Jethro Rigel Mandolin
Rigel's Jethro mandolin was designed in honor of the legendary jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns.
Carved of select, highly-figured Vermont rock maple and Adirondack spruce, the Jethro "mojo" is its incredible and intentionally crafted voicing for great stage responsiveness. Amazingly versatile, with a superb, complex and well-balanced sound that is suitable for a myriad of styles of music, like its namesake, the instrument has been known to grace the stage of both the serious Bluegrass AND swing musician.
A "percussive" quality, the pleasantly audible "spank" of its strings yields a competitive edge where projection is a necessity, but not at the expense of lively and warm melodic tone.
Rigel breaks its own "tradition" here, offering instead of its signature body radius, a flat-sided declaration, a flattering retrospective of the great asymmetrical two-point instruments of the 20th century.
- a Rigel departure: flat sides
- maple neck with graphite reinforced rod
- radiused ebony fingerboard
- gold Grover tuners and Rigel tailpiece
- abalone block-pattern inlays
- no-fuss internal piezo (plug and play!)
- hardshell case
A stunning musical instrument! Price: $6600
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