tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50983492056017518462024-03-18T22:45:05.269-05:00Franzke String InstrumentsFine mandolins and banjos built by Mark Franzke, Artist/Luthier in Prairie Village, KansasFranzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-83310365991133778182016-08-16T22:28:00.003-05:002016-08-16T22:36:29.521-05:00A-style Mandolins for International ShippingThere are Customs restrictions for products shipped overseas. Certain hardwoods are restricted or banned altogether. And strangely enough, Mother-of-Pearl is considered Fish and Wildlife and requires a license and fees for exporting. When I build an instrument for export I use alternatives to those materials and avoid fees and licenses and restrictions. I have found that "reconstituted stone" which is a composite made from stone and resin, makes a nice alternative to Mother-of Pearl and other shell materials. It comes in all kinds of colors and textures and I design around that rather than try to mimic shell.<br />
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Here are the three. I used combinations of several different woods to create some very unique designs.</div>
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Lots of design detail, all cut by hand.</div>
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Curly maple back with "baked" maple binding. The maple is actually cooked to a dark brown, It was an experiment and a beautiful alternative to Rosewood. Plus it smells like maple syrup when you sand it, which is a huge plus over Rosewood.</div>
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Curly maple neck with thin laminations and a detail of the baked maple.</div>
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Curly maple binding and heel cap</div>
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So barely two weeks ago the Kansas City Royals won the World Series and I got this cool T-Shirt.</div>
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Now barely two weeks later, I finished making this cool banjo. As much as I like the shirt, it ain't a banjo</div>
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KC logo made from various dyed veneers inlaid in the headstock. The truss rod cover is home plate, of course.</div>
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So one week ago this happened, and if you live in Kansas City it's kind of a big thing.</div>
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So now a week later, we're still reveling in it and I like my commemorative T-shirt just fine, but I think a commemorative banjo is just a bit more special, so that's what I did.</div>
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I waited until the final game was over to start it because I didn't want to jinx it and every fan knows that one little thing by one fan can affect the outcome of the game. The game went 12 innings so needless to say it was quite late when I started. I couldn't sleep after a victory like that anyway, so might as well start on a banjo.</div>
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I cut the logo out of different color wood veneers using a laser cutter. Ok, I just took the magic out of that part. I'll try to make up for it later.</div>
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Using a jeweler's saw, I cut 21 letters out of a material called reconstituted stone. It's got a marble look to it, and I thought it would look cool in larger pieces like this.</div>
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I used a wood called Purple Heart for the fingerboard. It's the closest thing to blue. I used my Dremel tool with the router base to inlay the letters into the wood.</div>
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I wanted to add some sparkle to the banjo so I found some old drum wrap material and laminated it to a piece of maple. I cut it in strips and sanded it to thickness and used it to trim the neck and resonator.</div>
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Just a little bling. I don't want to overdo it.</div>
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Here we are a week after our world series victory. I'll put the clearcoats on it now and we got a World Series banjo! </div>
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So I found this guitar at the Folk Store in Kansas City, and thought it was really cool. A 1950 Gibson ES-140, which is a 3/4 size archtop electric. It had a broken neck with a bad repair job, the finish was rough, tuners shot, pickguard damaged, but the electronics were still good.</div>
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I guess the repair worked even if it wasn't pretty. I'll have to make a new neck. This one is beyond repair.</div>
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I got the neck out and then decided I wanted to replace the plywood back and top with solid carved spruce and maple. So, off with the back!</div>
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The original had a screen printed logo, but I painted mine. Oh, and I added an inlay to make it look like it's full-sized brother, the ES-175.</div>
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I used the original fretboard, filled in the dots, inlayed the pearl and repaired the worn areas.</div>
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I used solid Engelmann spruce for the top and hand carved it to shape. </div>
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Solid maple back.</div>
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I sanded the sides down to the bare wood and used cream colored binding to match the faded color of the original</div>
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Finished!! One of a kind, solid carved spruce top and solid carved flamed maple back, The sides are still original, as well as the fretboard, electronics, tailpiece and pickguard bracket.</div>
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After spraying the lacquer, I noticed the painted logo was dissolving, so I repainted with different paints, and it still wasn't holding up, so I decided to cut the logo out of gold Mother-of-Pearl and inlay it. Now back to finishing.</div>
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I replaced the tuners with repro Kluson tuners that are nearly identical to the original ones.</div>
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Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-49578711452941988422014-09-05T22:55:00.002-05:002014-09-05T22:56:13.853-05:00Custom Inlay for an Upright Bass Tailpiece<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The owner always wanted an ebony tailpiece to match the fingerboard, and decided to have it custom inlayed while she was at it.</div>
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From THIS:</div>
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To THIS:</div>
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Here's how I did it: I created the design to fit the shape of the piece and to represent a tree with roots which were symbolic to the owner. I didn't want to make it a realistic tree, just to suggest it and create an overlapping, interwoven design. Once the design was complete I printed it out, cut out all the pieces and glued them to the Abalone shell and reconstituted stone pieces</div>
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I hand cut each piece using a jeweler's saw and glued them to a piece of black paper using thinned white glue to keep them in place.</div>
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I also cut the printed design out of a piece of white paper and glued it to the tailpiece to give me a very clear edge to rout to.</div>
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After routing out the channel with a Dremel, I used water to loosen the glue and remove the cut pieces from the black paper.</div>
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Then I fit each piece into place.</div>
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Since I am inlaying thin flat, rigid pieces into a curved form, I had to cut them at strategic places and bevel the edge, so that when I sanded the curve, the inlays would be down in the channel.</div>
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The final piece was my "F" script logo, also hand cut.</div>
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After filling, sanding and polishing, it looks like this:</div>
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As a final touch, she wanted a moon and stars on the bottom of the fingerboard, representing her and her four grandchildren.</div>
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Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-50857996944228639072014-04-26T23:21:00.000-05:002014-04-26T23:23:25.327-05:00Custom Inlay<div style="text-align: center;">
I had a request to create a design of a bee inlaid into the end of a mandolin fretboard. I first created a digital sketch to show what I had in mind.</div>
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I cut the pieces from white and gold mother-of-pearl, Paua abalone and square sterling silver wire.</div>
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I cut a thin piece of plywood to lay over the end of the scooped out fretboard end so I'd have a level surface to support the router and control the depth of the cut.</div>
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After the cavity has been routed out, I began laying in the tiny pieces of shell and wire.</div>
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Then I filled the space between the wire lines and the original fret slots and sanded it flush. Just the right amount of whimsy.</div>
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I love when I get a chance to do something a little different. The client, from Nova Scotia, ordered two mandolins, an A-5 and an A-4. He wanted the designs to pay tribute to his two dogs and to Canada. One of the dogs was a Scottie, the other a mix breed.</div>
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The quilted maple backs for both mandolins came from the same piece of wood.</div>
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I cut out the tiny scotties by hand. I decided to add three more, so I had to cut two more even smaller</div>
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For the A-4, I decided to use paw prints rather than try and I wanted them to wlak up the fretboard instead of centered. Each little paw print is made of 5 separate pieces of hand-cut mother-of-pearl. 45 tiny pieces. I cut several more because I knew I would drop a few, never to be found. Surprisingly I only dropped two, and I found one of them. </div>
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Unfinished, strung up to test the feel and make any adjustments.</div>
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A Canadian maple leaf, cut from abalone. I love these Golden Era tuning machines from Stewart MacDonald. Relic brass finish with black knobs.</div>
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Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-85702129463567904212013-10-13T20:37:00.000-05:002013-10-13T20:37:28.566-05:001927 Gibson RB-3 Partial Restoration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what it looked like when it showed up at the shop. All (or about 98%) original 1927 Gibson RB-3,<br />5-string banjo. Not a tenor conversion. The real deal! A client is having me prepare it for sale. More to the story at the bottom of this post.</div>
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Kinda dirty, some tarnished metal, but in excellent shape otherwise. I'll give it a complete cleaning to remove the grime but not re-finish or replace any parts other than the head.</div>
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And by "kinda dirty", I mean filthy-wash-hands-every-20 minutes-disgustingly dirty.</div>
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It had 70's era cam-style tuners that left an impression in the headstock.</div>
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Some grunge around the 5th string tuner, but the binding is still in great shape</div>
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The resonator is pretty rough. I don't want to try and refinish it. It was well-played and shows its age naturally.</div>
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The back of the headstock has some residue from the cam tuners, but it's on the surface and I think I can get it off without going into the finish.</div>
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These look to be the original Grover tuners. Dirty, but seem to function properly.</div>
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Every part of the banjo, every screw, washer and nut has been removed. I hope I remember how it goes together.</div>
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The metal cleaned up very well, the fretboard and inlays look great.</div>
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The tension hoop had worn through the nickel plating in one area, but the tailpiece is in excellent shape.</div>
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"Under the hood."</div>
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The wood rim has no cracks or flaws other than cosmetic. The rim rods and nuts polished up nicely.</div>
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The tuners are discolored from age, but not nearly as grungy as before. The cam tuners left a dull spot, but it's not bad.</div>
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The RB-3 in 1927 was not the fanciest banjo in the Mastertone line, but I really like the simple elegance.</div>
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<b>The "Rest of the Story" as they say:</b></div>
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This banjo was owned by Ralph Stanley until 1963, when it was sold to Buster Jenkins, a fiddle player from Kansas. Buster passed away around 2008, and my client acquired it from his estate. This banjo has all the mojo of a genuine pre-war Mastertone, plays and sounds like a dream. It's got the archtop vibe that brings out the Ralph Stanley and Doug Dillard in everything you play, and is crystal clear all the way up the fretboard with just enough low end to make you feel every note in your gut. This banjo is bonafide!</div>
<br />Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-3860957757386810422013-06-18T09:25:00.001-05:002013-06-18T17:40:58.404-05:00Vine Inlaid Walnut Banjo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I printed the design on a laser printer and cut it out with an X-Acto and glued it to the peghead. This gives me a very clear line to rout to.</div>
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The paper comes off easily with a little warm water. Then I go around and rout any areas that need it to get the mother-of-pearl to fit. </div>
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The logo is difficult to cut, the pearl is so brittle. After breaking a few in the beginning, I now know which cuts to make first, and I rarely break a piece.</div>
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The first of the vine pieces are cut out. I cut some of the pieces in one or two sittings, then come back to it later. It's a lot of cutting with a jeweler's saw.</div>
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The fingerboard is routed using the same technique as above.</div>
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The fretboard completely inlaid!</div>
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The "business end" of the banjo. Walnut block rim with maple bottom trim. Archtop tone ring and custom 24-piece nickel-plated flange plates I designed and had machined for me.</div>
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Banjo complete. Over 70 individual pieces of mother-of-pearl all hand cut and inlaid.</div>
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I developed the design for the vine over a long period of time, drawing and re-drawing. I wanted it to look organic and free-flowing, but at the same time, make it tie into the key fret positions where the dots would normally be. Rather than put very obvious markings on the key frets, I designed it to have a little more mass at the 7th, 10th, 12th, 15th, 17th and 19th frets.<br />
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The back of the burl walnut resonator with the checkerboard purfling rings.</div>
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The checkerboard design carries over to the sides of the resonator and the neck binding.</div>
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The walnut/maple rim and the 3-piece walnut/maple/walnut neck and maple/ebony heelcap. A closer look at my flange design incorporating elements of the classic Gibson and Vega flanges.</div>
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A nice piece of solid Honduras Mahogany just like the original.</div>
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Unlike the original, I cut 2 grooves into the neck block on the table saw and inserted carbon fiber bars to add stiffness to the neck. The original just had the rosewood center strip, but I like the stiffness the carbon fiber adds because it helps increase the sustain of the strings when they are strummed.</div>
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Cutting the scroll on the headstock is a difficult thing. It can get away from you quite easily. Orville Gibson designed this over 100 years ago, and it's still being imitated. He designed it so the vertical cuts are perpendicular to the fretboard surface, not the headstock. To make the cut, the neck is held in a jig while it is cut on a bandsaw with a 1/8" blade.</div>
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The neck is held in the same jig as it is smoothed out on a spindle sander.</div>
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After cutting the Mother-of-Pearl logo, the headstock is routed out using a Dremel rotary tool and very fine bits.</div>
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I cut the logo by hand out of Mother-of-Pearl using a jeweler's saw and a very fine blade.</div>
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The logos from that era can vary some from one instrument to the next, so having the original to go by allowed me to copy the size, shape and placement of the original.</div>
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Fitting the neck dovetail to the body is a time-consuming process. The curve of the body is not symmetric because of the scroll, and the neck must match the body. It also must be centered from side to side and set at the correct angle top to bottom for the strings to be the right height in the end.</div>
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I had to replace the white plastic crosspiece and the small trim piece since they were damaged. The cross piece is supposed to line up with the 12th fret when the fretboard is glued on. </div>
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I glued very thin spruce wedges into the cracks in the top. It had some old wood filler in it that had flaked out. This will be a much stronger repair and help maintain the integrity of the solid carved top.</div>
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The position markers were originally made from the same tortoise-colored plastic as the pickguard. Only three of them were intact. The material is not available anymore, so I used a very small hole punch to make little dots out of a guitar pick.</div>
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The fretboard is all bound and fretted and ready to glue to the body. I really love the shape of the fretboard end, and the mitered-corner bindings.</div>
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This 1906 Gibson, serial #6221 was found at an estate auction. It looks pretty rough. The neck has been broken and poorly repaired, but the body is in pretty good condition for its age.</div>
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The back is very solid with one small damaged area at the bottom that can be repaired.</div>
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The peghead was broken completely off and also cracked down the middle, and both scrolls were broken off. Someone "fixed" it by running a bolt all the way through horizontally and painting it black. The beautiful original German made Handel tuners are still completely intact and functioning.</div>
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The engraved tailpiece is completely intact and in pretty good shape. Since all the original hardware is still good, this is a perfect candidate for restoration.</div>
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The top has a couple of minor cracks that can easily be repaired, but I'll have to do some cosmetic work to undo the bad repair job from some time before.</div>
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Let's start the demolition! I carefully removed the back with a little steam and a thin hot blade.</div>
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The design and workmanship are excellent from 1906. The inlaid piece of ebony in the top supports the end of the fretboard. I'll have more details of this later. I love the level of detail for purely aesthetic purposes.</div>
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OK, so I wasn't so careful removing the neck. I have to build a new one anyway. This one is beyond repair, so I sawed it off. Sorry Mr. Gibson, sometimes surgery isn't pretty, but necessary. </div>
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I took a blade and scraped off the paint to see if the original logo was there. I couldn't see any sign of it through the paint and thought maybe it had been removed.</div>
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It was like scratching off the winning lottery ticket.</div>
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Since the peghead had been broken in half, the Mother-of-Pearl inlay was also broken, but at least I have an accurate pattern and exact placement when I replicate it. These were cut by hand and I have seen several instruments from this era and the logos have some wild variation. I was really happy to find this, so I can make the new one exactly the way Orville Gibson intended it.</div>
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It's all finished and assembled. One of the most interesting restorations I've ever gotten to work on. I love the intricate design and all the details from the ornate inlays to the multiple piece dowel stick.</div>
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The peghead inlays were mostly intact. I only had to cut a couple of small pieces to replace the missing ones. </div>
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The fretboard inlays were all hand cut and inlaid into a new fretboard.</div>
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The inlay on the back of the headstock was intact. The tuners are all new modern replacements.</div>
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I had to hand shape the heel of the neck to fit the curvature of the body and to create the proper neck angle. The carving was all original, and the neck was in very good shape, so I didn't have to re-create the inticate carving on the heel.</div>
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A view of the maple/ebony dowel stick I created to closely match a photograph I had of another Orpheum from the same era.</div>
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Most of the hardware is new reproduction hardware, but I found an old armrest and a vintage neck/rim bracket that were closer to the originals than the modern repros.</div>
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The brackets, hooks and tone ring have all been attached to the finished rim.</div>
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The calfskin head has been soaked in water and is now damp and pliable. The hoop is placed in the center.</div>
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The head is draped over the banjo rim assembly, and a magic wand is waved over it.</div>
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OK... here are the "behind the scenes" steps:</div>
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The head is folded toward the center and the tension hoop is placed over the outer edge.</div>
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The hide is pulled up between the tone ring and the tension hoop, carefully removing all wrinkles.<br />
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As the head is stretched, I make sure it is pulled down evenly all the way around.</div>
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The excess is trimmed away after the head is almost dry, but still slightly soft. The head will shrink some as it dries, so I don't want it too tight to start. I'll tighten it over the next couple days and then it's ready to string up!</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-9148128232146145122012-06-24T22:02:00.000-05:002012-06-24T22:05:34.815-05:00Finishing The Orpheum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Preparing the shellac for French polishing. Basically just alcohol and shellac flakes. TIP: Never mix your alcohols.</div>
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I start with some thinned shellac with a little amber stain mixed in to give it some base color.</div>
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Next I French polish using a little heavier shellac mix. I'm using medium amber shellac flakes so as I build the finish, the color starts getting a little deeper. French polishing uses a cotton ball dipped in the shellac mix, wrapped in a cotton cloth, and dabbed with a drop of olive oil so it will wipe on smooth. I slowly build up the finish with this technique.</div>
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Once I have it built up to where I want it, I use a 400 grit sandpaper to level it all and remove the streaks from the wiping process.</div>
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Now I use a much thinner shellac mix for the top coats. There's no streaking with the thinner shellac, so there may just be some minimal light sanding followed by some polishing cloths, and it will be done. Once it's cured, it's as durable as modern lacquer finishes as long as you don't leave it in the sun or a hot car, or spill your whiskey on it. It's a difficult technique to master on larger instruments like guitars, but a banjo neck is not too badFranzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-33338922993582919242012-06-17T22:22:00.001-05:002012-06-17T22:30:20.117-05:00Orpheum Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is it?</div>
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If you guessed a banjo neck-to-body alignment jig, you would have been correct. The square fence at a 45 degree angle keeps a circle perfectly centered.</div>
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The jig holds the neck, dowel, and rim assembly in place while I square everything up.</div>
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I check the fit of the neck heel against the body at the correct angle.</div>
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Ready for final sanding and varnish.</div>
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I built this F-5 based on the classic features of the traditional F-5 mandolins, with a stunning one-piece curly maple back, gold-plated tuners, ivoroid bindings and sunburst color.</div>
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My original inlay design. This one has fixed twin carbon fiber bars in the neck instead of an adjustable truss rod.</div>
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Rosewood heelcap, ivoroid/black/white binding around the on-piece back.</div>
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I inlaid a little scroll to fill the space at the end of the fretboard rather than installing half frets.</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-34509818528709000522012-06-10T22:19:00.003-05:002012-06-10T22:19:23.887-05:00Quilted F-5<br />
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I built this one for myself using all the design elements I love. My original "flower pot" inlay design, the vintage-look tuners, "tortoise shell" binding and block fretboard inlays.</div>
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Trimmed with a strip of white and then a strip of tortoise binding.</div>
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My original block inlay design is made of four pieces of mother-of-pearl with an abalone diamond in the center and a thin strip of black fiber separating them.</div>
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Finished in clear gloss lacquer</div>
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The dowel stick fits into the heel of the neck and extends to the back of the rim, pulling the neck tight and straight against the banjo rim. The original Orpheum was ornate in every way, including the dowel, so I matched the design of it with multiple pieces of maple, ebony and thin black fiber stripes. The laminated dowel also makes a stronger piece that is less likely to warp or twist over time.</div>
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The end is carved and filed until it fits tight into the drilled hole. It is critical that it is perfectly straight with the center line of the neck.</div>
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It is dry fit without glue until I true it up with the banjo rim, then it will be glued in place.</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-771981913554792902012-05-20T22:27:00.000-05:002012-05-21T07:22:39.481-05:00Restoring a c1907 Orpheum 5-String Banjo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Orpheum is mostly all there. The neck is in excellent shape. I made a new fretboard and will have to match the inlays. </div>
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I found some excellent photos of an Orpheum #3 from the same era and copied the inlays. I hand-cut the abalone shell and routed the fretboard.</div>
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The peghead is in excellent shape and just needs one small piece of the inlay replaced. </div>
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Close up of the abalone inlay and the routed space in the fretboard.</div>
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the fretboard inlays in place and sanded flush.</div>
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Close up of the first fret I hand cut from abalone shell.</div>
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I made a chipboard template that use to trace a "topographic map" onto the solid spruce top wood. Each concentric line represents about 5/100" in height difference.</div>
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The lowest area is cut first. I then raise the router and cut the next ring for 11 different levels.</div>
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After all the rings have been cut, it looks like this.</div>
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Then I use thumb plane to carve the top plate and blend together the different levels. Then lots of scraping and sanding to get it to the final outside shape.</div>
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This is my first Octave Mandolin build. Like a mandolin, but much larger and tuned an octave lower. There is no standard size, and no real plans to go by, so I'm developing a prototype based on my personal preference for fret scale and body size. I am drawing detailed plans as I go and making modifications as I go. I made a form for the body and steam bent the maple for the rims. The head block is solid maple and the end block and two point blocks are made from maple and mahogany.</div>
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The rims are glued to the blocks and the has taken shape.</div>
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The neck has been cut to rough shape with the ebony headplate and adjustable truss rod installed. The rosewood fretboard has been laid out and fretted to a 20.875" scale, making it easier to play for small to medium hands.</div>
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My original "flower pot" design for the peghead inlay. I hand cut the pieces from mother-of-pearl and abalone.</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-21914282098790585572012-04-21T10:15:00.001-05:002012-04-21T10:15:36.937-05:00Color Added<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have applied the stains to the two F-5s. #12011 with quilted maple back and sides and "tortoise" bindings.</div>
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The front of #12011 showing the special block inlays</div>
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#12012 is very traditional, but I felt it needed a little flair at the bottom of the fretboard.</div>
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Traditional ivoroid bindings, and rosewood heelcap.</div>
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This one also has a very nice one-piece curly maple back that I had been saving for a few years.</div>
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I matched the back with a neck that had a very similar flame pattern so the stripes would carry through from top to bottom.</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098349205601751846.post-79680992631764677802011-12-30T13:42:00.000-06:002011-12-30T13:42:32.359-06:00Quilted F-5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zNPxOqvKkTw/Tv4RkLLFcGI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ym8cjX_uz44/s1600/f-white-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zNPxOqvKkTw/Tv4RkLLFcGI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ym8cjX_uz44/s320/f-white-1.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A new F-5, assembled and strung up unfinished to make sure everything is right before applying any finish coats.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The hand-carved top and scroll is bound with black, white and tortoise-shell binding strips. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iziN5gGJkG4/Tv4SHK89JkI/AAAAAAAAAYU/XR3ssgw5BF8/s1600/f-white-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iziN5gGJkG4/Tv4SHK89JkI/AAAAAAAAAYU/XR3ssgw5BF8/s320/f-white-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My original mother-of-pearl block inlay pattern with abalone diamond inlaid in the center</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvxLXIlXW2M/Tv4SH_LzpNI/AAAAAAAAAYc/tBME0SWWnvk/s1600/f-white-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mvxLXIlXW2M/Tv4SH_LzpNI/AAAAAAAAAYc/tBME0SWWnvk/s320/f-white-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Side view showing the binding and the quilted-maple hand-bent sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EZP_GCz6p9w/Tv4SJfEIy2I/AAAAAAAAAYs/rdbvtjWHt48/s1600/f-white-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="235" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EZP_GCz6p9w/Tv4SJfEIy2I/AAAAAAAAAYs/rdbvtjWHt48/s320/f-white-7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> close up of the hand-carved back and scroll</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wO1xDKLB0M/Tv4SKD8z0TI/AAAAAAAAAY0/SOaglodjnA8/s1600/f-white-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wO1xDKLB0M/Tv4SKD8z0TI/AAAAAAAAAY0/SOaglodjnA8/s320/f-white-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I put a little moisture on the wood to highlight the quilted pattern in the maple back.</div>Franzke Mandolinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17575088304353767532noreply@blogger.com0