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Comment by Ronnie Retherford on November 19, 2010 at 11:47am

Hey Johnny! The scale is 25.5 and you really have to stretch the pinkie to play it like a mandolin. The neck is reinforced with a non-adjustable truss rod from StewMac. I used the individual tuners (Gotoh) because I thought they would look/fit the instrument better since the neck was long. Wanted to make it using a 20 inch scale, but the guy I built it for wanted it 25.5 scale. Ask more questions if you wish.

Comment by Johnny Debit on November 18, 2010 at 12:02pm

Beautiful instrument. A brilliant encore for #1. I have an OM next on my to-do list. I gotta have the details: What scale length? Did you have to reinforce the neck? It looks like you are using single tuners instead of A-style plate tuners, is that quality/cost decision? I’ll limit it to just those three questions. Again, great job!

Comment by olds sleeper on November 18, 2010 at 7:44am

really nice, man. like your playing too.

Comment by Frank Posey on November 18, 2010 at 5:42am

WOW! Very nice.

Comment by Uncle John on November 18, 2010 at 3:18am

Man, that is a good sounding and beautiful octave mando.

Comment by W.T. Tarapchak on November 18, 2010 at 2:29am

What a great job Ronnie!!!

Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on November 18, 2010 at 2:04am

Real nice build. Lovely tone. I love the mandolin sound, but I just don't know how you boys play with those short nuts. I like my nuts long, 1 7/8" I need some finger room. (Sounds like a funny double entendre converstaion! LOL) Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.