Itās a coffee can with a neck!
The neck is left over curly maple and walnut from my electric octave mandolin. The mandolin is a one-piece neck-though, so the head and body angles are all cut straight from one big piece. That leaves a big chuink of waste, which turned into this. While squaring things up, I ended up with a couple veneer-thin pieces, which I used to cover the front nd back of the headstock. Got real lucky that worked out!
Thre was a little knot in the maple, which is why this cut became the waste of the mandolin. I stained the whole thing dark with steel wool dissolved in vinegar. Itās got a kinda alien greenish-blue-black look, which I donāt love, but it hides the knot alright.
The fretboard is wenge, pre-slotted for a 30+1/2" bass by Luthierās Mercantile International right before they went out of business. I cut it off at the 9th fret, leaving around a 18.2" scale length.
The bridge is katalox.
The tailpiece is tied on with kevlar cord. Better safe than sorry.
I put the high strings from a Magnum Slinky set on, so itās tuned like a tenor guitar.