NMD Arrow 'Manouche'

Went up to a 'local' jam Sunday (85 miles away) and picked this guy up from Paul Lestock of Arrow Guitars and Mandolins. It's a custom bodied, long scale (15") instrument meant to evoke a gypsy style guitar. Paul and I discussed this last summer and here we are. It has an Englemann top, curly maple the rest of the way around, k&k internally mounted with a tapastring jack. Set up for light gauge strings with low action.

It's loud and clear, different than my f hole or stylized G model sound holes.


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SWEET - when you gonna lay down some "Nuage" on that axe?

It'll be a few weeks. We workshop 3 tunes a week and we're working in the 'I' section. that means I haven't played it in about a year:)

That’s a beauty. A friend of mine has one of his jazz model five strings, It’s a beauty. I like the petit bouche look and I bet it sounds great. And perfect timing for Django’s birthday.

Nice! I'd love to hear this one.

Looks fab.
Very curious also to hear it.

Looks amazing, Bill!!

Great looking, would also be interested in hearing how it sounds.

I'm a big fan of Paul's work. I look forward to hearing this one!

15" scale? Standard mandolin tuning?

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Originally Posted by musicofanatic

15" scale? Standard mandolin tuning?

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Yes, my small hand has no problem. Makes for a very powerful instrument.