= Mandonator™ Serial #17 ===
This is a 4-string resonator mandolin. It was commissioned by Kay K.
The optional features she chose are:
- 4 strings
- Quilted maple body with rosewood binding
- Cutaway
- F-shape soundhole
- Quilted maple neck
- African ebony headstock veneer and fingerboard
- Snakehead headstock shape
- Abalone inlays
- James tailpiece
Standard features include:
- Spherically arched back
- Nickel plated hardware
- Radiused fingerboard
- Spider bridge and resonator cone
- Gloss nitrocellulose finish by Addam Stark of Santa Cruz
The quilted maple is so gorgeous it deserves a couple photos showing views from different angles. It seems to ripple when you move the instrument.
A closer view of the quilted maple neck.
Mandonator™ 17 in its custom case by Ameritage Cases.
You can see photos of this instrument under construction on its Shop Talk page.