Guitar to mandolin family conversions, acoustic & electric mandolin family

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

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"

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!!

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 (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"

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

Tuning CC GG DD AA

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"

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

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

scale length: 25.5"

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 Conversion made from a 1/2 size Electric Guitar

Tuning: dD gG bb ee 

Scale Length: 20"

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”

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.

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 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.

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 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 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"

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.

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 made from an Oscar Schmidt 335 style semi hollow Electric Guitar

Tuning: GG DD AA EE

Scale Length: 24.75” 

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

Tuning: CC GG DD AA

Scale Length: 20" 

A/E Mandocello 

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

Tuning: CC GG DD AA
Scale length: 25.5"

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"

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

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"

Luna Safari Muse octave mandolin conversion.

Tuning: GG DD AA EE

Scale length: 22"

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"

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

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

Tuning: FCGDA

Scale Length: 22"

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

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"

Converted Rogue RR50

10 string tenor guitar tuned FF CC GG DD AA

Scale length: 23”

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"

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

Tuning: gG dD AA EE

Scale Length: 25.5”