Completed in May 2026, another custom V style 2 point mandola, featuring:
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
“Hi Don. Picked up the mandola this morning. It’s beautiful and the tone is incredible, sonorous, complex, and crazy sustain. I love it!” Paul Benson, ownder