About Siveen Instruments

Paul Evans is the luthier behind Siveen Instruments and has been handcrafting flattop mandolins for over 10 years. Each instrument is solely crafted by Paul with no use of cnc machinery so care and attention to detail is given to each and every instrument. Most of Siveen timbers come from North America and only the finest tonewood and grades are used on standard and custom models. Paul also builds octave mandolins and bouzoukis. The custom models are the same size as the standard models but with different timbers. One off custom models of different sizes are available by request. Paul also offers three styles of head stock shapes, rounded top, cutout top and up swept. Final Spray finishes are available as a satin finish or a matt finish.

See below for the Siveen range…

• Celtic Spirit mandolin
• Small body mandolin
• Large body mandolin
• Octave mandolin
• 10 String mandolin
• Bouzouki

With an ever increasing market for quality hand made instruments Paul Evans has introduced the ‘Celtic Spirit’ range which is a ‘no frills but all the trills’ mandolin. They are exactly the same build as the fancy custom models and sound the same but basically don’t have the fancy trim added. They are incredible value for an Irish hand crafted instrument and in my opinion the best currently on offer from any European maker, even the machine heads are top quality geared type. Have a listen to Stevie Dunne trying out the new Celtic Spirit mandolin

Octave Mandolin

Crafted from solid European spruce top, mahogany/sapele back and sides, 3 piece maple and sapele laminated neck. Rosewood fretboard ( zero fret), 34mm bone nut, 21″ scale length, neck is reinforced with two way adjustable truss rod, hand made brass tail piece, quality gold geared tuners, strong sounding, plenty of bass, with depth and warmth, great for chording or melodies, also available with an oval or round sound hole.

2017 prices

1. Octave mandolin standard ………. €1200
2. Octave mandolin custom ………. €1400

Customise extras

• Adirondack spruce top ………. €50
• Englemann top ………. €50
• Quilted or flamey maple back and sides ………. €100
• Rosewood back and sides ………. €100
• Black walnut back and sides ………. €100