Description
Exc(+) original condition.
SN# 0202. 1 3/32″ Width at nut.
One-Piece Top!
This is a great F-5 from Mr Gilchrist. It was custom ordered with some nice options that should be mentioned up front:
One-pc Back.
One-pc Top (yes, yes, its true).
S-holes (instead of “f” holes).
Fingerboard cut square and bound just past 20th fret.
Waverly tuners (installed later).
Pickguard.
Flowerpot Inlay.
Multiple bindings – Ivoroid w/ black line seen on top, back and sides of body.
This is an exceptional sounding mandolin. It will make you challenge anyone to a duel (mandolins only – no pistols) who puts down x-braced Gilchrist 5’s in favor of tone bars.
What a wonderful attack and tonal beauty from this mandolin. Has ability to whisper with subtle nuance, or to command the room with power.
Very high grade figured Maple back, sides and neck. Very nice Spruce top, as well. The top appears to be Red Spruce, but a little hard to tell.
Multiple bound headstock with Gilchrist logo inlaid at top of Ebony peghead overlay. Single Ivoroid bound Flat Ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays.
Ebony 2-pc Loar style adjustable bridge. Abbreviated Tortoise pickguard with Multiple Ivoroid bindings. Silver plated 2-pc tailpiece with Gilchrist logo engraved in lid.
Neck profile is a rounded Vee shaped “speed neck” (outer layers of finish removed from back of neck in main playable area.
Currently has newer Waverly tuners with matching Ivoroid buttons. Original Gotoh tuners come with the mandolin, in its case.
Comes with delightful tonal experience and rectangular hard case.