A Look Into the Workshop
Welcome to my Mandonator™ workshop! Step into my shop for a few minutes to see different stages of a Mandonator™ under construction! The links below take you to pages with photos and details from the construction of different custom instruments that I've built.
4 strings; mahogany body with ebony binding; no cutaway; two round sound holes; banjo-style headstock and tuners
4 strings; mahogany body with rosewood binding; snakehead headstock
5 strings; bubinga body with curly maple binding; curvy, paddle shape headstock
Experimental 5-string baritone; a combination of an octave mandolin and a mandocello
5 strings; monkeypod body with rosewood binding; multi-colored Japanese maple inlays on head and fingerboard
4 strings; palo escrito rosewood body with camitillo rosewood binding; no cutaway; round sound holes
I nick-named this the "stealth" Mandonator™: 5 strings; wenge body with ebony binding, veneer headstock, saddle and nut; all black hardware
4 strings; canarywood body, binding, and neck; snakehead headstock with ebony veneer; black coverplate
5 strings; East Indian rosewood body with curly maple binding; round ebony-lined soundhole
An experimental resonator instrument with 6 strings, tuned like a guitar with a short scale
4 strings; Khaya mahogany with curly maple binding; no cutaway; two round soundholes lined with African ebony
Quilted maple body with rosewood binding; quilted maple neck; snakehead headstock with African ebony veneer
4 string mandola; Khaya mahogany body with dark stain; African ebony binding; boxed maple purfling; banjo shaped headstock; custom coverplate with astronomical symbols
4 strings; Khaya mahogany body with ebony binding; Khaya mahogany neck; snakehead headstock with ebony veneer
A short scale resonator guitar with 6 strings; wenge body with koa binding and herringbone and W-B-W purfling
6 string resonator banjo with 21 3/8" scale; monkeypod body with rosewood binding; custom headstock shape