http://reddiamondmandolins.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will be attending the Monroe Mandolin Camp this year displaying the Bobby Osborne Replica mandolins. Bobby is one of the instructors and I hope to see some of you there. The dates are September 10 - 12. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=32 Reischman Replica mandolins are finished and all but one was pre-sold. There is one still available at this time. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=30 For more information look for the March issue of Bluegrass Unlimited for article about Red Diamond Mandolins. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=28 The next show I'll be at is the Monroe Mandolin Camp in Owensboro, KY Sept. 12 - 14. Should be great fun, and I'll have a couple of instruments with me. Come join me if you can make it. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=27 I'll be at Merlefest this year 4/24/08 - 4/27/08. No booth, just enjoying it. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=25 Check out the winter issue of Mandolin Magazine. It features an article on Red Diamond mandolins and Don MacRostie. Also the previous issue has Johnny Staats as the featured player, and he has several good things to say about his Red Diamond. http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=24 Announcing the replica series Red Diamond mandolin. This is a series of several mandolins which will be based on great instruments that are in the hands of great players. Each replica will be reproduced in limited numbers, and will replicate the look, feel and tone of the original. ... http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=23 Here I am gluing tone bars in a batch of mandolins. There are 4 "F" style mandolins being built together. I split tone bars from Red Spruce stock in both directions. First, at 90 degrees to the grain, then exactly parallel with the grain. By splitting I am creating a small ... http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=16 Here I'm the next batch of Red Diamond mandolins. I fret the fingerboard off the neck with the fingerboard radiused and bound. The frets are pressed in. Remember, these are compound radiused fretboards. That is, the radius is gradually changing as you go from the nut toward the bridge. The ... http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=15 Here I am cutting Mother of Pearl and abalone for peghead inlays. The abalone is painted white so that the outline of the pearl pattern can be better seen on it. A fine jeweler's saw is used to cut on the line of the pattern. The cut piece is filed and ... http://reddiamondmandolins.com/?p=14