(Serial No. 1137) Excellent condition, looks almost new, medium red brown sunburst finish, satin 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 Country Boy model F5 from Audey. The Country Boy is built the same as the top of the line R5 from Ratliff, just not as much trim, with no body or fretboard binding. It still has all the design features that give Ratliffs their tone and power. This is the classic F-5 style scroll mandolin with the long neck, f holes, tone bar bracing, and the elevated ebony fretboard with dot inlays. Custom ordered with a wider nut at 1 3/16 inch and a radiused fretboard. It features a beautiful flamey maple one piece back, sides and neck. It also features a hand-carved Sitka spruce top with some nice bearclaw figure. The fretboard is straight across at the end to eliminate pick click in the sweet spot. Decal logo. Fit and finish is as good as the big builders, and the sound is there. It has that sweet sound and woody bluegrass bark, and the excellent volume and tone that these mandolins are known for. Here is a link to a video of this mandolin discussed and played by Audey. Comes with a shaped TKL hardshell case
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