Description
We are proud to offer a pre-owned mandolin from Helena, Montana maker Tom Sheehy.
Exc Condition. Serial Number: MB-012.
Width at nut: 1 1/8″.
Oval hole construction. Sitka Spruce top, nicely honeyed. Madrona back and sides, hand-harvested by Mr. Sheehy in the Pacific Northwest. Maple neck. Cocobolo adjustable bridge with matching Cocobolo inlay inside soundhole rosette. Jatoba fingerboard and tailpiece cover. Longhorn corian inlay in madrona peghead overlay. Corian side dot position markers on fingerboard. Curly maple binding on top and back. Madrona pickguard is suspended over top with innovative carbon fiber attachment. Bone nut. Uniquely Blues Hardware designed tailpiece with tasteful longhorn etched.
We continue to be impressed with Mr. Sheehy’s mandolin designs. Each instrument is aesthetically finished as one-of-a-kind, built from the tried and true B-model mandolin he has designed. We are proud to offer this affordable yet high-quality handmade option. In this price range, you would be hard-pressed to find a better instrument, let alone one handmade right here in Montana.
This particular mandolin, number MB-012, had a rich and open tone even brand new and continues to open up in our store. It is developing a nice, clear voice with robust resonance and inviting highs. It was owned and played only briefly so is still in excellent condition.
If you’ve been looking at the Tom Sheehy “Blues Hardware” instruments we’ve had over the last few years, you are used to seeing smart modern technology mixed with old world craftsmanship. Tom mills all of the wood and makes all other parts except for the tuners. Step back from the stereotype of what a mandolin “should be” and think about what a mandolin “could be”. After you feel the ease of playing and hear the great voice, you may feel that Tom is making mandolins “just right”.
