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

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