This 2021 Northfield A5 Special may be the best value in an A-style mandolin we've got to offer right now! The instrument is incredibly clean, well set up, and wonderful-sounding ~ just the right mix of clarity and woody responsiveness to make it well suited to any ensemble. With Nugget-style tailpiece and its original Airloom Recurve case.

• Top: Italian Alpine spruce

• Back / Neck / Sides: Highly Figured Maple

• Bridge / Fingerboard: Ebony

• Tuners: Gotoh

• Tailpiece: Nugget® designed by Mike Kemnitzer (Nickel Plated)

• Binding: Single-Ply Tortoise Celluloid, Top and Back-Bound

• Pickguard: Tortoise Celluloid

• Nut Width: 1-1/8” 

• Fingerboard Radius: 5.7" (145mm) at nut, 7.7" (196mm) at 20th fret

• Finish: Spirit varnish

• Color: Sunburst