Mandolin for sale

This Classical Flattop mandolin is a littel unusual.  It has an Australian Red Cedar top, and is the first time I have used Red Cedar as a top wood.  Red Cedar is lightweight and rings like a bell when tapped, so I thought it was worth a try.  Glad I did because this mandolin has a very nice sound and would make a superb session mandolin.  Loud and clrean sounding, and very even across the strings.  Another one of the 5th generation of flattop instruments.

Woods are - Australian Red Cedar top, Blackwood back, sides and neck, Indian Rosewood bindings, Ebony fingerboard (12in radius, 30mm wide at the nut), 13 & 3/4 inch scale length, Schaller GrandTune nickel tuners with Ebony knobs and solid Ebony one piece bridge.  Headstock inlay is European Maple, Blackwood and Hion Pine.  It has my custom made tailpiece with engraved Ebony cover.  Varnish finish.  It comes with Thomastic medium 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 have shell marker dots on the fingerboard so wildlife paperwork would be required.   Lacey act paperwork may also be required. Note there is a US import tariff payable before I can ship to the USA.

Sound clips coming soon.