I just finished this. Added to my collection.
I just finished this. Added to my collection.
Dave Schneider
That's a very cool instrument. It's the second electric solid body 5-string I've run across recently. Here's the other one:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/msg/2671931091.html
I was previously unaware that such instruments existed. Is this a configuration with a long history, or is it just a coincidence that I've run into two of these within the space of a few weeks?
Paul Bigsby built at least one in 1952 for Tiny Moore. There are quite a few builders doing it now. This is my second 5 string out of 14 electric mandolins.
Dave Schneider
The 5-string solid (or semi-hollow) bodied electric mandolin is a fairly common beast these days.
Just about all e-mando builders offer 4 & 5 string versions of most or all of their single-stringed models.
The fifth string is almost always the C below G. However, Jon Mann builds 5-string octave mandolins he calls 'baritone mandolins'. These are strung one octave lower than a mandolin on the G-D-A-E, and have a fifth string on the high side (the B above E).
c.1965 Harmony Monterey H410 Mandolin
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Just took some new pictures. (the first one was with my phone, couldn't find my camera)
Dave Schneider
The body is catalpa, the neck is walnut and maple. The body has some worm holes and a filled crack down the back so I went with the distressed look.
Dave Schneider
Congratulations, Dave, that's a really cool instrument.
I like the combination of a string-through body and a floating bridge. Unique and neat looking.
c.1965 Harmony Monterey H410 Mandolin
"What a long, strange trip it's been..." - Robert Hunter
"Life is too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde
Think Hippie Thoughts...
Gear: The Current Cast of Characters
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