Electric Mandolins

A bunch of electrics

Steve Ryder Stringed Instruments

Steve Ryder offers several electric mandolin models, including an octave mandolin (mandola). He is also producing handmade pickups for mandolin.

Der beste Mandolinen-Laden in England?

The Acoustic Music Company - Mandolins - Guitars - Dulcimers store in Brighton

The Acoustic Music Company - a shop located in Brighton, UK offers a big selection of mandolins and guitar. Here you can find new and vintage mandolins and guitars and also electric mandolins branded TAMCO, designed by this shop.

Marijke und Michiel Wiesenekker - Amsterdams Gitaar- en Mandoline-Duo

Website: Amsterdams Gitaar~ en Mandoline-Duo (Marijke en Michiel Wiesenekker)

The Amsterdams Gitaar- en Mandoline - Duo Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker - have recorded several CDs with the music they like - Blues, Folk, Songs, Bluegrass, Klassik. Marijke owns an electric Rickenbacker mandolin which is shown oh their homepage.

Mandolins, Bouzoukis, Guitars - Pendennis handmade folk instruments

www.bouzouki.de - Pendennis handmade folk instruments

German luthier Andreas Köpke has built all kind of instruments, some of them electric like the electric F-5 or the very interesting archtop jazz mandola. He has also built a cigar box ukulele.

Great website with many beautiful pictures!

Mid-Missouri-Mandolin Co

I had found this image of an electric mandolin by Mid-Missouri-Mandolin Co. long time ago. They are building electric mandolins with a special design and also accoustic mandolins. In the meantime the company has changed its name to Big Muddy Mandolins:

New website: 

Welcome to Big Muddy Mandolin

Sputnik and other Instruments

Joel Eckhaus has been building instruments since 1973. A ukulele named "Sputnik" in red or green is his newest creation. He is also building several models of electric mandolins, the Swamp Cat has been designed with Barry Mitterhoff.

Website: Earnest Instruments: Mandolins, Electric Mandolins, Ukuleles and Tenor Guitars Luthierie

Joel Eckhaus is building instruments since 1973. The newest model is a ukulele in bright colors name Sputnik.

Blues Français - also with electric mandolins!

Jean-Louis Mahjun and Alain Giroux are playing Blues with electric violin and electric mandolin. You can download some examples.

Website: Violon Electrique , Mandoline Electrique , Blues Français

youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mahjun/videos

The two players are Jean-Louis Mahjun and Alain Giroux. You can find music and videos with electric, amplified mandolin and violin.

Electric Mandolins by Ron Oates - Rono

Ron Oats was building electric mandolins in Boulder, Colorado. I like his design of Rono mandolins!

(Website "Rono Strings Hand Crafted Musical Instruments, Boulder, Colorado" no more available)

Electric Mandolins from New Zealand - Swamp Kauri

Report about Sandy Sanderson and his instruments: http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/160

Sandy Sanderson is a patient man. I’m not just saying that because he has to teach woodwork and metalwork to secondary school kids. I say that because he has no problems waiting four whole years for wood to dry. It’s no ordinary wood mind; this is 2,500-year-old swamp kauri, from which Sandy shapes and carves unique electric instruments.

Electric mandolins made in New Zealand by Sandy Sanderson, bodies made from Swamp-Kauri, and necks stabilized by carbonfibre. Due to a motorcycle accident Sandy Sanderson cannot build or repair instruments any more. But his Homepage does contain some interesting pictures of electric mandolins and guitars and information about swamp kauri wood used for the bodies of his instruments.

(the original link does not work any more....)