Mandolin inspired chess pieces

[Franc Homier Lieu]

Seeing the album art for Gambit by Ethan Setiawan on the main page got me thinking it would be amazing to have a whole chess set with pieces inspired by mandolin headstocks. Here is my first attempt:

King: Gibson F5 (basically what is depicted on Ethan's album)
Queen: Monteleone Grand Artist
Bishop: Kimball A5
Knight: Lyon & Healy A style
Rook: Ellis A5 Special
Pawn: Eastman A-style

Other ideas?

[Elliot Luber]

That caught my attention too!

[Joe Bartl]

The base of each piece should be a bird's-eye maple speed base.

[r0gue]

Rook: Collings? Perhaps boring, but so is the Rook.

And as I'm new to Mandolin, I'd never heard of him. So now I'm listening on Spotify, and stoKed at the discovery. Thanks!

[Franc Homier Lieu]

I was definitely thinking Collings for one of the pieces--a little abstract but I was thinking the 'haircut' headstock recalls the hair of a horse's main, so Collings could also be the knight.

Wanted to get bowlbacks on the board and was thinking about them for pawns. Maybe a Martin Style 4, or something with a slotted headstock?

[John Flynn]

I think the Nugget A headstock kind of looks like a bishop.