Nylon / No. 198
Mandocello no. 198
The story
First in the world luthier mandocello with following innovations:
- 4th generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck (patent no. P.419826 ‘Acoustic Tubes’),
- Top with a 6th generation ‘WAVE’ resonator,
- B&S made in ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’,
- Bridge with drilled holes.
Specifications
- Body
- Classical-type, 12-frets to body
- Top
- Alpine Spruce from Tirol – Master Grade
- Back&Sides
- Ziricote with sapwood – Master Grade
- Neck
- Asymmetric made of flamed sycamore – Master Grade, double-action truss rod
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, Ebony – Master Grade, binded, nut radius: 16″ with compensation
- Plates
- Ebony – Master Grade
- Logo
- Black mother of pearl
- Bridge
- Ebony with drilled holes – Master Grade, manually shaped, encrusted with natural bone
- Sound ports
- 2 x at the top, with Ebony binding and ‘wings’
- Heel
- Cup / Ebony
- Logo
- Natural black mother of pearl
- Armrest
- Integrated with the guitar body, width 20 mm
- Nut
- 52 mm, natural bone, manually shaped and polished
- Saddle
- Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
- Tuners
- Snakewood Buttons with Ebony bearings, ratio 1:18
- Binding
- Ebony – Master Grade
- Dots
- Side, natural white mother of pearl, Ø1,5 mm: 3-5-9-15-17, Ø3 mm: 7-12
- Junction of the sides
- Encrusted with narrow, natural white mother of pearl
- Frets
- 18% Nickel-Silver
- Belt buttons
- 2 x Ebony encrusted with logos made of natural black mother of pearl
- Scale length
- 650 mm
- Varnish
- Highly-resonance, anti-static (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
- Pickguard
- Ziricote
- Warranty
- Life-time
- Hardcase
- Highest-quality