The mahogany and spruce model yields a warmth perfect for. This fine Octave Mandolin does not come with a case… but we’ll be able to match it up with a gig bag for you. The Northfield Archtop Octave Mandolin is available in two distinct material combinations. Octave Mandolas (also known as Octave Mandolins in America) are. With pear shaped flat back body, solid spruce top, and koa sides this octave produces. The Tenor Mandola (or Mandola) is tuned as a Viola, CGDA, one fifth below a mandolin. Plain flat fingerboard with no inlays, but it has side dots for position markers. 4-Course Octave Mandolin.2700 with your choice of AR2 or MR2 Allen tailpiece (see above) 5-Course Octave Mandolin. This is an octave mandolin by Antonio Carvalho, handmade in Portugal. The top is decorated with Grizzly Bear paw prints inside the top edge and a Grizzly Bear and Maiden dancing in the center. Many people know him by his famous “Pampers Box Guitar” that he built with wood body, wood braces, and a cardboard top! That “Pampers Box” guitar had quite good sound and made the rounds or years, demonstrating Ray Jacob’s prowess in engineering good tone.īeautifully decorated Spruce top that has four small soundholes around top edge. ![]() Octave mandolin: 4 courses tuned GDAE or similar, 23 scale, large or small OK body. ![]() Ray began making “Rocky Mountain Dulcimers” to teach kids in his classes about woodworking and tools. As of June 2022, we are now building Mandolin family instruments again. ![]() This new Ray Jacobs Gourd Octave mandolin sounds great – just as great as the last one did!īuilt by an eclectic local folk musician and long-time teacher, Ray Jacobs.
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