Fender Robert Schmidt Acoustic-Electric Mandolin

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Amplify your mandolin playing with this rugged and finely crafted acoustic-electric mandolin from Fender.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Laminated spruce top Bright, smooth highs and mids
Mahogany neck Great sustain, strength, and warm tone
Maple back and sides Bright, focused tone with enhanced sustain
U-shaped neck profile Boat neck with very woody tone and feel

Robert Schmidt, mandolin player extraordinaire, of the Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly has exclusively designed his own Fender Electric Mandolin. Based on the FM62 E Fender Mandolin from years past, Robert designed this beauty to sound great and to take a beating but make no mistake this mandolin is a beauty to look at with its dark walnut stain spruce top and carved maple back and sides, bronze cast chrome tailpiece, chrome dome style volume knob, ebony bridge, and rosewood fretboard.

- Model Name: Robert Schmidt Electric Mandolin
- Series: Classical

Body
- Body Shape: Mandolin
- Body Back: Carved Solid Maple Back
- Body Sides: Carved Maple Sides
- Body Top: Laminated Spruce Top
- Body Finish: 0955257021, Gloss
- Bracing: Quartersawn Spruce Tone Bars
- F-Holes/Soundholes: "F" Hole

Neck
- Neck Shape: "U" Shape
- Number of Frets: 20
- Position Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Acrylic Dots
- Headstock Binding: Ivoroid
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Nut Width: 1.12" (28.5 mm)
- Scale Length: 13.7" (34.8 cm)
- Headstock: Fender Traditional "F" style headstock

Electronics
- Special Electronics: Special Design Piezo
- Controls: Volume

Hardware
- Hardware: Chrome
- Bridge: Compensated Ebony
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone

Miscellaneous
- Strings: Fender 2060 Phosphor Bronze (.011 - .040)
- Unique Features: Exclusively designed by Robert Schmidt of Flogging Molly, Ebony bridge, Rosewood fretboard, Chrome machine heads with pearl acrylic buttons, Bronze cast chrome tailpiece, Chrome dome volume knob and tortoise shell pickguard

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted April 11, 2013 by Dave S in Orchard Park, NY

"Fender Robert Schmidt Mandolin- solid mid-range instrument"

Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Mine just arrived, got it so I can play out amplified without messing with my "good" mandolin. This is a nicely finished mandolin, and the sound acoustically is mid-range, about what I'd expect for the price. Electrically, it sounds pretty good and works without issues. You will need to adjust the bridge position after it arrives to get the intonation right on it, take it to a tech if you don't know how to do this. On the downside, the tuners have a bit of slop. The gator case listed on Zzounds website didn't fit the instrument, I had to peel back the lining and curve out some foam to make it fit. This mandolin is a bit oddly shaped, so finding a case to fit may be an issue. A fun instrument though, plays well with a bit of setup. A fair price for what you are getting.

Musical Background:

Weekend warrior/hobbyist-guitar, bass, mandolin,etc.

Musical Style:

jazz/rock/funk/alt-country (heavens, not at once....)
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