Andersen

Andersen A5 Sunburst (ca. 2000s)

$3,500.00

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Excellent, handmade A-style mandolin from this highly regarded Seattle archtop luthier.

Steve Andersen follows in a line of American archtop guitar makers who also excelled as mandolin builders—think Monteleone, or John Zeidler. As to be expected, this A5 exhibits the same stellar attention to detail and skilled craftsmanship as Andersen's guitars.

The mandolin strikes a lovely balance between a traditional, dry bluegrass sound and something a touch more modern. Playability on the rounded-V neck is excellent. The blank, bound ebony fingerboard, the vintage sunburst and gold hardware collectively make for a clean, classy look. A great value and and an exciting find in a versatile, single-luthier A-style mandolin.

Materials
Top
Spruce
Back
Sides
Neck
Curly Maple
Fingerboard & Bridge
Ebony
Tailpiece
Gold engraved James
Binding
Ivoroid
Tuners
Gold Schaller w/ Pearl Buttons.

Neck Specs
Carve
Rounded V
Fingerboard
Radiused
Nut Width
1 1/8"

Other
Serial Number
408
Case
Hardshell

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