(Serial No. 1040) New with warranty, medium red brown sunburst finish. Audey only build about 18 mandolins a year. Getting a new one to sell is tough - every dealer out there wants one, as they are excellent mandolins. Ratliff builds a fine looking and fine sounding mandolin. Build quality is top notch, as good as it gets. This is the classic F-5 style scroll mandolin with the long neck, f holes, and the elevated bound ebony fretboard with dot inlays. Nut width is 1 1/8 inch. It features a beautiful flamey maple back and neck and flamed and quilted maple sides. It also features a hand-carved Sitka spruce top and is bound top, back, fingerboard and peghead. Custom ordered with a very slight radius to the ebony fretboard and a slightly shortened unfretted treble extension to eliminate pick click in the sweet spot. Pearl headstock inlay and logo. Fit and finish is as good as the big builders, and the sound is there. Even though its a new mandolin, it has that woody bluegrass bark and the excellent volume and tone that these mandolins are known for. Comes with a new rectangular TKL hardshell case.
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