More ebay emandos

**rico mando** · Feb-20-2012, 9:54pm

Looks better than a Rickenbacker .

**Mo Soar** · Feb-21-2012, 1:45pm

I like the pickup cover, it looks like it was the dash surround on a car radio.

**MandoSquirrel** · Feb-21-2012, 8:02pm

Originally Posted by rico mando

Looks better than a Rickenbacker .

Maybe, if you close your eyes, then hit each with a pickaxe.

**Charles E.** · Feb-21-2012, 8:40pm

An electric Regal "Octophone"?!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Regal-Octaph...item3f140e9a21

**Ben Milne** · Feb-21-2012, 8:43pm

Anyone know if the buttons on klusons are easily replaceable?

**delsbrother** · Feb-24-2012, 12:20am

E-tenor harp guitar

**Jim MacDaniel** · Feb-24-2012, 5:54pm

Originally Posted by Ben Milne

I seem to remember someone looking for a sea foam mandobird and the concensus was they were rare birds...
NFI but here's somebody's chance.

Dang -- wish I visited this thread before that listing ended.

**Greg Allen** · Mar-06-2012, 2:20pm

Originally Posted by MRMUD

I think I can help you on this, even though I am no mandolin expert. I actually brought the 4 string version from Dillion after Ric made them pull it it off the internet. I called them at Dillion USA and talked to them about that. They said ric has people that do nothing but look for potential violations. Dillion said they talked to ric and ric would let them go forward if they made a few modifications, one being to modify the tear-drop shape of the pickguard. Apparently, they also changed the body style as the prototype I own has the body concave near the tailpiece. This is a nice place to rest your arm, but I'm sure it is expensive to manufacture. The people at Dillion said they were going to add binding, a pearlloid pickguard without a teardrop shape, and start marking it next year.

I think this is a great electric mandolin for the mass market, and here is why: for the
price, it is almost impossible to get a semi-hollow body electric mando with a neck with great access all the way up the fret board. First, the semi-hollow body aspect. I own an Eastwood electric, and I like it, but it feels like strapping on a cement block to your neck if you're used to an acoustic mando. Second, the neck to body joint on the Eastwood starts to heal-up at the twelfth fret. The Dilllion doesn't do that until about the fifteenth fret.

As to your issue with the tone control - that also seemed to happen to me, so first thing was that I took it into the local guitar shop. The guy there explained to me that the tone "worked", but that it didn't have a large enough "cap" on it. Being older, I said "what is a 'cap'"? He said he meant a capacitor. Apparently, all a tone switch does is cut off the treble. Since electric mandolins a notorious for having a difficult time picking up the tone on the A and E strings, there was no treble sound to cut out. As an example of this theory, we took an old phaser pedal an hooked up the Dillion to it. It seemed to have no effect, as there was no tone range of sound to sweep.
So I had them install a larger "cap" on the tone control and that took care of everything in terms of electronics. But I would advise you to get an Almuse pick-up anyway - they seem to be a great company and understand mandolins.

One final word on the neck - The local guitar shop also set the intonation for me, which involved filing down the nut and re-working a few frets so it didn't buzz. The neck now feels as good as my 5-string Koren made Fender Electric FM 60E-SB. So yes - it is a good product,but a little quality control would make it a great product!

Has anyone identified the correct Almuse upgrade for this pickup?

**bahama** · Mar-07-2012, 8:29pm

Was wondering why there seems to be a plenty of of the Black Trinity OMs on ebay but the natural finish ones are a lot harder to come by (the 325 model that is)

**mrmando** · Mar-07-2012, 11:07pm

bahama, this thread is for discussing electric mandolins on eBay. You might want to start a new thread for your question, since it isn't about an electric instrument.

**thistle3585** · Mar-14-2012, 1:31pm

There isn't a direct replacement because the original pickup is either a four or five string bass pickup which is larger than an Almuse. The bass pickup, in my opinion, is too mellow for the mandolin. The two options are to either retrofit a new pickup ring or see if Pete will make a pickup that will fit the existing ring. I'd guess that the solution is to make a new pickup ring or better yet simply design a new pickguard that would cover the pickup and the knobs. This would give you more room to add a switch comfortably too.

**Charles E.** · Apr-07-2012, 8:18pm

Here is one that is "set up to play in all keys", a Tom Lewis special.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/60s-Electric...item33687c0586

And how special it is.

**rico mando** · Apr-08-2012, 9:44am

Is that a kent pick up on it . if he half's his price some one might buy it for the pick up . guess it has been painted black since i last saw it

**Ben Milne** · Apr-23-2012, 7:38am

60's epiphone... Kinda purdy lookin.

**rico mando** · May-03-2012, 5:21pm

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/180874154707?...#ht_500wt_1202 flying V

**rico mando** · May-11-2012, 9:18pm

Originally Posted by rico mando

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/180874154707?...#ht_500wt_1202 flying V

looks like some one is going to get a sweet deal on a great emando

**mrmando** · May-30-2012, 12:20pm

E-mandocello ... whoa dude!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Electric-sol...item20c5df990d

**Ben Milne** · Jun-18-2012, 11:04am

Sellers description: It's sharp and only one like it you will ever find.
Yep, sure is

**rico mando** · Jun-19-2012, 10:01am

Not a bad looking beginer emando considering the price . wonder if it is tune-able/ playable . the tuners look like they would need replacing
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/320927988014?...#ht_5123wt_952

**delsbrother** · Jul-16-2012, 10:20am

This thread needs to get back to its roots..

Phantom Phantom

**mrmando** · Jul-16-2012, 5:30pm

Looks interesting, but don't trust someone from Framus-land to tell you what constitutes a "very high quality" e-mando.

**mrmando** · Aug-21-2012, 12:31am

Boogie Body 4-string:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOOGIE-BODY-...item3cc9d5eac8

Not much info ... and the seller is not in a talkative mood tonight ... but Boogie Body was operated by Lee Ellsworth in Puyallup, Wash. Appears to have been both a parts supplier and a luthier; Eddie Van Halen's famous red guitar reportedly includes some Boogie Body parts. This looks like a one-off mandolin with some typical mistakes (9th fret marker, knobs right in the way of your right hand). I continue to doubt that one-offs like this are worth the exorbitant sum the seller seems to want.

**delsbrother** · Oct-15-2012, 3:21am

NOS? Ovation Mandocello
I've never seen the "epaulettes" look like that before, without the "lines" for the "feathers". It's not unattractive, but for $2.5K it seems kinda curious.