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= Mandonator™ Serial #8 ===
This is a 5-string octave mandolin-mandola. The tuning is like a 5-string Mandonator™ (EADGC), but an octave lower. Another way to look at it is that it's a combination of an octave mandolin and a mandocello with a resonator. You can hear it on the Ghost Riders video on the Listen page.
The optional features are:
- Five string octave (~22 to ~23.25" scale)
- East Indian Rosewood body with ebony binding and herringbone purfling
- Ebony fingerboard
- Spanish cedar neck
- Snakehead shaped headstock; rosewood veneer
- Celtic knot headstock inlay
- No cutaway
- Multiscale
- Gold-plated Gotoh 510 Mini tuners & bronze Orrico tailpiece
Standard features include:
- Spherically arched back
- Spider bridge and resonator cone
- Round soundholes
- Radiused fingerboard
- Maple saddle
- Bone nut
- Glossy lacquer finish by Addam Stark of Santa Cruz
The ebony binding and herringbone purfling are quite handsome.
I thought the Celtic knot inlay would be appropriate for this instrument because I expect it to sound marvelous on Celtic music.
A closer look at the binding and purfling, and the inlay wedge on the tail.
You can see photos of this instrument under construction on its Shop Talk page.