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Sep-21-2011, 6:50am
JazzMando What's New - The dirty little secret of one of our favorite electric mandolin builders, Jon Mann is he also builds some fine acoustic instruments, too. The Tennessee craftsman takes his signature neck-through design into the lower register with a terrific new 20" and change scale octave mandolin. What distinguishes this from other competitive models is not only the shorter (in his words) "more relaxed" tension, but a stunning 2-point body style.
We've not had it for a test yet, but you can tell from the video this is going to be a big hit, especially at a price under $3K.
View video: Jonathan Mann 2-point acoustic octave mandolin (http://youtu.be/9Ar2Buk15Fk)
Features:
Carved Honduran Mahogany back,
Snakewood sides and peghead overlay
Red spruce carved top
X braced, vintage sunburst top and amber back and sides
All satin waterbase finish
20.2" scale length, 12" radius ebony fretboard with banjo size frets.
CA bridge and 2 way truss rod. body is 11.5" wide and 2.5" deep.
Daddario J-76 mandola strings..gauges are .015, .025, .035, .052.
Short scale gives it a nice warm tone plus ease of play.
More information: Builder News (http://manndolins.com/news.htm)
Read past review: Jonathan Mann EM-5 Electric 5-string (http://jazzmando.com/jonathan_mann.shtml)
http://jazzmando.com/new/images/Mann2ptOM.jpg
More news... (http://jazzmando.com/new/archives/001628.shtml)
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=1135 (http://www.jazzmando.com/)
We've not had it for a test yet, but you can tell from the video this is going to be a big hit, especially at a price under $3K.
View video: Jonathan Mann 2-point acoustic octave mandolin (http://youtu.be/9Ar2Buk15Fk)
Features:
Carved Honduran Mahogany back,
Snakewood sides and peghead overlay
Red spruce carved top
X braced, vintage sunburst top and amber back and sides
All satin waterbase finish
20.2" scale length, 12" radius ebony fretboard with banjo size frets.
CA bridge and 2 way truss rod. body is 11.5" wide and 2.5" deep.
Daddario J-76 mandola strings..gauges are .015, .025, .035, .052.
Short scale gives it a nice warm tone plus ease of play.
More information: Builder News (http://manndolins.com/news.htm)
Read past review: Jonathan Mann EM-5 Electric 5-string (http://jazzmando.com/jonathan_mann.shtml)
http://jazzmando.com/new/images/Mann2ptOM.jpg
More news... (http://jazzmando.com/new/archives/001628.shtml)
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=131&pictureid=1135 (http://www.jazzmando.com/)