February 2011
Charlee's Mandolin
This is an 8-string mandolin that will feature a bear claw sitka spruce top, and quilted maple back and sides. The neck is morado, curly maple and purpleheart.
Bound side
Bound back
Bound top
Butt graft
Cutout binding
Top with sound holes cut
Internal structure
Top with carved braces
This is the rough cut sitka top
The top and back together
Top and back carved and wet
Wet, carved back
Wet, carved top
The top
The quilted maple back
The sides
And the neck