Gallery of Mandonator™ Instruments
= Mandonator™ Serial #7 ===
This instrument was commissioned by multi-instrumentalist Alan Bond.
The options he chose are:
- Five strings with 14.295" scale
- Bubinga back and sides with curly maple binding
- Mahogany neck
- Ebony fingerboard bound in curly maple
- White mother-of-pearl diamond shaped fingerboard position markers
- Curvey, paddle shape headstock with bubinga veneer, bound with curly maple
- White mother-of-pearl star inlay on headstock
- Nickel plated hardware
- Gotoh 510 Mini tuners
- Cast James tailpiece
- Radiused fingerboard
Standard features include:
- Spherically arched back
- Spider bridge and resonator cone
- Cutaway
- Traditional F-shaped soundhole
- Maple saddle
- Bone nut
- Glossy lacquer finish by Addam Stark of Santa Cruz
Bubinga body with curly maple binding.
Bubinga veneer headstock with curly maple binding and white mother-of-pearl inlay. Alan requested a fan shape head.
The curly maple binding ripples with motion in the light. The neck is mahogany.
The use of curly maple on the heel cap, and to bind the body, fingerboard, and headstock resulted in a lovely appearance.
You can see photos of this instrument under construction on its Shop Talk page.