Description
Exceptional condition / SN: 7307608
1-3/32″ width at nut / Old Tone Woods
Varnish Finish / Bruce Weber hand-voiced
Exceptional Sound
This 2008 Weber F-5 Elite is a very special and rare mandolin. Besides being hand-made from precious old tone woods and hand-voiced by Bruce Weber, himself, it is a wonderful sounding instrument that is really close to being rated “Mint Condition”. The story starts years before this mandolins creation, to a time when Bruce Weber purchased a famous Northwest U.S. violin shop’s wood stores. These old aged tonewoods became center focus for Weber when making their highest grade mandolins, like the “Custom Vintage” oval hole A’s and F’s, the Anniversary F-5’s and the Elite F-5.
This mandolin is handmade from old cured highly figured Norway Maple and ~140 year cured Port Orford Cedar top. Peghead overlay, radiused fingerboard and Brekke Traditional Bridge, and pickguard, are all made from best Gabon Ebony.
The mandolin has a beautiful sunburst varnish finish. Multiple bindings are all over the mandolin. Peghead overlay, fingerboard, top & back of body, and Ebony pickguard are all multiple bound with ivoroid showing black accent lines.
Tuners are Gold Schaller with pearloid buttons.
Peghead shows The Weber old style script inlay at top, with Weber’s own design Abalone & Pearl Torch inlay in center. Bone nut. Radiused Gabon Ebony fingerboard with small pearl dot inlays and black dot side dots in fingerboard side inlay. The fingerboard is a traditional double cut extension, with last few frets scalloped away. Handmade Ebony bi-level pickguard installed by Weber. Brekke “traditional” 2-pc adjustable Ebony bridge with gold spinners. Gold Weber “custom filled” cast 1-pc tailpiece with screw-in endpin.
The look of the mandolin is stunning! There is almost no sign of prior playing and certainly no marks from careless handling.
I will state that this mandolin will give you $20,000 tone value for only $13,500!
It comes with it’s original excellent rectangular hard case. Inside the case there is some “case Candy”…
