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MandocelloThis is a five course 26" scale mando-cello, tuned CGDad, with a carved Sitka soundboard, a body of Tulip satinwood, a Queensland maple neck, with an adjustable truss-rod and ebony fingerboard and a floating Benedetto-style ebony tailpiece. The body is my usual Type 3 size, but around 13mm / 1/2" deeper. The neck is a heel-less bolt-on. It combines all the lower end grunt of a 'cello with the sparkle of an Irish bouzouki.
The next 'cello project will be based on a Gibson Style 0 body, with a 27" scale. Something like this with a longer 8 string neck.
Pic from Frets.com a wonderful resource of lutherie information |
