1931 martin c2 mandocello

[Charles Johnson]

1931 Martin mandocello. There were only 2 rosewood C2 mandocellos listed in the Longworth book. This one predates those two by a year. It built on a C2 or 000 size Brazilian rosewood guitar body with a Andirondack spruce carved arched top. I finally had the tailpiece repaired and strung it up today. Its a fabulous sounding and playing instrument! Sorry, its not for sale.

Charles



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[MikeEdgerton]

That's beautiful.

[grassrootphilosopher]

It looks like it has a wonderful neck. I like big necks. They give an extra bit of sound (on guitars anyway).

[first string]

Very very cool. I love my old Martin O-18T, and it's a comparatively humble instrument...That thing must be out of this world.

[mandopete]

Any sound clips? I would love to hear it!

[JGWoods]

Beautiful Charles- it has a good home, and much good company.

[newbreedbrian]

very cool

[sebastiaan56]

A beautiful looking instrument! Please post a photo of the arching, Im really curious about the depth of the arch, and a sound clip would be marvelous,

Sebastiaan

[Eugene]

You're cool, mwhq.

[Jake Wildwood]

Woooo...!

Nice one. Bet it can blast away a guitar with its rumble!

[Jim Garber]

Charles, what is the scale length?

[Charles Johnson]

Thanks for all the kind comments. I have been traveling a bit so I was unable to check out the m'cello again until today.

Scale length is 25 1/2 inches. The top is definately arched but not a pronounced arch. I'll try to past a pic below. No sound clip yet as its at my luthier getting a set up.

best regards,
Charles



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[Jim Garber]

Scale length is 25 1/2 inches.
IMHO that makes a lot more sense than the shorter 24 inch Gibson scale.