Kala Mandolele at Summer NAMM - 2nd hand info

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from a post at Mandolin Cafe:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?117100-Summer-NAMM-2015

edit: this seems to have originated at this site: http://jazzmando.com/new/archives/002518.shtml

"First, at the Kala booth we got to see a Bill Griffin prototype Mandolele, a 4-string (nylon!) guitar bodied instrument. We had the chance to plug in, and were pretty impressed. Not talk of price just yet, as the focus of the marketing staff was to poll interested parties in what could be provided on an affordable entry level product. The highly successful ukulele company has been in expansion mode for some time, introducing a tenor guitar last year, and a handful of new thin-bodied guitars.
We'll keep you posted as we hear more."

GriffinMandolele.jpg

Looks nice!
 
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To really look like a mandolin, it needs a tailpiece. Here's my custom mandolele to which I added the tailpiece.

Mandolele chrome.jpg
 
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