Mandolin for sale

This mandolin is a 4th generation flattop mandolin.  It has a very lightweight top, braced similar to a classical guitar but with carbon fiber reinforcement.  The top is about 30% lighter and gives more volume and improved tone.  It has highly figured Blackwood back and sides, the best of the best Balckwood, it does not come any better than this.  It is one of my favourite wood combinations, Engelmann Spruce top and Blackwood back and sides.  The sound matches the quality of the wood.  A clean, clear evenly balanced sound.  Mandolins #340 and #341 are from the same batch of woods and sound very similar.

Woods are - Engelmann Spruce top, Fiddleback Balckwood back and sides, Blackwood neck, Indian Rosewood bindings, Macassar Ebony fingerboard (12in radius, 30mm wide at the nut), 13 & 3/4 inch scale length, Schaller GrandTune satin pearl tuners with Ebony knobs and solid Ebony one piece bridge.  It has my new custom made tailpiece with engraved Ebony cover.  Varnish finish.  It comes with Thomastic strings installed.  Price includes a case.

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

For my American customers, note that this mandolin does not have any shell inlay.  The fingerboard marker dots are opal, and the headstock inlay is Huon Pine, European Maple and Blackwood wood.  There is no need for a USA import permit and wildlife paperwork nor Lacey act paperwork.

Soundclips coming soon