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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


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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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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