The Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual (4th Edition) - Originally published in 1973, this 4th edition was released in 2021 and has been fully updated and revised with more than 330 color photos and everything you need to know about building a Bill Monroe-style F5 mandolin. The text includes: a primer on musical acoustics, wood selection, graduating the soundboard and backboard, making the neck, truss rod installation, assembling the rim and body, tap tuning, constructing the fretboard, installing frets, pearl inlay, neck joints, binding the body and peghead, coloring and finishing, string selection, set up, a primer on tap tuning, and much more. A stellar instrument-building manual by heralded luthier and author Roger H. Siminoff. (2.8 lbs.)
Introduction by heralded luthier Steven Gilchrist
21 full-size fold-out ProSeries F5 construction drawings
2 full-size fold-out fixture drawings
10 full-size peghead inlay drawings by DiAnne Patrick
330+ color photographs
16 luthier signature/date labels
Tap tuning and deflection tuning techniques
Coloring, shading, and finishing techniques
Musical frequency charts (for A440 and A431)
150 text pages, 9˝x12˝, spiral bound, 2.7 pounds
