Washburn M226SWK Vintage Mandola

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An ancestor of the mandolin returns in Washburn's Vintage Mandola. Tuned like a viola and sporting a solid spruce top, it offers unique range and rich tone.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Solid spruce top Punchy, articulate and warm sound
Flamed maple back and sides Beautiful grain, crisp and responsive tone
Flamed maple neck Bright-sounding, adds sustain
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood

With its distressed look, the M226SW A-style Mandola has a broken-in and well-played feel. Only premium woods like solid flamed maple and solid spruce have been used in crafting this unique and striking instrument.

Lyon & Healy, before incorporating as Washburn, was the first American manufacturer of mandolins until Washburn began making mandolins in 1887. The M226SW echoes the trends in mandolin styles of the early 20th century.

The Mandola is the ancestor of the modern-day mandolin. The Mandola also has a longer scale length than traditional mandolins, at 17 inches. It is normally tuned just like a viola: C G D and A.

- Body Shape: A-Style
- Top: Carved solid spruce
- Back: Solid flame maple
- Sides: Solid flame maple
- Bracing: Quarter sawn Sitka spruce
- Neck: Flame maple
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Inlays: Dots
- Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 31mm
- Scale: 17"
- Bridge: Ebony
- Tuners: Distressed open gear
- Strings: D'addario J72 Light Gauge Mandola Strings

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-877-6863

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted August 30, 2015 by Aaron F in Lockport, NY

"An excellent instrument with mandola sound in a mandolin body."

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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I play mandolin, and was interested in getting that lower register a mandola produces. And, I'm a big guy, so I was looking forward to having a little more instrument to play than the tiny mandolin. While once set up and broken in, the sound is superb along with the quality and aesthetics, I was a little let down by the size. It's essentially a mandolin with a mandola neck (the body is actually slightly smaller than my mandolin's) Bottom line, this is a fine instrument for mandolin players who are comfortable with a mandolin's size and want to explore the sound of a mandola.

Musical Background:

Bass player for twenty years, recently got into guitar, mandolin and now mandola.

Musical Style:

Eclectic.
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