Mandolin Family  Instrument Specs

Top: Adirondack (Red) spruce

Bracing Pattern: Tone Bars

Top & Back Plates: Tap tuned

Back, Sides & Neck: Eastern hard maple, Red maple available as an option

Neck Joint: Traditional dovetail

Fingerboard: Ebony, flat with mother-of-pearl dots

Inlays: Hand cut mother-of-pearl and abalone

Bridge: Ebony Loar replica bridge

Nut: Mother-of-pearl

Tuners: Nickel plated Golden Age - Ivoroid buttons

Tailpiece: Silver plated, engraved and hinged James

Binding: Ivoroid: triple bound body, peghead, Fb & pickguard

Sunburst: Hand stained

Finish: French polished spirit varnish

Options

One piece back:

when availability of quality maple allows ($200)



X Brace bracing pattern

(Free)



Smaller, ‘abbreviated’ pickguard

(Free)



Radiussed fingerboard

(Free)



Waverly tuners

($600)




‘Cascading Fern’ inlay

(Free)



Gold hardware

($150)



Virzi Tone Producer

($500)



Other options

please enquire

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