Take the Folk Electric with a Mando 12!
The German history of mandola and mandolin playing dates to the 1600s. The Mando 12-string electric mandolin from Duesenberg taps into that storied heritage while upping the stakes with an electric mandolin for recording and onstage performance! The Mando 12-string plays and tunes like a 12-string guitar, which means guitarists can dive right in without learning curves! Duesenberg's skilled designers carefully captured some of the acoustic mandolin's timbre and tone by punctuating the Mando 12-string's solid mahogany body with sound chambers that add some of an acoustic instrument's open, warm qualities. The mahogany body is then topped with maple to ensure that mandolin snap, brightness, and punch are present when plugging in. Many electric folk instruments treat amplification as an afterthought, but not this one! The Mando 12-string features two distinct pickups — one VintageClass single-coil and one LittleToaster mini humbucker — that provide everything from crisp, cutting twang to mellow and moody resonance ready for down-tempo jams.
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Easy to master
The Mando 12-string electric mandolin is tuned like a 12-string guitar, so guitarists can master it in no time flat! Progressive mandolin players can adjust string tunings to explore familiar chord shapes and extended range. A maple neck and rosewood fingerboard deliver sublime comfort, perfect for single-note runs, double stops, and chords. With 18 frets, the fingerboard provides plenty of high and low range, while a sophisticated compound radius and "Classic D" neck carve keep access ergonomic and smooth throughout. Moreover, each fingerboard receives a professional Plek treatment, a premium computer-guided process that mathematically levels and dresses your frets. The Mando 12-string can be used in myriad ways, and with such user-friendly features, you're free to explore them all in comfort and style.
Diverse pickups match any tune
Some sessions call for an assertive mandolin that’s punchy and bright. Others call for a more dark, subdued sound. The Mando 12-string’s dual pickups let you tackle either extreme or craft sounds entirely your own. The bridge position features a warm LittleToaster mini humbucker that stays noise-free, even when levels get loud. The VintageClass single-coil pickup sitting in the neck position offers smooth articulation with enhanced string character, not unlike that of an acoustic-electric mandolin. A guitar-style tone control knob lets you tame or enhance brightness on the fly, and experimenting with tone settings yields radically different flavors of folk with a simple sweep of the knob. Factor in a 3-way pickup selector, and you’re ready to dial in a lifetime’s worth of tones.
Duesenberg: the instrumental pride of Deutschland
Founded by German guitar designer Dieter Gölsdorf in 1989, Duesenberg guitars represent a multinational mixing pot of American art deco aesthetics, hot-rod heritage, and exacting German engineering. Duesenberg’s utterly distinctive instruments — affectionately dubbed “Doozys” by their adherents — gleam with proprietary parts and pickups that merge the daring appointments of the early electric guitar age with the pinpoint precision of modern manufacturing excellence. From the iconic Starplayer semi-hollow guitars to basses, lap steels, and beyond, every Duesenberg that Sweetwater carries embodies consummate artisanship. Fittingly, this unerring dedication has attracted more than a few luminaries, including the likes of Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, Mike Campbell, John Mayer, and Tom Bukovac. For the musician who demands superlative performance, idiosyncratic innovation, and master-level musical detail in equal measure, only a Doozy will do.
Duesenberg Mando 12-string Solidbody Chambered Electric Mandolin Features:
- Plays like a 12-string guitar in standard tuning with bright, beautiful mandolin tones for the studio and stage
- Solidbody chambered construction has a warm, bright, plugged-in sound
- Mahogany body topped with maple provides the right sonic blend of brightness and depth
- Bridge humbucker and neck single-coil pickup supply flexible character for blending with any style
- Pre-Plek’d 18-fret rosewood fingerboard with a comfortable compound radius
- Set maple neck with a “Classic D” neck carve
- Custom hardware, including a wrapper tailpiece, steel saddles, and maintenance-free Z-Tuners
