Davidson Flat Top Mahogany with hard case - Commission Sale
**Made in 2009 and in very good condition with little fret wear** Hand built from all solid timbers by Phil Davidson. The 'Flat Top Mahogany' has a solid spruce top with mahogany back and sides. A clear warm toned mandolin with a powerful projection. Fitted with new strings and supplied in an Ozark hard case Commission Sale
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Description
An affordable hand built mandolin from Britains world class luthier Phil Davidson. The Phil Davidson 'Flat Top Mahogany' Mandolin is built to a high specification from the best 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 honduras mahogany, the back of the body measures 265mm (10.7/16”) x 340mm (13.375” attractive ivoroid binding and black and white purfling 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 rosewood bridge with a ‘Corian’ compensated saddle is fitted to the soundboard for maximum transmission of sound. The tailpiece is a Davidson custom design, it is designed to accept loop end strings.
Neck Assembly… The solid mahogany neck is precisely profiled for ease of playing; it has an internally fitted adjustable truss rod and a internal ebony strip. The rosewood fingerboard is fitted with seventeen nickel silver frets precisely positioned, honed and polished. Pearl dot markers are inlaid at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th & 15th frets …small cream side position marker dots are inlaid in the side of the rosewood fingerboard at the same positions.
The fingerboard has a fast smooth action. The precisely cut nut is made from natural bone. The ‘snake-head’ shape headstock is faced with rosewood and inlaid with a mother of pearl Davidson ‘D’ and ‘leaf’ insignia. The oval truss rod cover is hand crafted from rosewood. A set of Gotoh precision geared plate tuners are fitted for positive, trouble free tuning.
Finish: Natural satin
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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