Four paired courses
Each course comprises two strings tuned in unison. The intended tuning and string set are established before the neck and bridge spacing are finalised.
Steel / Instrument family
Mandocello
Eight strings in four paired courses, from the lower register of the mandolin family.
The playing brief
What makes this direction different?
A custom instrument for players seeking the mandocello's register and paired-course character. Its tuning, body and spacing are specified as a mandocello, not adapted casually from a twelve-string guitar.
The archive reference
No. 198 uses a classical-style body with a 12-fret joint and a 650 mm scale. Those measurements describe that particular commission.
An individual build
Body form, soundhole, woods, amplification and visual details begin with your brief. Mandocellos are quoted individually.
Completed instruments
The work, in detail.
These photographs, measurements and films belong to the numbered guitars. They are reference instruments, not a fixed specification or a statement of current availability.
No. 198 /
Mandocello no. 198
- Body
- Classical-type, 12-frets to body
- Nut
- 52 mm, natural bone, manually shaped and polished
- Scale length
- 650 mm
Before you choose
A few useful answers.
Is this a nylon-string classical guitar?
No. Its classical-style body is a construction reference. The mandocello belongs here as a steel-string, paired-course instrument.
Is there a standard specification to order?
No. The Museum example documents a completed instrument. A new mandocello receives its own agreed design, specification and price.
Made for your playing
Your Mandocello.
Tell us what you play, what feels right on your current instrument and what you would change. The specification, price and anticipated timing are agreed before the build begins.
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