StewMac F5 Mandolin Kit plus "How to Build a Carved-Top Mandolin" DVD

Description

Make a fine F-style mandolin from our kit and save hours of work
We use all top-quality woods and workmanship to make every kit a potential heirloom
There's no plywood in this kit: curly maple is used for the sides and back, with an arched European spruce top
An instructional DVD, full-scale F-5 mandolin plan and written instructions guide you through the assembly process
See Product Description for complete list of kit contents
Make a fine F-style mandolin and save hours of work!
We created this kit in our own shop under the guidance of Don MacRostie, creator of renowned "Red Diamond" mandolins. We use all top-quality woods and workmanship to make every kit a potential heirloom. There's no plywood in this kit: curly maple is used for the sides and back, with an arched European spruce top.
Learn to build from a pro!
The assembly steps are presented in the included DVD, "How to Build a Carved-Top Mandolin," which we recommend to everyone considering building our mandolin kit.
Everything's ready for hand-building, and very few tools are needed. (A Dremel tool is the only power tool you'll need to construct your mandolin.) The arched top and back are ready for sanding and assembly, or you can tap-tune the fine European spruce top until it's just right.
The most difficult work is already done.
You get top-quality pieces in this kit, including:
Dovetailed, pre-shaped curly maple neck with truss rod slot (cut to fit the provided truss rod)
The shaped peghead has accurately pre-drilled tuner holes
Pre-slotted ebony fingerboard (29 slots)
Pre-bent, assembled curly maple rim (with tail block and dovetailed neck block glued in place)
Pre-carved European spruce top and curly maple back
Peghead veneer
Tone bars
Kerfed linings
The kit also includes white and black bindings, truss rod, string nut, fretwire, dot inlays and endpin — all the parts you need to get started. In addition to the DVD, a full-scale F-5 mandolin plan and written instructions are also included.
When you've finished building the kit, you supply the tuners, bridge and tailpiece of your choosing that's right for your instrument.