Davidson Davidson Birds Eye Maple Custom Flat Top Mandolin - Commission Sale
** Mint Condition** Hand built from all solid timbers by Phil Davidson. The Flat Top 'Birds Eye Maple' Custom has a solid spruce top with birds eye maple back and sides. Ebony fingerboard and Ebony bridge topped with natural bone. It has A clear warm toned mandolin with a powerful projection. Supplied in a TGI hard case. Commission Sale
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Description
From Britains world class luthier Phil Davidson.
The Phil Davidson Flat Top 'Birds Eye Maple Custom' Mandolin is built to a high specification from the finest quality hand selected timbers.The mandolin is braced and toned with the secrets of a master builder ... The tone is warm, clear with excellent projection. The fast action neck is a joy to play ... Gotoh plate geared tuners enhances the balance and feel of this quality mandolin.
The Body Assembly: The back and sides are built from solid hand selected birds eye maple, the back of the body measures 265mm (10.7/16”) x 340mm (13.375” attractive black binding protects the front and back joints. The depth of the body is 55mm (2.3/16”). The carefully selected soundboard (top) is built from solid Norway spruce. A fixed height ebony bridge with a bone compensated saddle is fitted to the soundboard for maximum transmission of sound. The tailpiece is a custom Davidson, it is designed to accept loop end strings.
Neck Assembly: The three piece maple neck is spliced with a central ebony strip precisely profiled for ease of playing; it has an internally fitted adjustable truss rod . The ebony fingerboard is fitted with eighteen nickel silver frets precisely positioned, honed and polished. Pearl dot markers are inlaid at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th & 15th frets …small white side position marker dots are inlaid in the side of the rosewood fingerboard at the same positions.
The fingerboard: Has a fast smooth action ebony fingerboard. 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 Davidson ‘D’ and ‘leaf’ insignia. The oval truss rod cover is hand crafted from ebony. A set of Gotoh precision geared plate tuners are fitted for positive, trouble free tuning.
Finish: Gloss
Scale Length: 355mm (13.85”)
Width at nut: 30.00mm (1.181”)
Overall Length: 675mm (26.57")
Weight Approx: 0.742g
Specification
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Product Type
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mandolin
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Mandolin Type
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Mandolin
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Body
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Body Shape
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A-Style (Teardrop)
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Body Soundhole Shape
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Oval-Hole
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Other
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Right or Left Handed
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Right Handed
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Used Status
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Availability
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SOLD
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Used Instrument
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Used
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