entire instrument and check everything,then disassemble and apply the finish.

[1DAngus1]

I have a template of a bird for the inlays in the frets. How would do that?

[SquashtheBrickfilmer]

When you talked about the pickup, you said "Half of a precision bass pickup". I'm new to electric instruments. Could you tell me why it would be half of a pickup? It would be much appreciated!

[guitwild]

If you look at a P Bass pickup you will see two pickups stadgered, one under the E and A strings and the other under the D and G strings. One half of the pickup was enough to cover all 8 strings on a Mandolin.

[williamzak]

Nice, your shows keep getting better and better. I am looking forward to see what else your are going to do. Keep them coming.

[toddastewart]

the part i hated the most from my guitar building story was routing the neck