{
  "id": "mandolin",
  "name": "Mandolin",
  "family": "acoustic_strings",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "mandolin",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "acoustic_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "acoustic_flatpicked",
          "name": "Flatpicked single-note",
          "applies_to": [
            "acoustic_guitar_dread",
            "acoustic_guitar_om",
            "mandolin",
            "mandola",
            "cittern",
            "acoustic_guitar_parlor",
            "upright_bass"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "flatpicked",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass",
            "old-time"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "acoustic_strummed_ringing",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open-chord strumming (ringing)",
          "applies_to": [
            "acoustic_guitar_dread",
            "acoustic_guitar_om",
            "acoustic_guitar_parlor",
            "classical_nylon_string_guitar",
            "mandolin",
            "mandola",
            "autoharp",
            "celtic_harp",
            "cittern"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "strummed",
            "open-chord-ringing-overtones"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "folk-revival",
            "pop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "acoustic_drone_modal",
          "name": "Drop-tuned drone",
          "applies_to": [
            "acoustic_guitar_dread",
            "acoustic_guitar_om",
            "mandolin",
            "mandola",
            "mountain_dulcimer",
            "cittern",
            "autoharp"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-like",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic",
            "britfolk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "acoustic_chord_melody",
          "name": "Chord-melody",
          "applies_to": [
            "acoustic_guitar_dread",
            "acoustic_guitar_om",
            "acoustic_guitar_parlor",
            "classical_nylon_string_guitar",
            "mandolin",
            "upright_bass"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "chord-melody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "chordal",
            "block-chord",
            "lead-melody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz-canonical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_shape",
      "name": "Body style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "f_style",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "F-style (carved, scrolled — Gibson F-5 Lloyd Loar canon, 1923-1924)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "projecting",
            "gibson-f-5-loar",
            "scrolled-carved"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "a_style",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "A-style (teardrop)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "simpler",
            "teardrop"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "flat_back",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Flat-back / bowl-back",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "mellow",
            "european-folk",
            "bowl-back-italian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_top",
      "name": "Top wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "adirondack_m",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Adirondack red spruce (golden-era F-5 canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "adirondack",
            "red-spruce",
            "projecting-high-headroom"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sitka_m",
          "name": "Sitka spruce",
          "descriptors": [
            "sitka",
            "modern-standard",
            "balanced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "german_spruce_m",
          "name": "German spruce (classical mandolin orchestra)",
          "descriptors": [
            "german-spruce",
            "european-alpine",
            "classical-leaning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "carpathian_spruce_m",
          "name": "Carpathian spruce (boutique modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "carpathian-spruce",
            "boutique-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "italian_alpine_spruce_m",
          "name": "Italian alpine spruce (Brescian / Calace lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "italian-alpine-spruce",
            "brescian-calace",
            "bowl-back-canon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "redwood_m",
          "name": "Redwood (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "bell-clear-sustain",
            "soft-attack-onset",
            "redwood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_back",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Back wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "european_maple_loar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "European maple (golden-era F-5 canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "european-maple",
            "flamed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "big_leaf_maple",
          "name": "Big-leaf maple (modern American)",
          "descriptors": [
            "big-leaf-maple",
            "modern-american"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "hard_rock_maple_mandolin",
          "name": "Hard rock maple",
          "descriptors": [
            "hard-rock-maple",
            "projecting-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "koa_mandolin",
          "name": "Koa (Hawaiian / boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "koa",
            "warm-figured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mahogany_mandolin",
          "name": "Mahogany (entry-tier / vintage Gibson)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mahogany",
            "woody-warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_bracing",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Top bracing / graduation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_parallel_tone_bars_loar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Parallel tone bars (Loar F-5 graduation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "parallel-tone-bars",
            "loar-graduation",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_x_brace",
          "name": "X-bracing (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "x-brace",
            "modern-mandolin",
            "flexible-spectrum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_gilchrist_graduation",
          "name": "Gilchrist graduation (modern luthier canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gilchrist-graduation",
            "modern-luthier-canon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_strings",
      "name": "Strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "phosphor_m",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Phosphor bronze (medium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "full",
            "balanced",
            "phosphor-bronze",
            "bronze"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "eighty_twenty_m",
          "name": "80/20 bronze (brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "snappy",
            "fresh",
            "80-20-cu-zn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "thomastik_jazz_mandolin_flat",
          "name": "Thomastik flatwound jazz (mandolin jazz canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thomastik",
            "flatwound",
            "jazz-mandolin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daddario_ej_mandolin",
          "name": "D'Addario EJ phosphor bronze",
          "descriptors": [
            "daddario-ej",
            "standard-medium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "martin_m_mandolin",
          "name": "Martin M-series mandolin",
          "descriptors": [
            "martin-m-series",
            "medium-tension"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ghs_mandolin_silk_steel",
          "name": "GHS silk and steel (vintage / parlor mandolin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ghs-silk-steel",
            "low-tension",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_fingerboard",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fingerboard",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_ebony_fb",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ebony",
          "descriptors": [
            "ebony",
            "percussive",
            "fast-decay-low-resonance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_indian_rosewood_fb",
          "name": "Indian rosewood",
          "descriptors": [
            "indian-rosewood",
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_brazilian_rosewood_fb",
          "name": "Brazilian rosewood (pre-1992 vintage, restricted)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brazilian-rosewood",
            "pre-1992-vintage",
            "restricted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_pickup",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pickup (acoustic-electric)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_no_pickup",
          "default": true,
          "name": "No pickup (pure acoustic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "no-pickup"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_k_k_twin_internal",
          "name": "K&K Twin internal (modern acoustic-electric canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "k-and-k-twin",
            "internal-mounted",
            "acoustic-faithful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_fishman_undersaddle",
          "name": "Fishman undersaddle piezo",
          "descriptors": [
            "fishman",
            "undersaddle-piezo"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_magnetic_soundhole",
          "name": "Magnetic soundhole (Sunrise / McIntyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "magnetic-soundhole",
            "sunrise",
            "mcintyre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "mandolin_shape",
      "name": "Body style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "f_style",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "F-style (carved, scrolled — Gibson F-5 Lloyd Loar canon, 1923-1924)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "projecting",
            "gibson-f-5-loar",
            "scrolled-carved"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "a_style",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "A-style (teardrop)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "simpler",
            "teardrop"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "flat_back",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Flat-back / bowl-back",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "mellow",
            "european-folk",
            "bowl-back-italian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_top",
      "name": "Top wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "adirondack_m",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Adirondack red spruce (golden-era F-5 canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "adirondack",
            "red-spruce",
            "projecting-high-headroom"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sitka_m",
          "name": "Sitka spruce",
          "descriptors": [
            "sitka",
            "modern-standard",
            "balanced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "german_spruce_m",
          "name": "German spruce (classical mandolin orchestra)",
          "descriptors": [
            "german-spruce",
            "european-alpine",
            "classical-leaning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "carpathian_spruce_m",
          "name": "Carpathian spruce (boutique modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "carpathian-spruce",
            "boutique-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "italian_alpine_spruce_m",
          "name": "Italian alpine spruce (Brescian / Calace lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "italian-alpine-spruce",
            "brescian-calace",
            "bowl-back-canon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "redwood_m",
          "name": "Redwood (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "bell-clear-sustain",
            "soft-attack-onset",
            "redwood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_back",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Back wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "european_maple_loar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "European maple (golden-era F-5 canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "european-maple",
            "flamed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "big_leaf_maple",
          "name": "Big-leaf maple (modern American)",
          "descriptors": [
            "big-leaf-maple",
            "modern-american"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "hard_rock_maple_mandolin",
          "name": "Hard rock maple",
          "descriptors": [
            "hard-rock-maple",
            "projecting-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "koa_mandolin",
          "name": "Koa (Hawaiian / boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "koa",
            "warm-figured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mahogany_mandolin",
          "name": "Mahogany (entry-tier / vintage Gibson)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mahogany",
            "woody-warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_bracing",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Top bracing / graduation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_parallel_tone_bars_loar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Parallel tone bars (Loar F-5 graduation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "parallel-tone-bars",
            "loar-graduation",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bluegrass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_x_brace",
          "name": "X-bracing (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "x-brace",
            "modern-mandolin",
            "flexible-spectrum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_gilchrist_graduation",
          "name": "Gilchrist graduation (modern luthier canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gilchrist-graduation",
            "modern-luthier-canon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_strings",
      "name": "Strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "phosphor_m",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Phosphor bronze (medium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "full",
            "balanced",
            "phosphor-bronze",
            "bronze"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "eighty_twenty_m",
          "name": "80/20 bronze (brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "snappy",
            "fresh",
            "80-20-cu-zn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "thomastik_jazz_mandolin_flat",
          "name": "Thomastik flatwound jazz (mandolin jazz canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thomastik",
            "flatwound",
            "jazz-mandolin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daddario_ej_mandolin",
          "name": "D'Addario EJ phosphor bronze",
          "descriptors": [
            "daddario-ej",
            "standard-medium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "martin_m_mandolin",
          "name": "Martin M-series mandolin",
          "descriptors": [
            "martin-m-series",
            "medium-tension"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ghs_mandolin_silk_steel",
          "name": "GHS silk and steel (vintage / parlor mandolin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ghs-silk-steel",
            "low-tension",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_fingerboard",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fingerboard",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_ebony_fb",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ebony",
          "descriptors": [
            "ebony",
            "percussive",
            "fast-decay-low-resonance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_indian_rosewood_fb",
          "name": "Indian rosewood",
          "descriptors": [
            "indian-rosewood",
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_brazilian_rosewood_fb",
          "name": "Brazilian rosewood (pre-1992 vintage, restricted)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brazilian-rosewood",
            "pre-1992-vintage",
            "restricted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandolin_pickup",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pickup (acoustic-electric)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandolin_no_pickup",
          "default": true,
          "name": "No pickup (pure acoustic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "no-pickup"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_k_k_twin_internal",
          "name": "K&K Twin internal (modern acoustic-electric canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "k-and-k-twin",
            "internal-mounted",
            "acoustic-faithful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_fishman_undersaddle",
          "name": "Fishman undersaddle piezo",
          "descriptors": [
            "fishman",
            "undersaddle-piezo"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandolin_magnetic_soundhole",
          "name": "Magnetic soundhole (Sunrise / McIntyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "magnetic-soundhole",
            "sunrise",
            "mcintyre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}