Emando.com is one of the few places you can purchase a Rono solidbody electric 5-string baritone mandolin for GDAEB tuning by Ron Oates of Longmont, Colorado.
     Semi-hollow alder body and a 3-piece curly maple neck with a 2-way truss rod. The fretboard and headstock are rosewood. Curly maple top; sunburst finish. Two Mandobucker pickups, volume and tone controls, and a 3-way selector switch. Fully adjustable bridge, strings through the body. American-made chrome metal controls and switch, Gotoh 16:1 tuners. 19" scale length. Bound top and headstock; abalone oval fretboard markers. Low, wide frets. Fully shielded control cavity. Serial number 120825.
     $3,750 plus shipping. Rono’s recommended string gauges are .050/.038/.028/.018/.011. Rono does not take orders; he builds on spec, and I sell the instruments when they’re available. Please if you’d like to be notified about the next one.
      There aren’t many choices out there for players wanting to jump on the baritone bandwagon, but here’s a rare opportunity to own one from the pioneer who popularized the concept in our times.
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