Create your own Octave Mandolin!

                      

Mill Creek Octave Mandolin Kit Features:*

• all solid wood components
• book matched Redwood top. (spruce top from previous kit is pictured)
  
• pre-bent book matched black walnut sides
• book matched black walnut back
• slotted Ebony finger board 22.875" scale
• 6 m.o.p. inlay dots
• partially shaped bolt on neck with two way adjustable truss rod
• tuning keys, strings, bridge, tailpiece and all hardware included (see below for option)*
• veneer peg head overlay
• 21 page easy to read illustrated set of instructions
• 12 pages of detailed drawings
• on line help and technical support
• $450 shipped any where in the Continental U.S.A.
  
• *$410 without strings, tailpiece and tuning machines shipped anywhere in the Continental U.S.A.
• The plan for this kit can also be purchased on its own.
• Now with an induced arch bracing

You can see photos of the building process in the Workshops section of this website.

Tools and supplies needed to build the mandolin kits:

A hand drill or small drill press with bits, a coping saw or small scroll saw, some C clamps, a small wood vise, a few files and/or rasps, a few wood chisels, glue, masking tape, double backed tape, clothespins, and sandpaper.

Although some woodworking experience is helpful in putting this kit together, extensive skills are not necessary. It has been engineered and designed to be builder friendly and will enable the builder to gain an introduction into basic luthier skills that can be applied to building future instruments. It is also designed so the builder can add their own artistic expression.