James Jeffrey "Jeff" Plewman, better known by his stage name Nash the Slash, was a Canadian musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he was known primarily for playing the electric violin and mandolin, as well as the harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and other instruments.
Nash the Slash at the 2008 Friendship Festival
Nash the Slash performing at The Venue in London in 1981
Nash the Slash in 2010
The electric mandolin is an instrument tuned and played as the mandolin and amplified in similar fashion to an electric guitar.
As with electric guitars, electric mandolins take many forms. Most common is a carved-top eight-string instrument fitted with an electric pickup in similar fashion to many archtop semi-acoustic guitars. Solid body mandolins are common in 4-, 5-, and 8-string forms. Acoustic electric mandolins also exist in many forms.
Electric mandolin (left) and traditional
Epiphone's Mandobird solid body electric mandolin