“The Duck” Mandolin

The shape of this instrument was inspired by the “Duck” mandolin built by the late John Duffey of the original Country Gentlemen. The points on Duffey's "Duck" were a little larger and more extreme than ours. I have not seen a record of anyone building this style of asymmetrical two-point shape recently; it provides more mass than a standard A5 model and sounds like an F5 model. The instrument shown is European spruce and European Maple with an Ebony fingerboard, Allen Monteleone style tailpiece, and Randy Wood Vintage style bridge. Available back/side woods include American and European Maples; top woods include European Spruce, Red Spruce and Sitka Spruce.