Completed in December of 2025, another V style 2 point mandola. This one features:

Englemmen spruce top, 2 piece figured maple back, sides and neck

  • Rubner tuners
  • 1 1/4″  bone nut
  • Shop made ebony adjustable bridge/saddle
  • Adjustable truss rod and 3 piece laminate neck construction
  • Soft “V” neck profile
  • 12″ Radiused, ebony fingerboard with 5mm MOP dots and 2mm side markers
  • Bill James solid cast and engraved tailpiece

“Two comparisons will come your way because I have that H-4 and also a Randy Wood H-5.  Both different beasts as you say but all complementary I think.  Yours really feels great. Whatever you’re doing with the neck it really works…. Brand new of course but I expected it to be tighter and it actually sounds like it’s already been played for a while.  Delighted that I got in touch with you right when you had one about ready.” Jeff Hollingsworth, owner