(Serial No. 1274) Excellent plus condition, medium red brown sunburst finish. Ratliff builds a fine looking and fine sounding mandolin. Build quality is top notch, as good as it gets. The mandolin has a gloss finish, with a single bound top and unbound back and headstock. It has all the design features that give Ratliffs their tone and power. This is the classic A5 style mandolin with the long neck, f holes, and the elevated ebony fretboard with dot inlays. Nut width is 1 1/8 inch. It features a beautiful flamed maple back and sides, and a maple neck. It also features a hand carved Adirondack red spruce top. Tradional flat fretboard thats slightly shortened to eliminate pick click in the sweet spot. Pearl logo. Fit and finish is as good as the big builders, and the sound is there. I think the original owner did not play mandolin. This instrument shows almost no pick wear. To my ears, it still sounds a bit green. However, it still has that woody bluegrass bark and the excellent volume and tone that is typical of these mandolins. Comes with a shaped hardshell case.
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