Jan 2, 2012

This blog is all about my making of an F5 Mandolin at Bluett Bros. Violins http://www.bluettbros-violins.com/

For several years now I've been wanting to make a sting instrument from scratch. Being frugal with money, I've never been able to open my wallet wide enough allowing me to work with a luthier to build an instrument. Sensing this, my wife surprised me with an apprenticeship with Mark Bluett this year for Christmas.

For those of you that aren't familiar with F5 Mandolin's, here's a picture of me holding my Washburn F5 style mandolin.

Technically, it's a Washburn model M3SW, but most folks refer to this style as an F5. F5 is actually a mandolin model first created by Gibson. If you interested in the history of all this, you can read more at http://www.vintagemandolin.com/mandohistory.html

So now the pressure is on. I can't screw this up!