Northfield Artist Series F5 5-Bar Adirondack

These newest mandolins retain everything we love about the Artist Series, while offering an updated look, feel, and a more powerful, forward voice that we find very compelling.

Over the last two decades, Northfield have established themselves as a leading small-production builder, popular with touring pros and amateur players alike. Some of Northfield's own instruments have now matured long enough to be evaluated alongside the vintage and contemporary mandolins that inspired them. Combined with years of player feedback, recordings, research, and careful observation, that perspective has helped shape the next chapter of their Artist Series. We’re proud to offer the first examples of Northfield’s newly refined 5-Bar Artist Series mandolins— benchmark examples of what this updated series represents. This particular mandolin sports an Adirondack Spruce top ~ rarely seen on a 5-Bar variant in the Artist Series! It's as close to the best of both worlds as we can imagine an Artist model getting: the crystalline note separation and punch of Red Spruce meets the extended, fat warmth of the 5-Bar bracing platform.

These newest mandolins retain everything we love about the Artist Series— a warm, engaging depth of tone, comfortable playability, and superb craftsmanship—while offering an updated look, feel, and a more powerful, forward voice that we find very compelling.

We can't wait to hear what the next tweny years have in store for Northfield, and are excited to join them on the journey!