Custom Gallery

The custom gallery is a place where you can view some of the various instruments that for one reason or another are different from the standard line of Monteleone models. Most of these are one of a kind examples. Click on the photos if you would like to have a closer look.

Gotham City

 

 

Grand Artist Scroll

 

 

7 String Radio Flyer

 

 

Hexaphone

 

 

Eclipse

 

 

Quattroport

 

 

Radio City Blue Deluxe

 This special model was made in 1996. It is an embellished version of the standard 18" Radio City. The mother of pearl inlays are combined with turquoise. The back, sides, and neck are carved from a very select domestic curly red maple. The top is Adirondack red spruce. The blue burst is finished with a hand polished nitro-cellulose lacquer.

Black Widow 18" Archtop

 Finished in jet black lacquer, the Black Widow's 18" body is made of a beautiful curly maple back and sides and can be seen through the sound holes. The top is Adirondack red spruce. The wood purfling is black, white, and Padauk lines and bound with a very old curly Maple. Red African Padauk is seen on back of the headstock, heel-cap, and the tailpiece.

Radio City Golden Special

 This is standard Radio City in a custom golden yellow color.

Radio Flyer Mandolin

 Inspired by the archtop guitar model this is the mandolin version of the Radio Flyer. The latest in a series of mandolin advancements, the Flyer's dolphin shaped sound holes are only one of many new concept features for the archtop mandolin. Another first-time feature for archtop mandolins the Monteleone floating carved ebony tailpiece which is the fully adjustable in height and length. Bound with curly maple And finished in venetian red.