newfranklinguitarandmandolincompany.com

Tone Wood, Custom Guitars, Mandolins, and Banjos, Instrument Repairs, Audio Equiptment and 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 Wood top Tenor Banjo, 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 sides for large Ukulele, large Mandolin, Dulcimer or small Guitar $40.00

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

Black Locust Lumber, Trunels (tree nails), and drawbore pins.

Novelty Live Edge Slabs (vairous local woods) starting at $10.00

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.

Novelty Live Edge Slabs

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

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 Nylgut 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 Nylon, Nylgut , or Aquila Red strings

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

Wood Top Banjos