Mandolin for sale

This mandolin is a Pancake mandolin with maple back and Ebony bindings top and back. It is the first 4th generation Pancake mndoliin and I think is the best sounding so far.  It is very responsive, loud and with a beautiful clean sweet sound.  In another dimension from the original Gibsons.  It incorporates all the innovations of the 4th generation Classical Flattop mandolins.  Note that this mandolin is supplied with Thomastic strings. installed.

My flattop mandolins incorporate innovatioins from the guitar world as described in the Gore/Gilet design book.  The top is thin and is braced like a classical  guitar and uses the "dead back" technique where most of the sound comes from the top.  The braces are topped with carbon fiber tow so the top is light and strong.  This gives a much improved sound and more volume.  The 4th generation incorporates all the innovations of the 3rd generation plus modificed bracing of the top that makes it lighter and stiffer.  The result is a louder and more responsive instrument with a sound that rivals the very best.

Woods are - Red Spruce top, Birdseye Maple back and sides (stained), and Fiji Mahogany (stained) neck. Macassar Ebony bindings, Macassar Ebony fingerboard (12in radius, 29mm wide at the nut), 13 & 7/8 inch scale length, solid one piece Ebony bridge.  Tuners are Schaller GrandTune relic nickel with ivoroid knobs.

Note: This mandolin cannot have an internal pickup installed because of the way the top is braced.

For my American customers, note that this mandolin does not have any shell inlay.  The fingerboard marker dots are white opal, and the headstock logo is European Maple wood.  There is no need for a USA import permit and wildlife paperwork and no need for Lacey Act paperwork.


Sound clips coming soon.