Collings MT O Oval Hole Mandolin Sunburst Gloss Top with Flame Maple Back and Sides ID-7287
Collings MT O Oval Hole Mandolin Sunburst Gloss Top with Flame Maple Back and Sides
Collings MTO is an oval hole a-style mandolin featuring an Engelmann spruce top over Figured Maple. These mandolins produce a rich and vibrant tone that is well-suited for celtic, old-time, classical and jazz styles.
It features a custom gloss top and a gorgeous sunburst finish. The bindings are all tortoise, with an tortoise rosette and bound sound hole, MOP fingerboard inlays, ebony fretboard, and a satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The custom ebony pickguard is bound in tortoise without purfle lines... it is gorgeous!
The finishing touches on this mandolin is the hardware... nickel tailpiece and tuning machines with ebony tuning buttons.
This mandolin has a very sweet, full tone and is highly responsive across the spectrum. Engelmann spruce is one of the softest varieties of spruce and therefore is very warm and responsive with even the lightest pick attack. The trebles are smooth and pure, balanced perfectly with the midrange.
Collings makes instruments with such superb tone and aesthetics. The craftmanship is top notch and comes out in the tone, playability, and feel of their great instrument. This mandolin is truly a great one to add to any players collection.
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Specifications:
Shipping Weight: 68 lbs
Serial: A2813
Top Wood: Engelmann Spruce
Back Wood: Figured Maple
Nut Width: 1 3/16"
Scale: 13 7/8"
Bracing: X Bracing
Inlays: Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays
Rosette: Tortoise Rosette and Bound Soundhole
Neck Wood: Figured Maple
Fretboard: 22-fret ebony fingerboard 7"-11 5/8" Compound fingerboard radius
Nut Material: Bone
Saddle Spacing: 1 9/16"
Bridge: Custom adjustable floating ebony bridge
Tuners: Nickel with Ebony Buttons
Body Binding: Tortoise
Pickguard: Ebony with Tortoise Binding and No Purfling
Headstock Shape: Unbound "Haircut" headstock
Headstock Overlay: Ebony
Headstock Inlay: Pearl Logo
Frets To Body: 13 frets to the body
Body Depth: 1 13/16"
Lower Bout Width: 9 15/16"
Body Length: 12 7/8"
Total Length: 27 7/16"
Case: Hardshell Case Included
Misc. 1: Gloss Top - Blackface
Misc. 2: Collings original one-piece tailpiece
Misc. 3: Adjustable truss rod
Misc. 4: Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
Misc. 5: Mortise and tenon neck joint
FP Featured - Line 1: Collings MT O
FP Featured - Line 2: Oval Hole Sunburst