newfranklinguitarandmandolincompany.com

Tone Wood, Custom Guitars, Mandolins, and Banjos, Instrument Repairs, Speaker and Audio Equiptment Cabinetry, Custom Road Cases.

My shop is a part time, seasonal operation. Sales are in person or arranged over the phone.

Currently available:

Locust, Western Red Cedar and Ebony Tenor Banjo (wood top), Irish tuning, nylon strings, $1000.00

Locust, Spruce, and Walnut Mandolin for nylon strings, K & K Twinspot pick up, HSC, $1200.00

Black Locust instrument wood, Quater Sawn from hand split billets, starting at $20.00 .

Black Locust back and side sets for large Ukulele, large Mandolin, Dulcimer or small Guitar starting at $40.00

Domestic Wood Fretboards And Fretboard Blanks, Persimmon and Locust, ebonozed and plain, mandolin = $10, guitar = $30

Thermal Ash for electric guitars & mandolins, starting at $30.00 a set.

Black Locust Lumber, Segment Wood and Laminating Strips for Banjo Rims.

Novelty Live Edge Slabs (vairous local woods) starting at $10.00 each. Black Walnut Lumber and Slabs, $10 BDFT

Bending Strips For Shaker Boxes, $5 to $20 per 2 pack.

For an appointment to pick out wood or try an instrument contact Maurice 573-239-1668 mcmurrymt@gmail.com

Black Locust lumber. Harvested and processed for instrument building at our small wood lot and shop in New Franklin MO. Outlined is a Baritone Ukulele and a 14 inch wide Octave Mandolin. A few of the larger billits are sutiable for small guitars. This years batch will yield some Dreadnought Back and Side Sets.

1.5" X 6" X 30" billet. air dried 4 years. $20.00 Klin drying recommended. Kiln drying and heat treating available.

KDHT Locust Banjo Segment Wood · Tuesday, Jun 10 📸Shared album · Tap to view!

Novelty Live Edge Slabs

Cherry, Oak, Locust, Walnut, Aromatic Cedar, Persimmon, Sycamore, Elm, etc

Big Black Locust trees are almost always hollow. Dispite being hollow some of our logs are big enough for a Dreadnaught Guitar.

KDHT Borer Killed Green Ash

Thermal Ash electric mandolin and guitar blanks

Mandolin Parts, Mandola & Octave necks for mini guitar conversions.

Roasted Black Locust Necks and Neck Wood. Black Locust Banjo Rims and Drum Hoops. These have a remarkably bright and bell like tap tone

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My videos are shared files in Google Drive. Follow the prompt and ckick the pop out button to view,

Black Locust Mandolin for Nylon strings

Available $1200.00

Hybrid Banjos, Each features a neck and a bridge pick up, volume, tone, and blend potentiometers.

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Hybrid Banjo Sound Samples, Humbucker neck pickup, propitary electromagnetic bridge pickup,

above "The View Fron High-Up"

Composed and played by Noah Kee. Another from Mr.Kee below.

Thanks Noah!

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Vintge Mid Missouri Mandolins,

A M-0 modified for 4 nylon strings & a M11

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Mellowtone Mandolins for 4 or 8 Nylgut or Aquila Red strings. Reds require a short scale length (13 inches)

Mandolin for Nylgut strings. Black Locust back, sides and neck, Spruce top, Walnut fretboard and trim, Rubner tuners, K&K Twinspot transducer, Hardshell case. $1200.00

Wood Top Banjos