This instrument is intended to find out what an 8-string Mandonator(TM) might sound like. It was not built on order - meaning if you like it, you can buy it! contact me to find out more.

• Eight strings with standard 13.875" mandolin scale
• Figured walnut back and sides with Camatillo rosewood binding. The walnut came from a board my dad in his garage for a long time - it's old and stable and very pretty.
• Mahogany neck
• Ebony fingerboard
• Figured Walnut headstock veneer
• Gold Mother of Pearl fingerboard and headstock inlays
• Gold plated hardware
• Grover open-back tuners
• Cast bronze Orinco tailpiece
• Radiused fingerboard

Standard features include:

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