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Clive Eastwood
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Custom Order Tripper 4 Ash
Custom order Tripper 4 Ash set neck ready for paint
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Chris@Belmuse
Oct 31, 20221 min read
On The Bench
Two WW4's and an EM 8 String on the workben ch today
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Chris@Belmuse
May 28, 20221 min read
When Rivers Meet - Grace's eMandos
"Grace plays an Iceman 8 string & a custom built EM 4 string thru-neck model with the band name engraved in the bookmatched quilted maple...
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Chris@Belmuse
May 24, 20221 min read
Build Diary - Belvoir Superstrat
Commissioned Build Ecologically sourced mahogany body wings Flamed maple bookmatched drop top Multi-laminate thru-neck contruction Wenge...
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Chris@Belmuse
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Build Diary - Tessellating Top LP Bass
Commissioned LP Bass Build Mahogany body Multi-laminate set neck 1/2" top hand carved from approx 150 individual pieces of purpple heart...
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Chris@Belmuse
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Build Diary - 15.75" LP Mandola 8
Commissioned mandola/octave mandolin build Quilted maple bookmatched 1/2" cap Mahogany body with set neck Flamed maple neck Rosewood...
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Chris@Belmuse
Dec 12, 20211 min read
Build Diary - 'Saucy Jack' 21" Mandola 6 String
Custom ordered by the Minstrel Rav'n, Indiana, USA. Dave almost exclusively plays mandolas and wanted to experiment with octave strings...
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Chris@Belmuse
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Build Diary - Custom 22.75" Scale Strat Mandola 4
Our client requested a 22.75" scale length octave mandloin/tenor tuned G, D, A, E low to high one octave below mandolin to match his ash...
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Chris@Belmuse
Jun 23, 20211 min read
Build Diary - WW4 Vintage Strat eMando
Vintage styled Strat build with a unique padouk fingerboard
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Chris@Belmuse
May 18, 20211 min read
Build Diary - Travel 5 eMando
Commissioned by a US customer, this was one of the first two prototype travel builds we designed & constructed. This was the very first...
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Chris@Belmuse
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Build Diary - Swamp Ash Strat 4 SHS eMando
Starting with a single piece slab of American swamp ash & an ash neck with rosewood fingerboard, we wired this one with a volume for the...
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Chris@Belmuse
Dec 12, 20191 min read
Build Diary - LP#2 8 String eMando
"Built with the philosophy that the Gibson craftsmen got it right back in the late 1950's we replicated all the classic build techniques...
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Chris@Belmuse
Oct 16, 20191 min read
Build Diary - EM200 eMando
"EM200 style build based on an old growth mahogany body, hard rock maple set neck, rosewood bound fingerboard, 24 frets, abalone dot...
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