richardoxley2 - Posted - 07/06/2011:  03:31:04

Hi everyone I am looking for a resonator Octave mandolin not the all metal national sort rather wood with a resonator. 

does anyone know if there are any still being made I haven't had any luck finding any so far.

Thanks in advance for your help

Richard

WeberInstruments - Posted - 07/07/2011:  10:23:36

Got the email notification awhile ago and it sparked my interest and for some reason thought it was from Eric- glad I found the thread.

Just thought I’d let you know that Bruce has had one in the works for some time, but hasn’t been able to get back to it (body/neck are done-separate right now).  Sorry to be so cryptic, but he hasn’t wanted to post pictures/info because he said no one would understand it :  ) and he hasn’t had the time to get into it again.

It is a special biscuit cone, round neck that will have 8 strings.  Let me know if you are really interested right now and we can go into more detail. Best to email me directly as we have people on vacation and I haven't had much time to visit/post. mary@soundtoearth.com

thanks!

richardoxley2 - Posted - 07/07/2011:  12:50:54

Thanks for your interest what I am looking for is beard cone with a spider bridge but the most important thing is I am from Cornwall UK so any Luthier I contact would have to be in the UK I think it matters a lot that if you are having an instrument mad you can meet the person who is making it so it really  does have to be from the UK

Edited by - richardoxley2 on 07/07/2011 12:55:24

WeberInstruments - Posted - 07/07/2011:  14:23:50

gotcha- good luck, Richard!

richardoxley2 - Posted - 08/15/2011:  09:52:39

Hi I found a local Luthier Kif Wood Of Kif Guitars kifguitars.com/index.html



Here is work in progress picasaweb.google.com/114182823...irectlink

richardoxley2 - Posted - 09/08/2011:  10:34:59

Hi everyone I found a local Luthier and here are some pics of the instrument he is making for me

picasaweb.google.com/114182823...irectlink    

The link was rubbish on the last post sorry done it wrong