Best 4-String Emando???

[delsbrother]

Wow, that looks great - kinda like a little mini-Hamer Sunburst! As a fan of the Pretenders' James Honeyman Scott, I'm quite fond of that shape. Congrats! (Off to play "Kid" on the Kent now).

[Pack Man]

Just got in my new Ryder e-mando today! I am very pleased with the look and it sounds great! Steve Ryder was excellent to work with and very responsive to all of my e-mails.

[fredhicks]

Nice looking device there. That is kind of what I am looking for. I would want the same look, but probably darken the color a bit....I am boring. What is the set up for electrics? Since I know close to diddle about what all your pickups are able to do.....4? 3 switches. Can you go into a short (simple) explaination of what switching between the pickups will do for you?

[Dfyngravity]

Looks to be two humbuckers with a three way toggle switch. The toggle switch allows you to select either the bridge pickup (gives you that snappy, bright loud sound you get when you play close to the bridge), or the pickup closest to the fretboard (gives you a fat, warm, full sound), or both at the same time (best of both worlds). As for the other switches, looks like you can switch each pickup individually back and forth between a humbucker or a single coil pickup....so there is a lot of options depending on the type of sound you are after.

BTW, that's one great looking emando!!! We need sound clips please!

[Brad Weiss]

Wow! You decided in mid-January, and you've got the beast in hand in March! That is good service.
Looks super sweet! A Mann EM-5 is rolling in my direction as I write...

[Ken Olmstead]

Wow! You decided in mid-January, and you've got the beast in hand in March! That is good service.
Looks super sweet! A Mann EM-5 is rolling in my direction as I write...

I am looking forward to this! I think you are going to be right at home on that Brad!! The Symposium and the Steath are maxing out the mando budget this year, but next year I hope to call Mr Mann myself and order something in that stunning coral reef color!