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I do still own this Raptor. It is one of 16 Mann instruments I own with several more to be built. The walnut back is almost as pretty as the birdseye top. Unfortunately, I have no plan to sell any...

Admittedly, I don't play acoustic mandolin often. But I have a large collection of electrics, mostly Mann instruments. My hollow body Mann mandolins and octave mandolins have beautiful tone. To my...

I have quite a few Mann instruments, including a Raptor 5 octave mandolin. Build quality and playability of all of them is superb. The Raptor style makes a great mandolin, mandola or octave...

I emailed Irvin Guitars and it is not one of their instruments. Wayne said he would try to ID it too. It is a very nicely built instrument. 18" scale and looks almost unplayed. I believe it is a...

We should keep in mind that the Ric mandolins were an exact reissue of the 1958 instrument and they truly are identical to the originals with the exception of moving the fret marker from the 9th fret...

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For those of us who like Rickenbackers, I'm afraid the chances to get a real Ric are fading fast. I wrote to Rickenbacker last week to see if they have any plans to run another batch of the...

Agree with everything you said. I have quite a few electric mandolins/octaves and a few mandolas - 4,5 and 8 string models. One thing I really enjoy doing with the 8 string instruments is setting...

I own quite a few Mann mandolins. Jon is an excellent builder and a very kind person. He works hard to try to make your instrument do what you need it to do and his workmanship is superb. I love...

I have the four string model and two of the 8 string models. I highly recommend upgrading the bridge and pickup in all of them via the available Moongazer/Almuse combination. Strat knobs look cool...

Just one more opinion, but I use D'Addario Chromes on 4, 5 and 8 string Mann mandolins as well as Mann octave/baritone mandolins. I currently have an EM4 semi hollow body mandolin, an EM5 hollow...

I have had great success with D'Addario Chromes flatwound strings on my electric mandolins. I buy them as single guitar strings in the correct sizes for my mandolins. Just Strings and other...

Peter,

I don't have anything posted, as the small recorder I have is still sitting in the box in a closet. Too busy this summer to do much. However, if you go to Jon Mann's website and look at...

Peter,

I own many Mann electric mandolins ranging from 4, 5 and 8 string mandolins to 4, 5 and 8 string octaves. Everybody has their own preferences, but I have found that the 5 string...

I don't think I would want locking tuners on an 8 string mandolin (electric or acoustic), but Jon Mann has put them on several of my newer Mann electric 4 and 5 string instruments, both standard...

Though it is a pedal you don't see as often in the press, I really like the original Jangle Box, especially with my Rickenbacker 5002v58s and my Jon Mann mandolins. It is a compression/sustain pedal...

The 5 strings are 18" scale and my 8 string is a 19" scale. They were built back before Jon stretched the scales the extra .25". Both scale lengths are easy to play. The longer scale on the 8...

I own the mandolin in this video. Right now it is at Jon's waiting for me to pick it up along with several of its siblings. I had Jon set it up with D'Addario Chromes flatwounds and change out the...