Epiphone EIGMF5SVSSNH1 F-5 Studio Mandolin - Vintage Sunburst Satin

An F-5 Style Mandolin For Every Stage Orville Gibson invented the modern mandolin, and mandolins have been a part of Epiphone’s DNA since its earliest days. Company founder Anastasios Stathopoulo’s first (and only) patent, filed in 1909, was for a mandolin. Gibson Master Luthier Lloyd Loar designed the original F-5 mandolin in the early 1920s, and its eventual success led to the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone is proud to release its latest mandolins. The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson F-5 Studio mandolin is based on the legendary Loar-designed F-5 and makes a high-quality F-5 style mandolin more accessible than ever. It features all-solid wood construction with a solid maple back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top. The maple neck is attached to the body with a glued dovetail joint and has a laurel fretboard with 20 frets and a Gibson-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons. Its sound is balanced, highly toneful, and resonant, with great carrying power, in part due to the thin satin finish. CASE/GIG BAG: Gig Bag Included. Specs Body Back: Solid Maple Side: Solid Maple Top: Solid Sitka Spruce Body Material: Solid Maple Body Shape: F-Style Mandolin Body Styles: F-Style Body Finish: Satin Polyurethane Binding: Single-ply Top and Fretboard Neck Neck Material: Maple Neck Profile: C Neck Joint: Glued In, Dovetail Joint Fingerboard Material: Laurel Fingerboard Radius: 406.0 mm / 15.98 in Number of Frets: 20 Fret Size: Narrow Medium Inlays: None Nut Material: Bone Nut Width: 28.58 mm / 1.13 in Scale Length: 350.0 mm / 13.78 in Hardware Bridge: Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Laurel Tailpiece: Traditional Stamped Saddle Material: Laurel Truss Rod: Adjustable Truss Rod Cover: 1-ply Black Bell Tuning Machines: Vintage F-Style Inline with Pearloid Buttons Finish: Nickel Pickguard: None Strap Buttons: 1 - At Tailpiece Misc Case: Premium Gig Bag Model: EIGMF5SWRSNH1 Headstock: Gibson F-Style Scroll Headstock Inlay: The Epiphone in Mother of Pearl Strings Gauge: .010, .014, .024, .038