A lot of beautiful and inspiring work here in this music category!... I did a series of stringed metal sculptures several years ago and more recently (about 4yrs ago) I got into turning Turkey Calls.
I spent a lot of time trying different soundboard and body configurations with the turkey calls, all of which had a slightly different sound. Now...I don't pretend to know or have the knowledge to build anything near what I'm seeing here but it has inspired me to try. I bought a set of Mandolin plans from StewMac and a $65 dollar mandoline off ebay for reference and parts. The goal for now is to get familiar with the process and how things work.



00D7FE0A-2EE6-428A-A76F-C3322F8E6F64_1_201_a.jpg 4 strings, automotive clear coat over 12ga. metal, copper inlay feature

C59977F6-35AF-43B5-9A70-5E48D11215F4_1_201_a.jpg 7 strings automotive clear coat over 12ga. metal

0C7E3BD1-6BE2-4AD3-8D1D-8508AF786192_1_201_a.jpg guitar strings, I hooked this one up to an amp

4BE3D6FF-E3C3-4A00-8CC4-162BE84634F4_1_201_a.jpg 88 strings automotive clear coat over 12ga metal

I did a couple more but you get the picture....

41C235AD-7CDE-4933-97BB-FE24F44C619D_1_201_a.jpg Turkey Call, glass over slate, Zebra wood

78EE7F56-6FB1-40D1-A20F-3F4DAF3BBECE_1_201_a.jpg example of different sound board and body configurations experiments



6A657235-C0A3-4159-BD09-67CE12A5CE95_1_201_a.jpg this is where I'm at so far with the Mandolin....'er Manjolin.... in part, the design was inspired by the turkey call. this has a second sound board attached under the body sound board, we'll see how this works out