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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