Collings Mandolins : Custom MF Blackface

Collings Mandolins : Custom MF Blackface

Exceptional. That is the only word to describe the mandolins currently being made by Bill Collings down in Austin Texas. Exceptional precision in the craftsmanship; exceptional figured tonewoods; exceptional cutting power and truly exceptional tone.

This latest 8 stringed masterpiece to be delivered to our store has that funky-but-traditional 'blackface' aesthetic that I find irresistible, an absolutely superb set of highly flamed maple back & sides, a slick feeling radiused fingerboard and that really cool cast tailpiece that Bill developed especially for these instruments!

Specifications:

* 1 1/8" wide bone nut
* radiused ebony fingerboard
* adjustable truss rod
* 13 7/8" scale length
* suspended fingerboard extension
* hand graduated, carved spruce top
* tone bars
* hand graduated, carved flamed maple back
* intonation compensated ebony bridge
* proprietary cast tailpiece
* custom 'blackface' gloss top finish
* matte sunburst finish back, sides and neck
* custom ivoroid top binding