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Electric mandolin anyone?

I was chatting with a guitar buddy last week and we got onto emandos...

he'd never heard of such a thing, I'd never seen one up close.... Just Steve Earl circa 1990 from the back of a concert hall.....

Strat shaped ones are few & far between......

so I raided the scrap box for a lump of Ash & a strip of Maple.....

added a Stewmac EIR fretboard.....

4 tuners, 2 knobs and a broken bridge off a squier strat....

and half a precision style split bass pup......

and in 5 days during lunchbreaks and after work.....

Tadah!!!





beside a big sister to give an idea of size.......

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there's a bunch to tidy up....

the back plate needs to go on, the knobs need changed and the frets need levelled a little, but this is SO much fun to play!!!



even my 5 yearold daughter got in on the act.....

though I have to admit, it looks more like her size!!

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Wow that looks fun. What is the tuning and how about that pickup - did you make that too?

Good show Martin my friend - your mando is VERY cool and you certainly must have the world's record for producing it quickly too!!!!

No offense intended but your daughter is a LOT cuter than you are.......

That is way cool, Martin. I was thinking E-Uke when I saw it, and before I read your text.

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LOL, no offence take Hesh, Mate!!

DockTurtle, the tuning is standard Mando, GDAE and the pup came from a batch of bass pups I got off Ebay. Its half a precision style split pup, and given the cost of the batch, I reckon this one cost me about $1.40!!

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Right on Martin. Your daughter is a cutie too (reminds me of my little redhead)

Hey dude, ever think of pulling that there door down for some killer tone wood? Or is is a veneer?

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nah, sadly the doors are all Sapelle skinned with nothing but air & cardboard in between



I don't THINK I'd be allowed to "salvage" them anyway.......

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