MandolinsAll the mandolins pictured on this site are recent work. Click on a picture to view it in more detail. To see more pictures, check out the Picture Gallery. I use only the best quality wood available and strive for excellence in workmanship. First and foremost to me is the very high quality of sound and playability in the mandolin. I use domestic curly maple. I use many kinds of spruce for my tops, but find that European Spruce has a consistently better tone. They are characteristicly dark and woody toned, with plenty of volume. All of my wood is well seasoned and very beautiful. With the arched fret board and V-neck, plus oversized frets, these mandolins play very easy.
As you probably notice from my pictures, I don't copy anyone. My mandolins are unique in design. I occasionally put oil paintings of any subject on the backs of my mandolins as well as relief carving, which I think adds a special touch. Also, I can add fingerboards with special inlays and special bindings. The mandolins are finished with Lawrence Mcfadden high quality guitar laquer or oil varnish. Any model I make can be left-handed, no additional charge. Custom orders are accepted and virtually anything can be painted on the back of a mandolin. 
These A-styles mandolins are built by my wife Laura and come with the same lifetime warranty as all the other mandolins. These prices are the basic prices for a fully bound mandolin: top, back, neck and headstock. Any special bindings or colors will be optional. Also optional are special woods or particularly rare pieces of curly maple. The cast bronze "orrico" tailpieces are also optional. Since all custom orders are different, call for pricing on any option including oil paintings, relief carving and custom inlays. I offer a lifetime warranty to the original purchaser against structural defects. All my mandolins sound well broken in from the beginning. Each mandolin comes with a two day trial period. With care, these instruments will last throughout the years and will sound better all the time. I hope you will consider one of my mandolins as a purchase that will endure for many generations to come.
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