Northfield NFO-EL2 Elc-Octo solid body electric Octave Mandolin (2024)
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Northfield NFO-EL2 Elc-Octo Model solid body electric Octave Mandolin (2024), made in Marshall, Michigan, serial # ELO230034, amber varnish finish, Adirondack red spruce top, figured maple body, figured maple neck with ebony fingerboard, original molded black plastic hard shell case.
This unusual and innovative instrument is a creation of Northfield Mandolins in Marshall, Michigan. This company builds fine modern mando-family instruments featuring excellent materials with very high build quality and a close attention to detail. Northfield was founded by a team of experienced luthiers in Michigan and China with the goal of producing the highest quality instruments they can, and have proved very successful.
This EL-2 Elc-Octo is one of their most unique creations, a truly excellent electric Octave Mandolin which has no vintage and hardly any modern equivalent. The EL-2 has a 22" scale maple neck on a West Virginia red spruce topped maple body finished in matte spirit varnish. The bridge is a Gibson-style stoptail "wrap around" made of black anodized aluminum. A small tortoise celluloid pickguard adorns the forward part of the top.
The instrument is powered by Northfield's "Kapsule" piezo pickup, an in-house, multi-element unit set into the body. This can be blended with a Seymour Duncan Apollo 2 Jazz Bass style humbucker via the Fishman "PowerChip" preamp offering stereo output. A dedicated piezo volume control simulates body resonance and acoustic warmth, while a stereo output jack allows split or blended signals. This gives a versatile, expressive, and sonically dimensional output. Overall this is a unique instrument with a wide range of sonic options, offering a truly new and unique playing experience.
Overall length is 36 1/8 in. (91.8 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 22 in. (559 mm.). Width of nut is 1 13/32 in. (36 mm.).
This instrument appears very little played, with just some minor handling marks. It plays very well and remains in the original molded HSC with a passel of original paperwork. Overall Excellent + Condition.
This unusual and innovative instrument is a creation of Northfield Mandolins in Marshall, Michigan. This company builds fine modern mando-family instruments featuring excellent materials with very high build quality and a close attention to detail. Northfield was founded by a team of experienced luthiers in Michigan and China with the goal of producing the highest quality instruments they can, and have proved very successful.
This EL-2 Elc-Octo is one of their most unique creations, a truly excellent electric Octave Mandolin which has no vintage and hardly any modern equivalent. The EL-2 has a 22" scale maple neck on a West Virginia red spruce topped maple body finished in matte spirit varnish. The bridge is a Gibson-style stoptail "wrap around" made of black anodized aluminum. A small tortoise celluloid pickguard adorns the forward part of the top.
The instrument is powered by Northfield's "Kapsule" piezo pickup, an in-house, multi-element unit set into the body. This can be blended with a Seymour Duncan Apollo 2 Jazz Bass style humbucker via the Fishman "PowerChip" preamp offering stereo output. A dedicated piezo volume control simulates body resonance and acoustic warmth, while a stereo output jack allows split or blended signals. This gives a versatile, expressive, and sonically dimensional output. Overall this is a unique instrument with a wide range of sonic options, offering a truly new and unique playing experience.
Overall length is 36 1/8 in. (91.8 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 22 in. (559 mm.). Width of nut is 1 13/32 in. (36 mm.).
This instrument appears very little played, with just some minor handling marks. It plays very well and remains in the original molded HSC with a passel of original paperwork. Overall Excellent + Condition.