Friday, 18 June 2010

Soviet-era Armenian electric mandolin

guitarz.blogspot.com:
The almost circular body give this electric mandolin the resemblance of a table tennis bat. Its pickups are a dead giveaway, and betray it as being a product of the former Soviet Union. From the location of the controls you might think it was a left-handed instrument, but it is strung right-handed and other examples I have seen have the same layout. Indeed, the output jack is on the right-hand side in keeping with a right-handed instrument.

G L Wilson

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1 comment:

  1. Demo video with sounding (and even appearance of the early version having different pickguard and knobs):
    https://youtu.be/AkRGP5ayP5E

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