Instruments with non-standard tunings.
This body is maple plywood over a hollow pine core, double-bound. It came out very lightweight, too light to balance even a guitar neck. This was originally going to be the 12-string, but I realized that it would never balance. So I shuffled parts and bodies between some other projects - a planned six-string got canceled and became the twelver. That left this body free. I thought about it a while and decided it would make a good mandolin.
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Spraying with a compressor is so much better than the choking clouds of toxic gas that come out of a rattle can. I only use those for small parts and necks. I really recommend you invest in a good quiet compressor like mine, and a couple of inexpensive spray guns. For fine work, like bursts, I use an airbrush. I am lucky and get all of this stuff for free, thanks to Home Depot. Even the poly I am using right now.
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