Siminoff's full-size F5 mandolin ProSeries drawings are heralded as best in class. (NOTE: This set is not available separately. It is bound into The Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual, 4th Edition. Drawings are included in, and come with The Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual).
PRO-SERIES F5 Drawings: Our ProSeries Drawings include detailed construction notes, cross-section specifications for soundboard and backboard, accurate body and scroll shape, tone bar positioning, f-hole size and shape, optional Virzi Tone Producer, 9 full-size peghead inlay designs by DiAnne Patrick, tap tuning notes, and details for graduating soundboards and backboards.
- Drawing set includes various page sizes, from 12˝x9˝ to 12˝x29˝
- 21 drawing pages
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This drawing set is included as part of Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual and not available separately (see note below)
Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual 4th edition: Originally published in 1973, this 4th edition was released in 2021, has been fully updated and revised, and includes more than 330 color photos and everything you need to know about building a Bill Monroe-style F5 mandolin (designed by Lloyd Loar). The text includes: a primer on musical acoustics, wood selection, graduating the soundboard and backboard, making the neck, truss rod installation, assembling the body, tap tuning, building the fretboard, installing frets, pearl inlay, neck joints, binding the body and peghead, coloring and finishing, string selection, set up, and much more. A stellar instrument-building manual by heralded luthier and author Roger H. Siminoff. (2.8 lbs.)
Introduction by renowned luthier Steven Gilchrist
- Includes 21 full-size fold-out ProSeries F5 construction drawings
- 2 full-size fold-out fixture drawings
- 10 full-size peghead inlay drawings by DiAnne Patrick
- 330+ color photographs
- 16 luthier signature/date labels
- Tap tuning and deflection tuning techniques
- Coloring, shading, and finishing techniques
- Musical frequency charts (for A440 and A431)
- 150 text pages
- 9˝x12˝, spiral bound
Luthiers who buy this book also enjoy reading The Luthier’s Handbook, and The Art of Tap Tuning. To learn more about the man behind the F5 mandolin, read The llfe and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar.