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Sparrow Songbird 4-String Mandolin (Ships in 14 days)

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All Songbird Series ukuleles are built to order!  Your instrument will ship 14 days after your order.

The Songbird Series is where it all starts at Sparrow Ukulele! These models are designed to be robust in tone, classic in aesthetic, and easy on the wallet. Don't let the simplicity fool you though, these steel string electric ukes have tone for days and represent the uncompromising quality that Sparrow instruments are known for!


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Songbird Series instruments are built to order and will ship 14 days after the purchase date.

We are now offering a 4-string electric solid body mandolin! It’s tough to find an affordable electric mandolin, but your search has ended! Now the sound and feel of a Sparrow ukulele can be enjoyed by the mandolin lovers of the world.

This model has a Mahogany body, Cherry neck, and Richlite fingerboard. The pickup bobbins are Walnut and the pickups have Alnico V magnets. The custom humbucker pickup is hand wound in house to achieve thick, rich and bright clean tones as well as searing distorted sounds.  The sound of the Sparrow Mandolin is extremely versatile.

The action is low and light and the feel is smooth and ergonomic. The controls are standard volume and tone, with the addition of the coil split function. When the coil split is engaged, our custom wiring scheme will drop the 500k pot value to 290K (more suitable for a single coil tone) which prevents the single coil mode from being overly bright or thin in tone. You won’t find features like this anywhere else!

The individually adjustable bridge saddles provide flawless intonation and perfect string height. This model comes with a fully adjustable modern 2 way truss rod to guarantee proper neck relief in any climate or season.

We are proud to welcome the 4-string mandolin to the Sparrow family!

All Sparrow instruments are proudly designed and handmade in Richmond, Virginia, USA!


DETAILS

Woods:  Mahogany body, Cherry neck, Richlite fingerboard, Maple inlay, Walnut Bobbins.

Strings:  Custom Gauge set made by GHS (0.034, 0.024, 0.015, 0.010)

Electronics: The controls are standard volume and tone. The Alnico 5 magnet hand wound, custom designed pickup has 6500  turns (per coil) of 42 gauge copper wire and has a resistance of about 7k ohms. This gives the pickup a warm, organic tone that reacts nicely to picking nuance. All the bridge saddles are properly grounded to provide the quietest operation possible.

Bridge:  We use individual string saddles to allow for optimum string spacing for the best feel and performance. The bridge saddles have individually adjustable intonation screws as well as standard height adjustment.

Nut:  The nut is hand carved out of bone.

Tuners:  15:1 ratio geared tuners with low backlash

This model comes with 2 strap buttons installed and is ready to rock!