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| Dawn |
Dawn is a semi-hollowbody electric mandolin, of the regular mandolin scale. The neck is walnut and figured maple. It's notched out so the bubinga body overlays the neck, which then shows in it's entirety on the back.
The body slants down, and the neck thru tapers in thickness towards the back of the body. This leaves a graduated hollow in the back, mostly for weight savings, but also so I could wrap the strings around the butt end of the neck. To do this neatly I notched the body and set ebony blocks into it as shown in the picture. There are string notches to keep them in place. It makes it easier to change the strings, but also enhances sustain above what a separate tailpiece would accomplish.
The body, as stated, is semi-hollow, with just an air chamber somewhat bigger than the F hole. The F-hole, owing to it's odd shape, has a walnut brace inside to prevent it's tongue from getting broken by overzealous players.
The bridge is ebony, generally in the style of a normal compensated mandolin bridge, and is adjustable by set screws at the top of the bridge.
The pickup is an Alnico 5 bar magnet wrapped in 42 ga wire, lacquer bonded and covered in epoxy and shielding paint. The control cavity is likewise shielded, and has a regular volume and tone control, with the output jack recessed into the rear parallel to the the line of the strings.
The fretboard is actually a vintage rosewood one rebound with bubinga strips. It has abalone diamonds as fret markers on the side and mother of pearl dots on the front. The nut is a Graphtech nut. The neck has a regular mandolin truss rod with the truss rod cover being a curved piece of bubinga. The tuners are Schaller F-Style with pearloid knobs and nickel plating.
With the tone knob turned to the treble side it sounds like: DustyonDawn |
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