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Page 8 — The Irish Bouzouki: A Mandolin on Steroids by Graham McDonald
Here are two photos that did not appear in the magazine. They show a bolt-on bouzouki neck under construction.
These two photos show more detail on the construction of the hollow heelblock.
This shows a different view of the construction of a solid heelblock.
Here is a back view of the soundboard glued to the ribs.
Drilling for a bolt-on neck. Note that this is a different step int he process from Photo 24 in the magazine.
Author Graham McDonald sells a book on the subject of making bouzoukis. Here is his website: http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com
Page 20 —Meet the Maker: David King by Jonathon Peterson
Here are some of David's early basses.
These two pictures may give you a better idea of how David's bridge/tuner mechanism works.
Here are two of David's clients.
A review of David's bass #13 in Bass Player magazine proved to be a turning point in his career. Here's a photo of it. The black-and-white photo in the magazine doesn't do justice to the wood choice.
