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Northfield A4 Special NFMSP-A4 Black Top Gloss Wide Nut Mandolin – New

Original price was: $3,995.00.Current price is: $3,395.75.

Pickup available 211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto, CA

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Although the model code “A-4” reminds vintage mandolin fans of Gibson’s highest A model, that’s where the similarities to this Northfield A4 Special end. For starters, Northfield has moved up both the soundhole and the bridge, giving you 14 frets clear of the body. The end of the fingerboard is also cantilevered above the top, which results in a larger and far more active soundboard.

What this means to the player is the A4 Special offers the same access to the upper frets that you enjoy with an F-model, and the tone and volume are expanded as well. Yet the oval soundhole and lateral top brace give you the warmer, sweeter tone you expect from a mandolin that doesn’t rely on f soundholes and tone bars top bracing. The figured maple, multi-ply binding and shaded varnish finish are equivalent to the best Northfield F models. This example has the wider 1 3/16″ nut width and a radiused fretboard. This A4 Special may change how you think about A model mandolins.