{"product_id":"at-rudys-house-monteleone-grand-artist-mandola-40","title":"Monteleone 1979 Grand Artist Mandola #40","description":"\u003cdiv id=\":rs\" class=\"Ar Au Ao\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":16b\" class=\"Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-owns=\":4vp\" aria-controls=\":4vp\" style=\"direction: ltr; min-height: 255px;\" tabindex=\"1\" contenteditable=\"true\" hidefocus=\"true\" g_editable=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"gmail-:rs\" class=\"gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #535353; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eJohn Monteleone is widely considered to be one of the world's preeminent builders of archtop guitars. Having started his career as a repairman for the famous (and now defunct) Mandolin Brothers on Staten Island, Monteleone quickly garnered a reputation for quality and design. Some of his work was featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on loan from Rudy Pensa himself.\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #535353; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis gorgeous instrument features a spruce top and highly flamed maple back, sides, and neck. This F style mandola features John's proprietary scroll design, a more modern choice, differentiating his mandolins from the others. John's years of experience at Mandolin Brothers has allowed him to capture the Loar tone, but add a sense of modern clarity that stands above many builders. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #535353; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eA mandola, tuned like a viola, comes with a longer scale, the length of which is something that varies between manufacturers. This particular mandola has a 16\" scale, allowing for bright, punchy tone, and has a nut width a hair under 1 1\/4 (or 32mm), a common nut width for mandolas of this size. The neck shape, like many Loar adjascent instruments, is a softened V even burgeoning on C at points.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eSerial #40. Comes with deluxe hardshell case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eCheck out the fascinating 2021 documentary on the luthier called \"John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling,\" available from various sources online. Rudy appears in the film, too, along with a star-studded list of guitarists including Mark Knopfler, Ben Harper, David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Julian Lage, Anthony Wilson, Woody Mann, and others.\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Reemes Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53838852849983,"sku":"RMC-MUS-G25950482","price":5999.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/7535\/9039\/files\/p-303.jpg?v=1782094808","url":"https:\/\/www.reemesmusic.com\/products\/at-rudys-house-monteleone-grand-artist-mandola-40","provider":"Reemes Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}