Make a unique homemade instrument by following Wayne Erbsen’s homemade mandolin (or “hamdolin”) instructions using a ham can and inexpensive building materials. Before I explain the particulars on how ...

In this video, I build my first mandolin after years of tinkering with the instrument. With the help of friends Austin Papp and Jeremy, we gathered at Caleb James' shop to construct a mandolin mostly ...

Mike Black, a Lawrence custom builder of mandolins, poses in his shop with an A-style mandolin similar to ones made by the famous Gibson mandolin builder Lloyd Loar. The staged photo is similar to one ...