Widened nut offers a more comfortable playing feel for musicians with large hands and those transitioning to the mandolin from the guitar
F-style body with F-holes provides outstanding comfort and a powerful sound
Punchy and resonant thanks to a solid Sitka spruce top and solid maple back and sides
Smooth, thin maple neck with a comfortable Soft V profile, topped with an ebony fingerboard
Bone nut and parallel spruce bracing achieve a more professional tone
Tasteful body and fingerboard binding accent a handcrafted Truetone Vintage gloss finish
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Musicians with large hands and those coming from a guitar background can often find wrangling the mandolin’s slim neck to be a challenge. To accommodate those players, Eastman offers the MD515/TV-WN-SB, a modification of its standard MD515 that sports a wider nut. Apart from this deviation, the MD515/TV-WN-SB retains all the traditional mandolin flair of its standard sibling, beaming with a masterful F-style body carved from solid spruce and solid maple. This body shape provides an authentic bluegrass punch further augmented with F-holes for powerful projection. Eastman Guitars finalizes the MD515 F-style mandolin with premium accouterments. Solid wood appointments include an ebony bridge and parallel bracing carved from spruce. The finishing touch? A rustic Truetone Vintage gloss finish that grants vintage-inspired good looks while letting tonewoods vibrate fully.
The MD515 features a maple neck with a Soft V carve that simplifies accurate fretting, so for players who have larger hands or fingers, it tends to ward off strain and prevent cramps while giving proper support for effortless play!
Aside from playing a defining role in the development of bluegrass, the F-style mandolin is still wildly popular to this day! The F-style shape boasts detailed craftsmanship, the most obvious example being the ornate scroll located above the neck joint. The scroll increases the overall mass and, according to many mandolin players, provides a thicker tone, competitive volume, and increased sustain. Professional players who stand while playing often favor the F-style body shape because the extra mass helps them perform with even control and accurate technique.
This mandolin’s F-style soundholes provide unique percussive traits that pros refer to as the mandolin “chop.” F-holes are especially critical to bluegrass players, as their loud, focused projection keeps your mandolin audible above the fray of a busy ensemble sound.
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