Mandolin MVI

It took me many years to come up with a body shape for my mandolins I am perfectly happy with, the model MVI.

It is available with a carved back, maple back and sides or as a flat back, in pretty much any quality tonewood I can lay my hands on. In general I use European spruce for the tops, though I can offer alternatives on demand.

I offer the MVI in three different versions :

• The central oval hole is a great all rounder, like the A-model
• The f-hole favours the mid-range and is more popular with bluegrass players
• The off set soundhole brings out a lot of bright sustain and punch

Mandolin MVI-f

Inspired by it but by no means a copy of the legendary Gibson f-model.

The larger body and longer scale length give this instrument a warmer tone with more bass compared to the standard Gibson design.

European spruce carved top and figured maple carved back.

Tenor Mandola MA1

Designed for CGda or DAea or similar tunings about a fifth below the mandolin. The neck is long enough to set a capo up to mandolin range with enough frets off the body to comfortably play mandolin tunes.