1960s Rythmline 2-Point Electric Mandolin

Overview: This is a Japanese take on an old Kay Kraft, 2-point body design. It's an arched, hollowbody instrument but has a bolt-on neck. It has a wider nut width so anyone who likes generous spacing up there will be at home on this one. Most Japanese electric mandolins from the time are awful to play for a variety of reasons, but this one's spruced-up and kicking and plays like a gem.

Interesting features: The original pickup had coil damage so I removed it in favor of an older Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker. It sounds excellent, of course, and keeps hum to a minimum. The two-point body is also eye-catching and the bolt-on neck makes later action adjustments easy. The wiring harness and knobs are also all replacements and so work as intended, unlike the terrible original harness this had. If you're slum-jazzing it or kicking your electric mandolin into a rawk atmosphere, this might be the ticket!

Repairs included: Sarah gave it a level/dress of the frets, fit the bridge, and set it up. I rewired it and installed the replacement pickup. It's playing spot-on and ready to go. We've had it strung-up for almost a month now and it hasn't had any action changes, which is nice to see on a bolt-on, cheaper hollowbody instrument from the time -- it confirms that it's good and stable.

• Weight: 2 lbs 11 oz
• Scale length: 13 7/8"
• Nut width: 1 3/8" (wide nut)
• Neck shape: medium D
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: 51/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 61/64"
• Body width: 10 1/4"
• Body depth: 1 5/8"
• Body wood: ply maple
• Bridge: adjustable rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 1x Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker (replacement)
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 36w-10 stainless wrap
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: lower/narrow

Condition notes: The pickup, knobs, and wiring harness are not original. It has various small scratches and scuffs here and there throughout the finish but nothing major or ugly. I filled 4 small mounting holes for a pickup ring around where the pickup now sits.

It comes with: It's got a good hard (or foam-hard) case.

Consignor tag: NLSJ