MANDRAKE DYNASTY

Mandrake Dynasty is an Ash Mandrake's solo studio project focussing on his guitar innovations. There are 8 of these guitars. Ash designed them to explore varieties of the bass and the tres. There are 4 single concept guitars and 4 hybrids which explore fretless/fretted, bass/tres and other combinations on the same neck... I am currently in discussion with luthiers in West Yorkshire. The 16 string guitar comprises 2 necks which are bound using boot lace and leather. The top neck is a normal electric 6 string. The bottom guitar is a 10 string with four bass strings and six strings at the top end which comprise 3 sets of octaves. There is partial defretting at the bass end. It is an A based baritone. We are working on a complete rebuild from scratch and are hoping to begin work some time in 2014.