Robin’s mandolin II

A brief update for you on Robin’s mandolin. You can see that the body is now together.

Also, the tailpiece is made.

Why make the tailpiece at this stage? Simply so that I can drill the hole for the jack socket accurately and without splintering the tail block.

In the previous post I mentioned the mandolin’s “discreet decorative theme”, well that involves making some custom bindings and purflings……