Eastman MD815PGE Honey Burst F-Style Mandolin is a beautifully handcrafted mandolin that pay tribute to traditional build methods and body styles while delivering a balanced and refined tone. More specifically, all the materials, build techniques, and even the type of finish are about as good as it gets.
The Eastman F-style or Florentine mandolins are the epitome of fine craftsmanship and beauty. The ornate carved scroll adds mass to the instrument that helps create balance for a standing player.
Known for having more treble attack and percussive "chop" than oval hole instruments, F-hole mandolins are the first choice in ensemble settings where volume competition can be an issue.
Hand-carved solid Adirondack spruce top, solid highly-flamed maple back and sides with radiused ebony fingerboard and adjustable ebony bridge, features in a high gloss Honeyburst finish.
This version comes loaded with the K&K Duotone pickup which used two piezo contact pickups mounted under the soundboard for capturing the natural string and wood resonance.
Just an absolutely stunning instrument!
DETAILS:
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Nut: Bone 1 3/32"
- Fretwire: 23 Jescar FW37053
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Body Style: F-Style w/ F-Holes
- Body Dimensions: 26 11/16" x 10" x 1 7/8"
- Body Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Body Back/Sides: Solid Highly Flamed Maple
- Truss Rod: Single Acting
- Binding: Top, Back, Fingerboard, and Headstock
- Binding Material: Ivoroid
- Logo: Pearl Headstock Flower Pot
- Inlay: Pearl Dots
- Side Dot Color: Black
- Body Finish: Gloss Finish
- Neck/Headstock Finish: Gloss Finish
- Hardware Color: Nickel
- Pickguard: Ebony
- Tailpiece: Eastman Cast Aluminum Tailpiece
- Bridge: Adjustable Compensated Ebony Bridge
- String Spacing: 1 5/8"
- Nut Height: .018"
- Pickups: K&K Duotone
- Tuners: Gotoh MF40R-MP-NI
- Strap Peg: Ebony
- Strings: D'Addario XT Phosphor Bronze 1140
- Action Height: 0.060"/0.050"
- Case: Hardshell Case
