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Blue Star Mandoblaster |
Electric mandolin is definitely a niche instrument, but there are few options out there.
Bruce Herron
makes his
Blue Star Mandoblasters
for a reasonable price of about $650 as sold through Elderly. You can also order from Bruce directly. It’s a little known fact that he does custom
work – emandos and octave emandos – and seems eager to build you the electric
mandolin of your dreams for a fair price.
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JL Smith emando |
Another maker of electric mandolins is
JL Smith. His instruments are considered to be about as
good as you can get, with certain spec models starting at $699. There's also a guy named
Ron Lira of
Honest Ron’s Guitars. Ron’s emandos have a good reputation and start
at about $750.
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Honest Ron Lira mandolin |
Rob Collins of
TinGuitar.com
hand-crafts a model of electric mandolin that has a very clean, natural
look. He’s located in Hebden Bridge, England
but his prices are comparable to US builders, even with the exchange rate. If you’re willing to spend more than $1,000
it’s worth taking a look at
Jonathan Mann’s
Manndolins. He makes some hollow, semi-hollow and solid
body emandos you can drool over (don’t literally drool on them).
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Rob Collins TinGuitar.com |
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Mann EM-4 solid body |
There are many more builders of electric mandolins, and you
can find most of them
listed on emando.com.
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