Celtic-Star Octave Mandolin /Celtic Style with active 3-Band EQ-System!! Start Price GBP 189.00 Current Price GBP 189.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 08, 2008 End Time Monday, October 13, 2008 Location Achter´n Diek! See more about 'Celtic-Star Octave Mandolin /Celtic Style' Description vorlage_om_engl Welcome to Celtic Star instruments. Here you will find a small but exquisite selection of stringed instruments.  Each is built, according to my specifications, by a traditional European manufacturer  who has over 50 years of experience creating musical instruments.  All instruments are unique in their design and craftsmanship  and are exclusively available from me.  Some accessories, like the Piezo-Pickups for the mandolins,  have been developed exclusively for Celtic Star.  If your purchasing decision is ruled by your heart, you will be rewarded with  a musical instrument far beyond the mainstream. But now on to the instrument! click pictures to enlarge! The  Celtic-Star Octave  Mandolin is a relatively recent additon to the tradition of Irish Folk Music, it has become  extremely popular and is by now an absolute must in every band playing in the Irish style.  More often than not the Octave Mandolin (or short-scale bouzouki) has already replaced the guitar…  The Celtic Star Irish-Style Octave Mandolin features a solid spruce top finished in high-gloss amber  plus beautiful marquetry (no glued plastic!) around the sound hole.  Body and neck are made from European maple, finished in mahogany.  All the woods normally chosen for Violin making!  Superb tonewood! The neck features an integrated adjustable truss rod.  The fingerboard is made from rosewood. The scale length measures 585 mm (23 inches) with 26 frets. The bridge is made from masaranduba, the inlay from ebony.  The bridge features an intergrated Piezo-Pickup, which has been  developed especially for these instruments.  The additional high-end  3-band EQ-system is purchased from the same maker who supplies these systems to the manufacturers of Segovia and Garrisson guitars. Gold plated and smooth working machineheads from Yamaha supplier. Custom made massive brass tailpiece for a straight string guiding for a better sustain...and against slipping strings! You´ll find nowhere else. Gold plated endpin-jack! Please note: I allways do the settings before shipping. This is the reason for a perfect playability!! click pictures to enlarge! The instrument is manufactured completely from solid wood.  Customary tuning is done in G-D-A-E ; however, there are as many opinions regarding the tuning of a  Octave Mandolin as there are dog fleas. The Celtic-Star Octave Mandolin is an impressive instrument and stands with pride beside instruments several times more expensive!! click pictures to enlarge! Developing these instruments was a joyful experience and I hope  that you may feel a bit of that joy while playing them.  My main goal was to create something with a soul; something one can bond to.  I believe that this is of the utmost importance, if one would approach music on a higher level,  beyond the technical or mathematical. My prices are extremely low.  I import and sell directly from the manufacturer,  with whom I have a long and friendly relationship.  The resulting savings are passed on to you.  There is no magic involved, merely solid business relationships  and an eye (and an ear) for quality musical instruments.  I can promise you a happy musical experience with an unsurpassed price  to performance ratio.  I have been a musician for over 25 years.  I have tried to infuse these instruments with a bit of my love for the celtic music and  I hope and trust that I have succeeded. Celtic-Star is a registered trademark   Place a Bid!