Moon - Moon Mandolin

The Body Assembly… The back and sides are built from solid natural maple with, the back of the body measures 65mm (2.559”) x 330mm (12.992” Black binding protects the front and back joints. The depth of the body is 46 mm (1.811”). The carefully selected soundboard (top) is built from solid spruce and has black/white sound-hole decoration rings.

The round sound-hole is 54mm diameter (2.125”). An adjustable height rosewood bridge with a compensated saddle is fitted to the soundboard for maximum transmission of sound. The nickel-plated ‘A’ style plate-type tailpiece has a slide off cover and is designed to accept loop end strings. A nickel strap button is fixed in the centre of the tailpiece.

The Neck Assembly… The mahogany neck is fitted with a rosewood fingerboard and has twenty nickel silver frets precisely positioned, honed and polished. Pearl dot markers are inlaid at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 15th & 17th frets …the precisely cut nut is made from natural bone. The ‘snake-head’ shape headstock is faced with ebony and inlaid with a mother of pearl star and ‘Moon’ script insignia.

A set of Schaller high precision geared plate tuners are fitted for positive, trouble free tuning. Comes fitted with a standard set of light gauge 10, 14, 24w, 36w strings.

Finish:
Natural Satin Matt Scale length: 357mm (14.05”)
Width at nut: 30.50mm (1.200”)
Overall Length: 635mm (25.00”)
Weight Approx: 0.822kg (1lb 13oz)