Guitar to mandolin family conversions, acoustic & electric mandolin family
Instruments Created from Other Instruments
JoSonic Hard Top Electric Banjo
Standard flat top banjo converted using the JS2 JoSonic replacement head. Hard Top with hard tail bridge adds magnetic pickups and electric guitar strings.
Semi hollow 10 string mandocello
Semi hollow 10 string Electric Mandocello (aka Cittern) Conversion
Instruments Created from Other Instruments
8 string acoustic bass guitar
Standard 8 string tuning (eE aA dD gG) using a short scale (31”) Guild B-240E
Telecaster style mandocello
8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion
Telecaster style, 25.5” scale length.
Tuned CGDA; octave mandolin tuning is also available GDAE
10 string electric mandocello Stratocaster
10 string Electric Mandocello (aka Cittern) Conversion
Stratocaster style
Tuning: CC GG DD AA EE
scale length: 25.5"
dreadnaught style mandocello
8 string Acoustic/Electric Mandocello conversion of dreadnought guitar.
Tuning CC GG DD AA
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semihollow 8 string electric mandocello
Semi hollow 8 string Electric Mandocello Conversion
Telecaster style
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
scale length: 25.5"
Electric mandocello Stratocaster
Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion
Stratocaster style
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
scale length: 25.5"
Ibanez Mikro electric octave mandolin
Electric Octave Mandolin conversion of anIbanez Mikro electric guitar. Tuning: gG dD aa ee (unison also available)
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 of an 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”
8 string bass conversion
8 string bass conversion of an Ibanez Mikro bass
Scale length: 28.6"
Tuning eE aA dD gG
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10 string electric Bajo Quinto
Electric 10 string Bajo Quinto Conversion
Stratocaster style
Tuning: aA dD gG cc ff
scale length: 25.5"
Semi hollow 335 style mandocello
Semi hollow Electric 8 string Mandocello Conversion of 335 style electric guitar copy.
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
scale length: 24.75"
Octave mandolin conversion
8 string Electric Octave Mandolin conversion of Rogue RR50
Tuning: GG DD AA EE
Scale Length: 23.5"
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jazz box mandocello
Electric semi hollow body Mandocello Conversion made from a jazz box style Guitar
Tuning: C G D A (octave mandolin tuning GDAE also available)
scale length: 24.75"
Solid body electric banjo
Combines a banjo neck and solid Telecaster style body
Electric mandola
Electric Mandola Conversion of a 1/2 size Electric Guitar
Tuning: CC GG DD AA
Scale Length: 20"
Electric Irish Bouzouki
Irish Bouzouki or Octave Mandolin conversion of a mini jazzmaster.
Scale length: 22.75"
8 string electric tenor guitar
8 string Electric Tenor Guitar conversion of an Ibanez Mikro.
Tuning: CGDA (same octave range as mandola tuning)
Scale length: 22"
Electric Mandobass
Hofner violin bass converted to Mandobass (a mandolin tuned 2 octaves down).
30” scale length
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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”
Semi Hollow Electric Banjo (Banjocaster)
Combines a banjo neck with a semi hollow telecaster body
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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