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120th Anniversary F-5 Mandolin

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Overview

A trio of the most intricately detailed instruments Gibson has ever put together.

This 120th Anniversary F-5 Mandolin is a part of a three-piece set of extremely limited-edition, hand-crafted F-5 mandolins featuring Gibson's most intricate inlay, carving and detail work in its 120 years. Each mandolin features an authentic 1894 vintage nickel inlaid into the back of its headstock and comes packaged with a reproduction 'Nickel a Day" advertisement from 1894, framed and matted with the serial number handwritten to verify its authenticity.

Constructed with exceptional AAA red spruce for the tops and highly figured maple back and sides, each 120th Anniversary F-5 Mandolin has a figured maple neck with a rounded-V profile and ebony fretboard with Tree of Life inlay made of mother-of-pearl, abalone, and silver wire. Other appointments include ebony two-foot compensated bridge, gold two-piece tailpiece, gold Waverly tuners, black/ivoroid/black binding, and a tortoisoid pickguard inlaid with the 120th Anniversary motif.

Choose between three finishes - The 1904 (black with red walnut back and sides); 1912 (amber top with "Pigeon Blood Burst" back and sides); or 1923 (Cremona burst top, back, and sides).

Each mandolin comes with a black hardshell case, lined in olive plush and a 120th Embroidered Motif.

Features

Body

Wood Species: Red Spruce
Pieces: 2
Grade: AAA
Binding: Ivoroid/Black/Ivoroid
Glue: Titebond Vintage White
Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: Tuned Body Chamber
Back Wood Species: Highly Figured Maple
Pieces: 1 or 2
Binding: Ivoroid/Black/Ivoroid

Neck

Wood Species: Highly Figured Maple
Pieces: 1
Truss Rod: Loar Era Style/Adjustable
Profile: Vintage Rounded V
Other Materials: Fiber Rear Head Veneer

Peg Head

Type: F-Style
Inlay: Updated Wire and Torch mother of pearl, abalone and silver wire
Peg Head Binding: Ivoroid/Black/Ivoroid
Type: Compound Dove Tail
Adhesive: Titebond Vintage White
Nut Material: Mother of Pearl
Width: 30mm, 1-3/16"

Fingerboard

Wood Species: Ebony
Pieces: 1
Shade: Black
Frets: 22
Nut/End of board: 30mm, 1-13/16" at nut, at end of board
Scale: 3.53cm, 13-29/32"
Binding: Ivoroid/Black/Ivoroid
Side dots (color): 14K Gold
Inlays: Updated Vintage "Tree of Life"
Material: Mother of pearl, Abalone and silver wire

Hardware

Tuning Keys Style: F-Style Gold Waverly with inlaid buttons
Gear Type: Reverse Gear
Plating specs: Satin Gold-plated
Bridge
Style: 2' Compensated Height Adjustable
Material: Ebony
Plating Specs: Gold Thumbwheels
Tailpiece
Style: Gold-Plated 2-Piece Gibson Style
Compensated: Yes
Material: Plated Bell Brass
Plating Specs: Gold Plated
Strap Buttons Material: Ebony End Pin with mother-of-pearl dot
Pickguard: Tortoisoid Inlaid with 120th Anniversary Motif, ivoroid/black/ivoroid bound, mother-of-pearl and brass Inlay
Truss rod cover: Inlaid ebony with wire and torch
Case: Vintage Style Rectangle with black exterior with vintage olive interiorer and embroidered 120th Motif
Other: 120th Anniversary Motif signed and dated by Master Luthier David Harvey

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120th Anniversary F-5 Mandolin

A trio of the most intricately detailed instruments Gibson has ever put together.

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