Mandolin tailpiece

Sam

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Collings mandolin tailpiece engraved in semi-relief.

I confess to being influenced by Weldon Lister's beautiful engraving on this job!

 

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Very cool Sam!
Peter

 

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Sweet Sam, what is it made of?

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Looking pretty darn good there Sam!!

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Amazing! That'd probably be the nicest part on any Mandolin..

 

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if it doesn't fit the mandolin, i'll give it to my wife for a necklace. this is just fab work.

 

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I like how you used the "ears" in the upper corners to make those leaves, just so much to look at. It's all in the design folks, here's proof.
Makes me want to buy a Collings...

 

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Sam that thing is just delicious.

 

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• Mar 4, 2015

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Nice one Sam. Thing wrong with drawing influences from other sources; that's happened throughout the history of art.

 

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• Mar 4, 2015

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Now that's a nice touch to any instrument. Lotta fun there!
Layne

 

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Beautiful!

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dang thats nice, kinda has an old fashioned feel to it, really really nice.

 

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Wow, that is gorgeous!

 

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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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• Mar 5, 2015

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As always awesome design and superb engraving!

 

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• Mar 13, 2015

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As a knife maker/engraver, I never thought I'd say this, but that dot background on this piece looks better to me than flat black. It's perfect for this piece.

 

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• Apr 30, 2015

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Here is my mandolin tailpiece that Mr. Lister did for me a few years ago.

 

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• May 1, 2015

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Perfect job

 

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• May 1, 2015

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weldons' work is quite inspirational. he was a frequent flier on the forum some time ago. i always looked forward to seeing his gun and bracelet work. thanks for showing the tail piece.