Description

This is a circa 1968 – 1970 Harmony H35 “batwing” electric arch-top mandolin with its original DeArmond gold-foil pickups . It has a vintage hand-tooled leather pickguard and matching headstock overlay (covers headstock logo). The leather pickguard depics a salmon jumping out of the water, a goose flying and a sailboat.

This mandolin has some honest wear throughout its body. The metal tailpiece and the wooden bridge are not original. One of the tuner buttons was replaced with a wooden one. The tone and volume controls work well and the pickup sounds great. It is easy to play and the action is excellent with all original brass frets and rosewood fingerboard. The neck shape is a soft / medium V shape.

This is a really cool mandolin which sounds amazing plugged in, a bit crunchy (gold foil) when turned up loud and the perfect amount of twang. It sounds good unplugged, but it is not going to have the same level of volume as a true acoustic mandolin does. The body is made with a solid pressed spruce top and solid maple sides and back.

• Length: 27 1/4″
• Scale: 13 7/8″
• Body width: 10 1/4″
• Body depth: 1 7/8” plus arching
• Fingerboard radius: flat
• Neck relief: very slight
• Action height at 12th fret: 1.2mm

Please message me with any questions.

The mandolin will ship fully insured with signature required for delivery.

The environment is important to us. At Golden Pickups, our packaging will be made of recycled materials and recyclable materials. We use the following recyclable packing material or recycled packing material:

Cardboard boxes for larger items or recycled-paper padded envelopes for small part or flat items. We do not use plastic envelopes or plastic containers. Paper packing tape is used to seal boxes . Clear packing tape (plastic) may be used in a limited way to join pieces of bubble wrap or for affixing a label. Kraft paper for padding and space/void filling : is made from 100% recycled paper and is fully recyclable. Biodegradable peanuts for padding : are made from organic starch and decomposes in water leaving no toxic waste. Simply dissolve in water or place loosely in a garbage bag since they will decompose in a landfill. Recycled green bubble wrap , that is made from up to 40% recycled content with up to 20% from post-consumer sources. We will re-use other packing material from time to time.