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Octave mandolin

A big version of the redheart mandolin.

The neck is five pieces, curly maple and walnut.

The body is chechen, maple, and walnut. I got a little fancy with how it fits together at the neck.

The fretboard is katalox.

The pickup is a Seymour Duncan Telecaster bridge humbucker under a 3D printed cover.

I’m pretty pleased with the brass bridge. It’s kind of a rip-off of Alembic’s bridges, but it was fun to make.