Martin Style A Mandolin 1939 - Shaded Top
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The 1939 Martin Style A Mandolin features a lightweight flatback body paired with a traditional European-style "bent" or "canted" top. This all-original example shows a good deal of play-wear, but is free of breaks, cracks, and repairs. Neck is quite straight at tension, showing just a hair of relief on the bass side. Original T frets are visibly worn but don't buzz. Very punchy and open-sounding Mando! Ships in the newish soft shell case shown.
Body Specifications
- Body Type: Teardrop A-style flatback with a flat/bent (canted) top
- Top Wood: Solid spruce with an oval soundhole and multi-ring rosette
- Back & Sides: Solid mahogany (comparable to Martin Style 18 guitar appointments)
- Bracing: Ladder bracing
- Binding: Tortoise-style celluloid binding on the top and back edges
- Pickguard: Tortoise celluloid pickguard set into the treble side of the top
- Soundhole: Oval soundhole
Neck & Dimensions
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: soft V profile
- Fingerboard: Ebony with dot inlays
- Scale Length: 13 inches (approx. 330 mm)
- Nut Width: 1 1/8 inches to 1 3/16 inches
- Headstock: Solid headstock with a Brazilian rosewood veneer
Hardware
- Bridge: Compensated ebony bridge
- Tailpiece: Nickel-plated Waverly-style "cloud" tailpiece with cover
- Tuners: Open-gear strip tuners with ivoroid or white buttons (4-per-side)
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| Condition | Very Good (Used) Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more |
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