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The Grand Classic™ is shown here in "Black Cherry" with optional gold hardware and pickguard.
Standard Features
- Top plate of finest grade quarters-awn spruce, hand carved and tap tuned
- Choice of voicing, "Apitius" or "Loar Spec." with parralel or X-brace
- Back plate of highly figured maple, hand carved and tap tuned
- Sides of highly figured maple
- Neck of highly figured maple
- Angle cut and tapered peg head
- Hand sawn pearl shell Apitius Vine or Fern on headstock
- Gold plated hardware (or no-charge nickel option)
- Peg head veneer of dyed pearwood over 4 plys of alternating maple veneers on face with single ply of dyed pearwood on back
- Fingerboard of genuine ebony with a standard conical (compound) radius of 7 1/4” (184mm) - 12" (305mm)
- Paua abalone position markers with tortoise colored side dots
- Black/white binding lines on top, back and side surfaces including peghead face and sides
- Black/white binding lines around point protectors
- Rubner™ Rocco Meinel Precision Series® tuning machines with Genuine Mother-of-Pearl buttons
- Customized, gold plated James™ tailpiece
- Width at nut: 29mm (1 1/8”)
- Scale length: 355mm (13 15/16")
- Adjustable truss rod (double rod design does not add compression force to the neck)
- Hand applied stain and shading in choice of "Cremona Brown" or "Black Cherry"
- Spirit varnish finish applied by hand in the traditional French polish method
- Hot hide glue construction throughout
- Custom fitted Hoffee™ carbon fiber case with Apitius Mandolin Co. logo included
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
Triple bound throughout. French polished spirit varnish finish.
Angle cut and tapered peghead with triple ply binding on face and sides. Tortoise colored side dots. Hand applied stains for an authentic vintage vibe.
Optional Full-size Pickguard (available in tortoise color, ebony and abreviated size)
Customised Gold James ™ Tailpiece
"Apitius Vine" Headstock Inlay (shown with nickel tuners)
Alternate "Fern" Headstock Inlay (shown with ebony buttons)
Your Choice of Peghead Inlays
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Includes Custom fitted Hoffee™ carbon fiber case with "Apitius Mandolin Co." logo
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