Description

Japan's most renowned mandolin maker, Eiichi Sumi is most well known for the elevated, Kentucky-branded mandolins of the 1980s, and for the rare-bird copies of David Grisman's Monteleone F.

This F-5, Sumi's take on a classic Fern, is a loud, cutting bluegrass mandolin, capable of being driven hard! Outfitted with a K&K mandolin pickup, this mandolin is equally at home in acoustic jams or on the festival stage.

Some pick wear on the top, and finish stress on the back; otherwise in very good overall condition.

Priced with hard case.

Specs

• Spruce top
• Maple back and sides
• Ebony fingerboard, pickguard, and bridge
• 1 1/8" bone nut
  
• Fully bound in grained ivoroid with b/w purfling
  
• Gotoh tuners w/ ivoroid buttons, gold finish
  
• Gibson-style tailpiece in matching gold finish
• K&K internal pickup
• Hard case