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Mandobass

Mandobass
Hilary James with mandobass
Classification

String instruments

Plucked string instrument
Related instruments

The Mandobass is the largest (and least common) member of the mandolin family, sometimes used as the bass instrument in mandolin orchestras. It is so large that players usually hold it like a double bass—upright and supported on an endpin that rests on the floor. The neck-scale length on a full-size mando-bass is similar to that of a standard orchestral double bass viol: about 43 inches (110 cm).[1] The instrument is otherwise similar to the smaller, higher-pitched members of the mandolin family, having a fretted neck, a headstock with geared tuning machines, and a large resonating body often—but not always—shaped like other mandolins.

  1. ^ Paul Sparks, The Classical Mandolin, Oxford University Press, pages 205–206.