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I managed to , in my haste, not radius the back bracing on a mandolin . Because crap how much can it concave in less than 12" glued ? weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm alot.

Is there a Fix that I can try short of removing the back ? I am at the stain and finish point and dont wanna redo the back. Its about 1/8" concaved !
If Not I am Gonna swear to god and everyone I designed it this way to accomadate fat mandolin players

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If 1/8" is fat I am in a LOT of trouble.....

Wud/James I have never built a mando but if this was a guitar and one of my braces was flat or wrong I would think that I would have to replace that brace. Unfortunately this may mean removing the back.... If it does my sympathies since I know you didn't want to have to do that....

I knew you were gonna say that Grasping for straws here I swear im gonna write a book on " Luthrie for Dummies "

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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Well heck , where do I sign up to be a contributing editor . I am SURE I could write an article a week with NO trouble

Well Call it Wudwerkr's

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Laughing at the "anti-fat" approach. It's the antithesis of the Ovation approach (whaich is very fat guy unfriendly.....but don't ask how I know that!)

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Could this become your travel mandolin? I have a travel guitar that I do not care if the airlines drive a 747 over.

My opinion: If you are reluctant to take off the back and re-do it, leave it. If the mandolin is for you, it will serve as a constant reminder to double check as you go. Plus, who knows, you may be on to something new.

As an aside, I have lots of reminders around the house!!

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I have several already , and its not like it was gonna be a $5,000.00 job anyway

Sooooooooooooooooooooo me thinks its gonna be a as is kinda deal , and lesson learned !

I almost bet most people will never notice it anyway . And us Fat guys need stuff concaved anyway !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/