Gold Tone Arch top Mandocello (2022)
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Gold Tone Arch top Mandocello (2022), made in China, serial # 22404784, sunburst finish, maple back and sides, spruce top; maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
This recent gold Tone Mandocello is a nice find in a modern instrument of this type, the least expensive mandocello of its type available. The Venetian-style cutaway guitar shaped body is more comfortable to most modern players than the vintage Gibson style oval body. The back and sides are maple with a solid spruce F-hole top, fitted with an adjustable ebony bridge and pakkawood tailpiece. The neck is slim with a medium C profile, a two-way adjustable truss rod and Gold tone's patented Zero Glide nut.
For stage use this Mandocello features a dual pickup system, with a jazz guitar-style floating humbucker pickup down by the neck and a transducer pickup in the bridge. The controls are a master volume knob and a second knob that smoothly blends the two pickups providing a lot of tonal options. This Mandocello is a welcome addition to Gold Tone's innovative "Folkternative" line, providing amateur and professional players with a wider selection of instruments. Low-priced Mandocellos are hardly ever available, and this is a really solid player in this class, really the only functional option available!
Overall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 in. (7.6 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 7/16 in. (36 mm.).
This is a used example of this innovative and useful instrument, overall in excellent playing condition. The finish shows some very light wear, with more scuffing to the top of the plastic pickguard than anything else. The tailpiece has been repaired where the strings pull through, solidly but visibly. The instrument plays very well with a surprisingly nice acoustic sound, especially for its price class. It includes a HSC. Excellent Condition.
This recent gold Tone Mandocello is a nice find in a modern instrument of this type, the least expensive mandocello of its type available. The Venetian-style cutaway guitar shaped body is more comfortable to most modern players than the vintage Gibson style oval body. The back and sides are maple with a solid spruce F-hole top, fitted with an adjustable ebony bridge and pakkawood tailpiece. The neck is slim with a medium C profile, a two-way adjustable truss rod and Gold tone's patented Zero Glide nut.
For stage use this Mandocello features a dual pickup system, with a jazz guitar-style floating humbucker pickup down by the neck and a transducer pickup in the bridge. The controls are a master volume knob and a second knob that smoothly blends the two pickups providing a lot of tonal options. This Mandocello is a welcome addition to Gold Tone's innovative "Folkternative" line, providing amateur and professional players with a wider selection of instruments. Low-priced Mandocellos are hardly ever available, and this is a really solid player in this class, really the only functional option available!
Overall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 in. (7.6 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 7/16 in. (36 mm.).
This is a used example of this innovative and useful instrument, overall in excellent playing condition. The finish shows some very light wear, with more scuffing to the top of the plastic pickguard than anything else. The tailpiece has been repaired where the strings pull through, solidly but visibly. The instrument plays very well with a surprisingly nice acoustic sound, especially for its price class. It includes a HSC. Excellent Condition.