Heiden



Hand made, sole luthier mandolins from £6000.



I had played a couple of Heidens over the years and thought them the best I had heard. Michael is rated alongside Gilchrist, Dudenbostel, Nugget and Monteleone. He is one the legendary mandolin luthiers of our time. There has been great excitement recently about John Reischman’s new Heiden mandolin.



I still can’t remember where I got the notion but I followed a hunch, took a chance and gave Michael a call. To my delight, amazement and astonishment he agreed to send three mandolins across the pond.



  1. Heiden A standard SOLD

    Heiden A standard SOLD

    I can still remember the first Heiden mandolin I played. I also remember what I thought. 'This mandolin has it all.' Clarity, depth, resonance, complexity, volume, subtlety... the list goes on... and on...

    Finished with a hand applied French polish topcoat on top of varnish, this beautiful A5 from Michael has a red spruce top, gorgeous one piece sugar maple back and sugar maple sides, abalone headstock inlay , ivoroid top and back binding and a radiussed Ebony fretboard that is twenty eight millimetres at the bone nut and has twenty two medium frets. Nickel James engraved tailpiece, Elite tuners with Ebony buttons, Ebony finger rest/pick guard and an Ebony bridge. With TKL case.



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  2. Heiden A artist

    Heiden A artist

    Adirondack (red) spruce top, stunningly flamed sugar maple back and sides, sugar maple neck, finished with French polish topcoat on top of varnish, all applied by hand. Abalone logo, abalone and mother of pearl headstock inlay, triple bound ivoroid top back, fretboard and headstock binding, radiussed Ebony fretboard with twenty two medium frets, shaped and scalloped at the end. It has a twenty eight millimetre neck width, bone nut, silver James engraved tailpiece, silver Waverly tuners with Pearl buttons, triple bound Ebony finger rest/pick guard and an Ebony bridge. With Calton case.

    The sound is awesome, full and rich with with fantastic projection and volume. A great bluegrass mandolin with barrel loads of chop that responds beautifully and sweetly to a lighter touch and all styles of playing.



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  3. Heiden F standard SOLD

    Heiden F standard SOLD

    Another stunning F5 from Michael, it has a red spruce top, beautiful one piece sugar maple back and sugar maple sides. Finished with a hand applied French polish topcoat on top of varnish, abalone headstock inlay, ivoroid top and back binding and a radiussed Ebony fretboard that is twenty eight millimetres at the bone nut and has twenty two medium frets. Nickel James engraved tailpiece, Schaller tuners, Ebony finger rest/pick guard and an Ebony bridge. With TKL case.

    This is a true cannon. It has incredible volume, projection and clarity AND richness, depth and resonance. It takes a great luthier to get these qualities in the same instrument. It will chop and bark for the bluegrass player, howl for the blues man, sing sweet for the balladeer and respond willingly to any other style.



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  4. Heiden A standard with Fishman dual source pickup USED SOLD

    Heiden A standard with Fishman dual source pickup USED SOLD

    This amazing mandolin from Michael sounded incredible when it arrived, it's even more awesome now it's been played in some...

    Sitka spruce top, gorgeous flamed/quilted one piece sugar maple back and sides, red maple neck all finished with a French polish topcoat on top of varnish applied by hand. Mother of pearl headstock inlay, ivoroid top and back binding, radiussed Ebony fretboard that is twenty nine millimetres wide at the bone nut with twenty one medium frets, James engraved tailpiece, nickel Elite tuners, Ebony finger rest/pick guard and an Ebony bridge. With Fishman dual source pickup and Calton case.

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