Maxxplorer Mandola 5 String - 21.5" Scale Solid Body Electric Octave eMando
Masterbuilt Series
Available Now to Pre-Order
21.5" Scale Length with a low C string
Black Satin Nitro Open Grain Finish
Antiqued Brass Scratchplate
Set Neck Design
Bound Rosewood Fingerboard with Nibs
Two Volume, One Tone & 3 Way Switch
Dual Action Truss Rod
Maple Sharfin Fingerboard Inlays
Handcut Bone Nut
Antiqued Brass Bridge & Tailpiece
Belmuse "Agressor" Pickups
Shielded Control Cavity
"I asked Belmuse for a solid body electric mandola built on my specs, packed with some REAL metal...and I got in return - I can openly call it a piece of art - the Maxxplorer: lighter, sharper and more accurate than a tenor guitar but big sounding and menacing as a 7-strings. The aggressors do their dirty job, the tone is rich, chunky at lows and bright-clear on highs. Crank the amp - just a little more - and it’s quite evident why they are called aggressors! The low C gives that extra flare and covers more than an ordinary guitar would do. The instrument, all pots on 10, is perfectly balanced for power chords playing and the occasional run on higher registers, but when you engage the neck pickup you can hear each note so clearly separated that’s very hard to resist the urge to play at terminal velocity. And it’s a damn beautiful e-mando too, Chris made good use of his skills: custom wooden sharkfin inlay, brass (yes, it’s true metal) scratch plate, seducing black matte finish, slightly slanted body for aesthetic finesse, antiqued brass mechanics and tuners. You can feel the good wood under your fingers, you can feel the good solid metal too! Chris says that in each build there’s something of himself. You can trust him, when the Maxxplorer was completed I had the opportunity to meet (albeit only by Skype) him: I couldn't say who was the happiest of the two, the man who made the Maxxplorer or the one who was going to play it! " Yuri. San Giuliano, Italy
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All our 4 & 8 string eMandos feature a truss rod, radiused fingerboard, 2mm width fretwire, 13 7/8" scale length, standard 28mm (1 1/8") handcut bone nuts, nitro paint and come with intonation fully-set and low string action.
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Luthier Built & Handcrafted
Every aspect of this investment grade solid body electric mandolin has been hand crafted inhouse at our rural workshop outside Downham Market in Norfolk, England. The selection of tonewoods, the neckcarve, fret pressing, levelling and dressing, inlaying, slotting the bone nut, our unique nickel plated TOM bridges, the nitro cellulose spraying, polishing, wiring, our own custom wound pickups and on to the final setup & testing - each instrument is completely individual. Every build includes a part of me.
