Details
This Eastman MDC805 has a carved solid Spruce top with f-holes and flamed, solid carved Maple back and sides. It has a 25" scale length, a 1 3/4" bone nut, and a 12" radiused Ebony fingerboard. The body is accented with full Ivoroid binding. It’s finished in nitrocellulose lacquer with a rich, ruby red color. To our ears, this version with f-holes has a slightly brighter, more focused tone than the MDC804, which is the same size but has a single oval soundhole.
The Eastman MDC805 Mandocello is a wonderful instrument that is almost too much fun to play. In case you haven't seen one before, the mandocello is to the mandolin what a cello is to a violin. They are tuned in fifths to CC-GG-dd-aa, one octave down from the more common mandola. For an obscure member of the mandolin family, the mandocello has made a few surprising appearances in recent years. Cheap Trick's Rick Neilson wrote a song called Mandocello, which he plays on a solid body electric version of the instrument and Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora and Drive By Truckers' Patterson Hood have both recorded with them.
Specs
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Back sides
Solid Highly Flamed Maple
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Binding
Ivoroid
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Bridge
Ebony
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Fingerboard
Ebony
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Finish
Gloss
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Frets to body
14
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Inlay
Pearl Dots
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Neck material
Maple
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Nut width
1 3/4"
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Scale length
25"
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Top material
Solid Spruce
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Tuners
Gotoh MF40R-MP-NI
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Case type
Original Hardshell
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Serial number
N2300880
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SKU
EASMDC805-N2300880
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UPC
170207
