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Guitar to mandolin family conversions, acoustic & electric mandolin family

Instruments Created from Other Instruments

Lyon 8 string electric mandocello conversion

8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion made from a used Lyon (by Washburn) LI15 electric guitar.
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
scale length: 25.5"

Cozart semi hollow 10 string mandocello

Semi hollow 10 string Electric Mandocello (aka Cittern) Conversion made from a new Cozart telecaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "tel-o-cello"


Instruments Created from Other Instruments

Electric banjo

solid wood top electric banjo prototype

Modified Glarry bluegrass banjo now has a wood top under the drum head with electronics and electric guitar style bridge. A semi hollow electric banjo!!

Telecaster style mandocello

8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion made from a new telecaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "tel-o-cello"


10 string electric mandocello Stratocaster

10 string Electric Mandocello (aka Cittern) Conversion made from a new Stratocaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "Stratocello"

Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE

scale length: 25.5"

dreadnaught style mandocello

8 string Acoustic/Electric Mandocello made from an Epiphone guitar.

Tuning CC GG DD AA


PLEASE NOTE! These Instruments are guitar to mandolin family conversions. The neck will have a guitar type width, as I do NOT reduce the neck's width. So if you're accustomed to playing banjo, tenor guitar, electric mandolin, or any other stringed instrument with a narrower neck, this instrument will have a larger feel to your hand.

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Cozart semihollow electric mandocello cocobolo top

Semi hollow 8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion made from a new Cozart telecaster copy. I like to call it the "tel-o-cello"

Color: Cocobolo Natural gloss

Tuning: CC GG DD AA 

scale length: 25.5"

Squier electric mandocello Stratocaster

Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a used Squier stratocaster.

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

scale length: 25.5"

Ibanez Mikro electric octave mandolin

This is an Electric Octave Mandolin conversion of a new Ibanez Mikro electric guitar. Tuning: gG dD aa ee, Scale Length: 22”


Electric 8 string baritone ukulele

Electric 8 string Baritone Ukulele Conversion made from a 1/2 size Electric Guitar

Tuning: dD gG bb ee 

Scale Length: 20"

electric 5 string Cellobass celloblaster cellobässher

Electric 5 string Cellobass (celloblaster) Conversion made from a brand new Ibanez Mikro Electric bass Guitar

Tuning: CGDAE from low to high (Same as a cello then add an E string above)

scale length: 28.6”

10 string acoustic/electric mandocello

Acoustic/electric 10 string Mandocello that I have modified from a brand new  Oscar Schmidt by Washburn model# OD312CE 12 string guitar.
Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE


I modified the headstock , the bridge, and the nut.

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10 string electric mandocello Stratocaster

Electric 10 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new Stratocaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "Stratocello"

Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE

scale length: 25.5"

Semi hollow 335 style mandocello

Semi hollow Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new 335 style electric guitar copy.

Tuning: CC GG DD AA 

scale length: 24.75"

 It has an exceptionally nice tone.

Ibanez GAX30 octave mandolin conversion

8 string Electric Octave Mandolin that I have modified from a new Ibanez Gio GAX30 electric guitar.
Tuning: GG DD AA EE 

Scale Length: 24.7"


Semi hollow electric mandocello tele zebra wood

Semi hollow Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new Cozart semi hollow telecaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "tel-o-cello"

Color: Zebra wood top 

Tuning: CC GG DD AA 

scale length: 25.5"

 You could choose to string it as octave mandolin.

Semi hollow electric octave mandolin telecaster Blue sparkle

Semi hollow Electric 8 string octave  Mandolin Conversion made from A new  telecaster copy electric guitar. 

Color: Sparkle blue double f hole

Tunping: gG dD AA EE

scale length: 25.5"

   

Cort electric mandocello G100HH

Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new Cort G100HH electric guitar. 

Color: Natural open pore walnut

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

scale length: 25.5"

  You could choose to string it octave mandolin or Irish bouzouki with different string sets.

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Glen Burton jazz box mandocello

Electric hollow body Mandocello Conversion made from a jazz box style Glen Burton Electric Guitar

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

scale length: 24.75"

You could also tune it as an octave mandolin.

Electric octave mandolin conversion 335 style

Electric octave mandolin Conversion made from an Oscar Schmidt 335 style semi hollow Electric Guitar

Tuning: GG DD AA EE

Scale Length: 24.75” 

Electric mandola

Electric Mandola Conversion made from a 1/2 size Electric Guitar

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

Scale Length: 20" 


Acoustic Electric mandocello

A/E Mandocello 

Tanglewood TW5DCE WB Whiskey Barrel Winterleaf Dreadnaught Acoustic-Electric Guitar.

Tuning: CC GG DD AA
Scale length: 25.5"

Stratocaster style mandocello

8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion made from a brand new Archer stratocaster copy Electric Guitar

I like to call it the "strat-o-cello"

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

scale length: 25.5"

Reverse half fretless bass

Precision style bass guitar defretted from frets 1 through 12; frets from 13 through 20. Difficult to engineer, but I did it.

34” scale length 

flat wound strings

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10 string Telecello

10 string Electric Mandocello (aka Cittern) Conversion made from a new 12 string Telecaster copy electric guitar. I like to call it the "Telecello"

Color: Natural gloss burlemaple

Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE

scale length: 25.5"

Mini dreadnaught octave mandolin

Luna Safari Muse octave mandolin conversion.

Tuning: GG DD AA EE

Scale length: 22"


Acoustic electric mandocello Rogue dreadnaught

This is an 8 string Mandocello conversion made from a brand new Rogue RA-110D-CE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar.
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
Scale length: 25.5"


Mandobass (2 octaves below mandolin)

Electric 8 string Mandobass Conversion made from a brand new Ibanez Mikro Electric bass Guitar

Tuning: GG DD AA EE (2 octaves below mandolin)

scale length: 28.5”

Electric mandocello Stratocaster

Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new Archer Stratocaster style electric guitar. Tuning: cC gG dd aa

5 string electric tenor guitar

Electric 5 string tenor guitar Conversion of a Rogue half size Electric Guitar

Tuning: FCGDA

Scale Length: 22"

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Telecaster mandocello blonde

Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new Indio Telecaster style electric guitar. The instrument is brand new.

Color: Blonde

Tuning: cC gG dD aa

scale length: 25.5"

      I added 2 tuners. Used my custom designed bridge ( fully compensating for string height & intonation), added a bridge pickup ring, and used my Custom Design nut

Spalted maple top mandocello

This is an 8 string Mandocello conversion made from a brand new Oscar Schmidt OG10CESM Spalted Maple Top Acoustic/Electric Concert Cutaway Guitar.



Tuning: CC GG DD AA


Scale length: 25.5"

10 string electric tenor guitar

Converted Rogue RR50

10 string tenor guitar tuned FF CC GG DD AA

Scale length: 23”


10 string electric mandocello strat conversion, cittern

Electric 10 string Mandocello Conversion made from a new 12 string Stratocaster style electric guitar. I like to call it the "Stratocello."

10 string mandocello is aka a Cittern.

Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE

scale length: 25.5"

Semi hollow Tele Octave Mandolin conversion

Electric Octave Mandolin Conversion made from a Reville semi hollow Telecaster style Electric Guitar

Tuning: gG dD AA EE

Scale Length: 25.5”

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