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