Mandobass – Home for Wayward Musical Instruments

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026admin

Another one down! As I was doing research for the article/website about Mandobasses, I revisited Paul Ruppa’s work and decided…

October 1, 2024October 27, 2024admin

The Quadrifecta is complete. We welcome to the home a Vega Cylinder-Back mandobass; one of the two Cylinder-Backs that we…

March 13, 2022December 13, 2025admin

This instrument is not supposed to exist. In all my research about Mandobasses the only mention of a mandobass crafted…

June 4, 2017April 18, 2025admin

Meet “Mando” Calrissian (or the Landobass). A sexy, smooth operator from the 30s that takes the brute force of…

August 30, 2016September 23, 2023admin

This is “Vader”. He’s big, all black, and mean. It is also very much the crown jewel of my collection…