Mendel Frets – Joe Mendel Instruments

The Standard banjo features a 12” rim of maple and an integral tone ring of various to hardwoods to color the tone.

Was originally intended to be a great banjo at an inexpensive price, but this is not just a “budget” banjo, but a great one in its own right.

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The sonic space between a guitar and a mandolin, the octave mandolin combines the punch of the mandolin with the sustain and range of a guitar.

I’ve chosen to focus on the concert and tenor sizes, they are a larger, with longer scales than soprano ukes, though tuned exactly the same.

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