Details
Like all of Eastman’s A-style mandolins, the MD505ECC/TV has a solid, hand carved spruce top with solid, hand carved maple back. It has a Truetone Vintage Gloss finish, which has the look and feel of a thin varnish. This mandolin does not have binding, instead Eastman has built it with rounded edges, the CC or Contoured Comfort in the model code. Many players find the softly curved edge doesn’t dig into your picking arm as much as an instrument made with binding does. The ebony fretboard is inlaid with pearl blocks and has a radius. The MD505ECC/TV has the percussive bark that bluegrass demands when you dig in hard, but if you back off a bit, it works well for Celtic styles, old-time string band music, jazz and just about any style you can think of. Includes a well padded gig bag.
Specs
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Back sides
Solid Maple
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Binding
Contoured Comfort Edge
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Bridge
Ebony
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Fingerboard
Ebony
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Finish
Truetone Vintage Gloss
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Inlay
Pearl Dots
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Make
Eastman
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Neck material
Maple
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Nut width
1 3/32"
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Saddle spacing
1 5/8"
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Scale length
13 7/8"
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Top material
Solid Spruce
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Tuners
Pingwell RM-1583N-26A
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Case type
Original Hardshell
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Serial number
N2303615
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SKU
EASMD505CCTV-N2303615
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UPC
170198
