Nugget Mandolins - A5 Standard - 72

Nugget Mandolins - A5 Standard

Build Year: 1982
Serial: 72

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A5 Standardw with an old growth Fir top

Old growth Fir top with sunburst
Flame Maple back and sides
Single bound top and back, ivoroid
Brazilian Rosewood Flat Fingerboard
Brazilian Rosewood headstock with nugget inlay
Nickel Schaller tuners with pearl buttons
Nickel traditional tailpiece with hand engraved Nugget logo

Mike Kemnitzer told me some of his Winfield prize mandolins were made with fir tops. It's not a common top wood, but it's excellent, per Mike. Wonderful woody tone in this mandolin.

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Photo Credit: Cotten Music Center - Nashville, TN

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Considered by many to be the finest mandolin builder in the world today, Mike Kemnitzer has been building Nugget Mandolins since the early 1970's

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