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= Mandonator™ Serial #4 ===

This is a 4-string walnut instrument with rosewood binding.

 

The optional features are:

  • Four strings with standard 13.875" mandolin scale
  • Figured walnut body with Camatillo rosewood binding.
  • Mahogany neck
  • Ovangkol fingerboard
  • Figured walnut headstock veneer
  • Abalone heart and white mother of pearl inlays
  • Nickel plated hardware
  • Orrico tailpiece
  • Radiused fingerboard

 

Standard features include:

  • Spherically arched back
  • Spider bridge and resonator cone
  • Cutaway
  • Traditional F-shaped soundhole
  • Maple saddle
  • Bone nut

 

Mandonator 4 front view

Mandonator 4 back view

The walnut came from a board my dad had in his garage for a long time - it's old and stable and very pretty. I can't wait to see how it looks with a glossy finish!

Fingerboard of Mandonator 4

The lovely fingerboard and headstock inlay design was my wife's idea. You can see a bit of the beautiful grain in the ovangkol fingerboard.

Mandonator 4 in the white

Finally – the flow of Mandonator™ activity let me work on this instrument again. It's still in the white, but strung up, and it sounds and plays wonderfully! After playing it, I've decided to make a minor adjustment to the neck shape, then it will be ready for a glossy finish by Addam Stark.


 

Mandonatorâ„¢ 4 has been completed! You can see photos of the finished instrument on its Gallery page.

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