just completed in Sept. 2019, this custom A-5 includes a side port, the first one I’ve ever incorporated into a mandolin. It also features:

  • Colorado Englemenn spruce top, with tone bar bracing
  • figured red maple back and sides
  • Schaller “Grand Tune” tuners
  • 1 1’8″ width ebony nut
  • walnut binding top and back, with walnut headstock overlay
  • Adjustable truss rod and 3 piece laminate neck construction in maple
  • Soft “V” neck profile
  • James tailpiece in silver
  • K&K twin internal pickup
  • 10″ Radiused, fingerboard with side markers
  • oil varnish finish