Mandocello by luthier Gary Nava
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@vibratingstring Very good point. I have often wondered about that too. I am converting a 1950 Epiphone (25.5" scale and 17" lower bout) to a mandocello for just that reason -- to get a larger cavity.
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Yes, I agree--it sounds beautiful!
But I wonder why it seems to work this way. Have you ever built or seen anyone build a large bodied mandocello? Why is it that they tend to have small bodies?
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@NavaGuitars thank you so much.
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The scale length is 635mm, as a rule of thumb, the lower the instrument is tuned, the longer the scale.
All the best Gary
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@NavaGuitars thanks so much for responding. its not so much the neck that i want to know about its the scale on the mandocello really.
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Hi, if you'd like to tell me what intrigues you about the neck, I'll be happy to help.
Cheers Gary
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beautiful instrument the wood for the back is amazing, really wish the USD wasnt in the can so badly otherwise I would probably look into having one of those made.
noticed you had 5courses, do you have it tuned CGDAE?
whomad1215 11 months ago
@whomad1215 Glad that you like the instruments the 5 course is GDGDG
NavaGuitars 11 months ago
Very nice!
I am curious about the body size. Except for a few Loar period instruments at Gibson that were built on what appeared to be an L5 body, it seems that mandocellos are typically built with a body size which is considerably smaller than the pitch range would require. One would expect the body to be larger than a guitar. It is especially strange to me when comparing to a mandolin (Gibson type) which has a comparatively large body size for its pitch range (compare it to a fiddle).
vibratingstring 1 year ago
I can assure you that it works and responds extremely well!
NavaGuitars 1 year ago