Teardrop Mandolin
Teardrop Mandolin M3TD
Teardrop Mandolin M3TD
Based on plans from MusicMakers, Inc.
Back & Sides: Canary Wood
Top: Redwood/Hemlock
Fretboard: Brazillian Rosewood
Bridge: Red Henry design #27 - Quartersawn Domestic Cherry
Beautiful, but functionally an abysmal failure. The sides, back and soundboard are too thin to support the string tension. When I tighten the strings for tuning, the soundboard flexes into the body and deadens the tone. This may get resurrected as a Ukulele (Mandolele?).