Alan's Mandolin

This week saw the completion of Alan’s mandolin. It’s the seventh of my “Standard” series, but with a couple of custom upgrades- the head inlay and my design of tailpiece (as seen in the previous post). Here are a few more choice photos of the finished instrument.

A brief spec:

• Red spruce soundboard (Adirondack)
• Bubinga back and sides with maple bindings
• Sapele neck with carbon-fibre stiffeners, rosewood compound radius fingerboard with side markers and gold evo frets
• 30mm nut, 352mm (13 7/8”) scale length
• Schaller tuners
• Rosewood bridge with removable bone saddle
• “Nava” handmade tailpiece
• Open-pour shellac satin finish

The mandolin is being shipped on Monday.......watch this space for a video treat!