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Author:	martinedwards [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:49 pm ]
Post subject:	Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
Electric mandolin anyone? I was chatting with a guitar buddy last week and we got onto emandos... he'd never heard of such a thing, I'd never seen one up close.... Just Steve Earl circa 1990 from the back of a concert hall..... Strat shaped ones are few & far between...... so I raided the scrap box for a lump of Ash & a strip of Maple..... added a Stewmac EIR fretboard..... 4 tuners, 2 knobs and a broken bridge off a squier strat.... and half a precision style split bass pup...... and in 5 days during lunchbreaks and after work..... Tadah!!! beside a big sister to give an idea of size.......

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Author:	martinedwards [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:51 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
there's a bunch to tidy up.... the back plate needs to go on, the knobs need changed and the frets need levelled a little, but this is SO much fun to play!!! even my 5 yearold daughter got in on the act..... though I have to admit, it looks more like her size!!

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Author:	Jamie Burgess [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:45 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
Wow that looks fun. What is the tuning and how about that pickup - did you make that too?

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Author:	Hesh [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:03 pm ]
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Good show Martin my friend - your mando is VERY cool and you certainly must have the world's record for producing it quickly too!!!! No offense intended but your daughter is a LOT cuter than you are.......

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Author:	WaddyThomson [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:12 pm ]
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That is way cool, Martin. I was thinking E-Uke when I saw it, and before I read your text.

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Author:	martinedwards [ Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
LOL, no offence take Hesh, Mate!! DockTurtle, the tuning is standard Mando, GDAE and the pup came from a batch of bass pups I got off Ebay. Its half a precision style split pup, and given the cost of the batch, I reckon this one cost me about $1.40!!

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Author:	Rod True [ Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:44 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
Right on Martin. Your daughter is a cutie too (reminds me of my little redhead) Hey dude, ever think of pulling that there door down for some killer tone wood? Or is is a veneer?

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Author:	martinedwards [ Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:40 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Who mentioned the "Dark Side"? I may be beyond even that!!
nah, sadly the doors are all Sapelle skinned with nothing but air & cardboard in between I don't THINK I'd be allowed to "salvage" them anyway.......

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