{"product_id":"c-monteleone-1999-grand-artist-mandolin-182-w-ohsc","title":"Monteleone 1999 Grand Artist Mandolin #182","description":"\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 (including another Grand Artist mandolin) is 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 mandolin has a soft V neck shape that's accentuated by its comfortable nut width of 1 1\/8'' making for easy playing and chording. It features a mandolin scale length of 13 7\/8\", spruce top with highly flamed maple back, sides and neck. This F style mandolin features John's proprietary scroll design and ebony pickguard, fretboard, bridge and headstock veneer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #535353; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"\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;\"\u003eIn 2024, this mandolin was featured in a wonderful exhibit of John Monteleone's work at the Long Island Museum. The description from the museum:\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;\"\u003e\"Monteleone's Grand Artist mandolin was the culmination of many years of the luthier's recreations of the Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolins. After producing nearly 30 of those instruments, Monteleone made modifications and designed his own instrument, one that offered its own signature look and improved its playability for the musician: the abbreviated ebony pickguard no longer obscured the treble sound hole, the arched fretboard was a more natural fit to the fingers, the elongated hollow scroll offered a more resonant quality and both the cast tailpiece and the ebony tailpiece permitted improved bridge performance.\"\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 #182. Comes with a deluxe, custom 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","brand":"Reemes Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53839062597951,"sku":"RMC-MUS-G35205998","price":5999.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/7535\/9039\/files\/g-8372.jpg?v=1782095000","url":"https:\/\/www.reemesmusic.com\/products\/c-monteleone-1999-grand-artist-mandolin-182-w-ohsc","provider":"Reemes Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}