Gallery of Mandonator™ Instruments
= Mandonator™ Serial #12 ===
This instrument was commissioned by Alan S.
The options he chose are:
- Four strings with standard 13.875" mandolin scale
- Canarywood body with canarywood binding
- No cutaway
- Two round, ebony-lined soundholes
- Canarywood neck
- Ebony fingerboard with gold MoP position marker dots
- Snakehead shape headstock with ebony veneer
- Custom headstock inlay
- Ebony saddle and amber buffalo horn nut
- Black tailpiece and Gayle design resonator coverplate
- Gold Steinberger gearless tuners
Standard features include:
- Spherically arched back
- Radiused fingerboard
- Spider bridge and resonator cone
- Glossy lacquer finish by Addam Stark of Santa Cruz
The variation in the grain and color of the canarywood is lovely. Alan wanted a gold and black instrument and that's certainly how it looks.
Alan requested the inlay design based on a favorite T-shirt of his. The Steinberger tuners are gearless and work quite well.
You can see photos of this instrument under construction on its Shop Talk page.