http://www.sobellinstruments.com/index.htm Source: Wayback Machine Thanks to the Wayback Machine, we still have Mr. Sobell’s website available to drool over his exquisite Citterns, OMs and mandolins. And to hear some samples of music played on one of his OMS, see this page from John McGann (also thanks to the Wayback Machine!).
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Specifications / Mandolin A Style Tuning Machines — RubnerTuners.com
Source: Specifications / Mandolin A Style Tuning Machines — RubnerTuners.com These things are gorgeous! A bit pricey (us$89 to us$440 in 2024), but many are still less than what StewMac charges for their Golden Age tuners.
Yanuziello Stringed Instruments
Source: Yanuziello Stringed Instruments A luthier who lives in the Niagara area – I found his website while perusing the Mandolin Cafe’s Builders directory. Time to update my own list!
Edgar Russ Distinguished Violinmaker – YouTube
Source: Edgar Russ Distinguished Violinmaker – YouTube A professional luthier from Cremona – here he hosts a series of videos describing his processes – everything from cooking up some oil varnish to how to change the strings on a violin.
Arm Bevels – O’Brien Guitars
Ken Parker – Archtoppery Video Series
Mandolin Tailpiece Install or Replace
Wood Essence ColorFX Dye Concentrates Wood Tone Kit
Our special selection of liquid Metal-complex dye concentrates allows you to blend unlimited ranges of wood tone colors for exciting new effects or matching existing projects. Source: ColorFX Dye Concentrates Wood Tone Kit A Canadian supplier for finishing supplies – this is the same (type of) stuff (metal-complex dyes in a ‘special’ solvent) that StewMac …
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From Shelf to Guitar
From the fellow who brought the IKEA guitar… an ES335-style (but full hollow-body) build. From a shelf, no less. From the YouTube notes: 4,417,913 views Jun 18, 2020 This is my third guitar build, handcrafted in Brussels, Belgium. I used wood from a shelf to make the body, not only because Brian May is my …
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IKEA Guitar
I like the way he uses a bench dog to attach his vise to the bench (at 7:24).