An excellent mandolin that was handmade in New Hartford, Iowa. This one in particular has a beautiful figured maple back. It has a wonderful open tone and really resonates due to the varnish finish. The banjo sized frets really add a nice touch as well. It will ship in a very nice hard shell case. It has some play wear, mostly from my tone guard and arm rest. Obviously none of this affects the sound. It recently received a set up and the frets were crowned and polished. It sounds great and is ready to play!
Specs from Hinde:
1-3/16 pearl nut
Compound radius ebony board
7.25 to 9.5 @ 12th
Red Spruce top
Quilted Maple back and sides
Parrallel tone bars
Hide glue construction
Water based varnish
James tailpiece
Waverly Tuners
Stainless Steel banjo sized frets
MOP inlays
Tortoise binding
Tapered dovetail neck joint
2 way truss rod w/ carbon fiber reinforcement
Custom bridge with bone under ebony bridge top. Full contact base.
Ebony finger rest
Includes Hard Case