The vintage port mandola

[Rob-C]

I've done cigar box mandolins, guitars and just about every imangineable variant of the biscuit tin banjo/guitar/dulcimer/mando...

...but here goes with the vintage port case mandola.
http://www.tinguitar.com/assets/images/P1030103b.jpg
http://www.tinguitar.com/assets/images/P1030108b.jpg

It's got decent volume and a surprising amount of sustain, with a drone-y sound that's quite nice on chords.

Sound clip (0.4 mb)
http://www.tinguitar.com/assets/images/MANDOLA RDC050.mp3

Edit: it looks like the space in the filename breaks the hyperlink formatting, but the full filename is MANDOLA RDC050.mp3 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Bruce Clausen]

Looks and sounds great! And the hinged body should make for easy repairs.

BC

[Jim Garber]

Joel Eckhaus/Earnest Instruments makes the Hootchulele (with compartment for the Hootch and glasses):
http://www.earnestinstruments.com/jpgs/hootchulele1.jpg
http://www.earnestinstruments.com/jpgs/hootchulele2.jpg
http://www.earnestinstruments.com/jpgs/hootchulele3.jpg

Jim

[Glassweb]

as they say, function follows form...

[Rob-C]

THat's my kind of uke! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[BlueMountain]

That's fun, Rob! If any of you have trouble going right to this site, as I did, cut down the URL to www.tinguitar.com, then click on the sound files. Easy. I think I like the sound of the cigar box mandolin better, though. Both nice, though. Keep up the good work.

[Bertram Henze]

That definitely needs a scroll http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif just to make the point. Reminds me of that snake that swallowed a refrigerator...

Bertram

[Rob-C]

I think I like the sound of the cigar box mandolin better, though.
Yeah, the cigar box was all solid woods, where this box has a plywood top & bottom. Did you try the tin mando clip?