Mandolin info

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=wZRIz3juVG8 http://www.tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/ http://liutaiomottola.com/construction/NeckCarve.htm http://www.liutaiomottola.com/construction/NeckBlank.htm http://www.eguitarplans.com/making_a_guitar_neck.pdf http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/ http://www.luthierssupplies.co.uk/ http://www.mandolinluthier.com/HospTriage.htm It seems that "most" of the Mando's I see are made with a 1" neck at the nut. I have alot of trouble chording mandos with the narrow neck . Therefore I have built mine with a 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" Neck at the nut. From what I have seen, 1" would be a narrower neck than most out there. I think 1 1/16" might be more common. I build my Traveler mandolins with about 1 3/32" at the nut. Seems to be just right for most folks, even if a hair wider than the norm. Look at Weber, Gibson, Collings and Breedlove specs and you'll see most are 1 3/32 wide. My first build was 1-1/2" and while every guitar player who has tried it likes it , mandolin players do not. I am currently working on 1-1/4" for my next mando. A friend has an early teen(1912?) Gibson, and it's that neck that I copied for my own mandolin, which is 1-1/4" at the nut. What year did they narrow it up? Maybe his is older than he thinks?