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This is the first step in making the bookmatched back
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| Joining a flame maple back
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| Rough carving a curly maple mandolin back
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Rough carving an A style top plate
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| Mandolin tops are hand carved to thickness before tone bars are added.
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| Graduating an F5 Maple back
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Preparing a vertical grain spruce tonebar for fitting.
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| Fitting the Tonebar to make 100% contact with the top for balanced powerful tone.
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| Tone bars are then shaped and the top is tap tuned as a unit
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