Serial: 60521012

This Gibson Custom Made to Measure F-5G takes the modern F-5G platform and gives it a custom Purple Sparkle top finish. It keeps the professional Gibson F-style mandolin build intact while adding a finish that is far outside the standard mandolin look.

The carved Sitka spruce top is paired with a figured red maple body for strong projection, clear note definition, and the cutting response players expect from a proper F-style instrument. The Purple Sparkle top makes this one immediately recognizable while still keeping the core F-5G recipe unchanged.

The figured red maple neck features Gibson’s Wide Neck profile, an ebony fingerboard, 14" radius, mother-of-pearl dot inlays, and 20 medium frets. It is built for a comfortable, precise feel that works well for stage use, recording, and serious acoustic playing.

Hardware includes an ebony bridge, Grover tuning machines, nickel hardware, and a nickel-plated tailpiece cover engraved with Gibson. A historic scroll headstock, mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and flowerpot inlay, and hardshell case complete the package.

Highlights

• Gibson Custom Made to Measure F-5G
• Purple Sparkle custom top finish
• Carved Sitka spruce top with figured red maple body
• Figured red maple neck with ebony fingerboard
• Hardshell case included

Specifications

Body

• Model: Gibson Custom Made to Measure F-5G
• Body Shape: F-Style Mandolin
• Body Style: F-Style
• Top Material: Carved Sitka Spruce
• Body Material: 2-Piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
• Back: 2-Piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
• Sides: Flat Sawn Figured Red Maple
• Binding: Celluloid Nitrate, Multi-Ply Top
• Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Top Finish: Purple Sparkle

Neck

• Neck Material: Figured Red Maple
• Neck Profile: Wide Neck
• Neck Joint: Glued-In Set Neck
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 14"
• Fingerboard Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Dots
• Fret Count: 20
• Frets: Medium
• Scale Length: 13.9"
• Nut Material: Mother-of-Pearl
• Nut Width: 1.19"
• Headstock: Historic Scroll
• Headstock Inlay: Gibson Logo and Flowerpot in Mother-of-Pearl

Hardware

• Bridge: Ebony
• Tailpiece: Nickel-Plated Tailpiece Cover, Engraved with Gibson
• Tuning Machines: Grover
• Tuner Plating: Nickel
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Strap Button: End Pin, Ivoroid with Black Dot
• Pickguard: None
• Truss Rod Cover: Bell-Shaped, Black

Electronics

• Electronics: None

Miscellaneous

• Strings: .011, .016, .026, .040
• Case: Hardshell Case

Why Buy from Tone Shop Guitars?

At Tone Shop Guitars, we specialize in hand-selected premium and Custom Shop instruments built for serious players and collectors. Every instrument we bring in is chosen for feel, resonance, visual character, and musical usefulness—not just specs on paper. When you buy from Tone Shop, you’re getting an instrument we genuinely believe in.