Used

2024 Ellis A5 Special Mandolin-Used

Original price was: $8,800.00.Current price is: $7,480.00.

Pickup available 211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto, CA

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Here’s a spectacular A-5 Special from mandolin-building veteran Tom Ellis of Austin, Texas. Ellis’s reputation for precision is something anyone familiar with Collings guitars and mandolins can easily gauge as Tom’s Precision Pearl Inlay company does all the pearl work for Collings, and for lots of other fretted instrument builders as well. This example has a torrefied Adirondack spruce top and sugar maple back and sides. The finish is a hand-rubbed oil varnish.

There’s not much to describe about the condition of this A-5 Special, as it’s in almost perfect condition with only very slight fret wear. The complex figure to the two-piece maple back, especially with the rich coloring of the sunburst, is a fun surface to explore visually when you take a break from practicing. It has been fitted with a K&K Mandolin Twin pickup and a strap button in the heel. Very even tone all up and down the neck, and of course plenty of volume when you need it. Includes a Superior fiberglass case in equally clean condition.