tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236040932011-09-20T02:57:59.366-07:00I don't have a lot of time to maintain a website but I know I need to have a web presence. I hope to have photos of current and past instruments I've made available for people to view. I have won awards for my violin making but have been making mandolins almost exclusevly for the last few years. I love building all instruments but for now am having a lot of fun making mandolins.gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-2883175972353716232007-09-07T12:27:00.001-07:002007-09-07T12:32:20.041-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGnKIrFQgI/AAAAAAAAADM/IXYFIKu8uI0/s1600-h/curly+before+refin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107547244983566850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGnKIrFQgI/AAAAAAAAADM/IXYFIKu8uI0/s320/curly+before+refin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here's a pic of what it looked like when I got it. I was also told that this mandolin spent a little time as a planter.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-288317597235371623?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1856561445736902982007-09-07T12:16:00.000-07:002007-09-07T12:26:59.149-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl3orFQcI/AAAAAAAAACs/whdTUFPZcQY/s1600-h/Curly+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107545827644359106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl3orFQcI/AAAAAAAAACs/whdTUFPZcQY/s320/Curly+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl4YrFQdI/AAAAAAAAAC0/GDo5xPGCkNc/s1600-h/Curly+top.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107545840529261010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl4YrFQdI/AAAAAAAAAC0/GDo5xPGCkNc/s320/Curly+top.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl5IrFQeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/PZT6g101fM0/s1600-h/Curly+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107545853414162914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl5IrFQeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/PZT6g101fM0/s320/Curly+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl5IrFQfI/AAAAAAAAADE/z9YweTsDZAY/s1600-h/Curly+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107545853414162930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RuGl5IrFQfI/AAAAAAAAADE/z9YweTsDZAY/s320/Curly+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here are a few shots of a repair I just finished. This mandolin was given to me with a thick ugly brown finish of several layers. Underneath the brown I found St.Paddy's day green. The goal was to finish the top as a blonde,as it was originally, but with the badly stained spruce I had to go with a sunburst. The mandolin had been refinished by Gibson at some point as a sunburst so I didn't mind going back to that. It sure sounds nice now. Some of you may recognize this bit of bluegrass history from a very famous album cover. It's a trivia question, you'll have to figure it out on your own.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-185656144573690298?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-59422486104067843872007-03-01T08:33:00.000-08:002007-03-01T08:35:40.897-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecAqzne7MI/AAAAAAAAAB4/YNwutEkTAno/s1600-h/%27dola+back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036995443647507650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecAqzne7MI/AAAAAAAAAB4/YNwutEkTAno/s320/%27dola+back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecAqzne7NI/AAAAAAAAACA/pyH397iMVZw/s1600-h/%27dola+top.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036995443647507666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecAqzne7NI/AAAAAAAAACA/pyH397iMVZw/s320/%27dola+top.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecArDne7OI/AAAAAAAAACI/FR0QKgjLLvY/s1600-h/%27dola+headstock.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036995447942474978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecArDne7OI/AAAAAAAAACI/FR0QKgjLLvY/s320/%27dola+headstock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecArDne7PI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WCUU3IcsINk/s1600-h/%27dola+scroll+side+view.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036995447942474994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/RecArDne7PI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WCUU3IcsINk/s320/%27dola+scroll+side+view.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just a few shots</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-5942248610406784387?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-22356115737710148252007-02-22T08:43:00.000-08:002007-02-22T08:46:20.572-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iwn0QRXI/AAAAAAAAABI/iKNH3-_bdyI/s1600-h/daniels+headstock+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034400696117511538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iwn0QRXI/AAAAAAAAABI/iKNH3-_bdyI/s320/daniels+headstock+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iw30QRYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/1DKZ6jWa--k/s1600-h/Daniels+upper+point.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034400700412478850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iw30QRYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/1DKZ6jWa--k/s320/Daniels+upper+point.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iw30QRZI/AAAAAAAAABY/-4oDvzw1d2o/s1600-h/Daniels+back+with+binding.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034400700412478866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3Iw30QRZI/AAAAAAAAABY/-4oDvzw1d2o/s320/Daniels+back+with+binding.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3IxH0QRaI/AAAAAAAAABg/emEqqv9E8fw/s1600-h/Daniels+back+scroll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034400704707446178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3IxH0QRaI/AAAAAAAAABg/emEqqv9E8fw/s320/Daniels+back+scroll.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-2235611573771014825?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-10807890857954294052007-02-22T08:38:00.000-08:002007-02-22T08:43:16.104-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_H0QRSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HFTZkVWS4U8/s1600-h/freds+back+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034399845713986850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_H0QRSI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HFTZkVWS4U8/s320/freds+back+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_H0QRTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DFdu4IXkuSU/s1600-h/freds+ribs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034399845713986866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_H0QRTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DFdu4IXkuSU/s320/freds+ribs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_X0QRUI/AAAAAAAAAAc/qRS9DQq4j64/s1600-h/freds+head.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034399850008954178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_X0QRUI/AAAAAAAAAAc/qRS9DQq4j64/s320/freds+head.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_X0QRVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/LI8MKcVaAFY/s1600-h/Daniels+back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034399850008954194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3H_X0QRVI/AAAAAAAAAAk/LI8MKcVaAFY/s320/Daniels+back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3IBn0QRWI/AAAAAAAAAAs/OijEy7RBczg/s1600-h/Daniels+front.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034399888663659874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XagMfqDVhMc/Rd3IBn0QRWI/AAAAAAAAAAs/OijEy7RBczg/s320/Daniels+front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here are a few shots of my most recent mandolins.Mandola coming soon.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-1080789085795429405?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1160439997239116792006-10-09T17:24:00.000-07:002006-10-09T17:26:37.240-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/A%20sunburst%20back.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/A%20sunburst%20back.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A model I finished earlier this summer<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-116043999723911679?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1160439869785664502006-10-09T17:23:00.000-07:002006-10-09T17:24:29.786-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Oct%205thF5%20head.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/Oct%205thF5%20head.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-116043986978566450?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1160439777538560432006-10-09T17:17:00.000-07:002006-10-09T17:22:57.546-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Oct%205th%20scroll%20back.3.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/Oct%205th%20scroll%20back.3.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-116043977753856043?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1160428747632628392006-10-09T14:16:00.000-07:002006-10-09T14:19:07.633-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Oct%205th%20F5%20top.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/Oct%205th%20F5%20top.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-116042874763262839?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1160428403438697552006-10-09T14:08:00.000-07:002006-10-09T14:13:23.460-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Oct%205%20th%20F5%20side%20view%20back.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/Oct%205%20th%20F5%20side%20view%20back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here are a few pics of my latest F model and A model.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-116042840343869755?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1152341972151917132006-07-07T23:56:00.000-07:002006-07-07T23:59:32.153-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Faux%20Monroe%20back.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/400/Faux%20Monroe%20back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Faux%20Monroe%20top.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/400/Faux%20Monroe%20top.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/Faux%20Monroe%20front%20headstock.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/400/Faux%20Monroe%20front%20headstock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's an orderI finished in April of Bill monroe's Gibson, pre- restoration.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-115234197215191713?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23604093.post-1152341723511402062006-07-07T23:52:00.000-07:002006-07-08T00:04:39.113-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/B%20&%20T%20headstock.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/400/B%20%26%20T%20headstock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/B%20&%20T%20front.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/400/B%20%26%20T%20front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/1600/B%20&%20T%20profile.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6504/2427/320/B%20%26%20T%20profile.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here's my latest A model Deluxe.<br />Email me for more pics( <a href="mailto:gvessel@earthlink.net">gvessel@earthlink.net</a>) or more info.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23604093-115234172351140206?l=vesselmandolins.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gvesselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750371104666359092noreply@blogger.com0