Gibson F5L

Spruce Top • Figured Maple Back/Sides

SKU: F5L  ... WMC:$4,900.00

The F-5L, introduced in 1978, marked the beginning of a return to the specifications of Lloyd Loar's original F-5 Master Model mandolins of 1922-24. Today's F-5 sets the standard by which all other mandolins are judged.

 

This instrument was made in the final year of Gibson's manufacturing in Kalamazoo, MI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body

Body Style                         F-Style

Top                                     Spruce

Back                                   Figured Maple

Rim                                     Figured Maple

Sound Holes                      Unbound F-holes

Top Binding                       White/Black/White

Back Binding                     White/Black/White

Overcoat                            Gloss Lacquer

 

Hardware

Tuning Keys                      Gold Grovers

Pickguard                          Bound Tortoisoid

Bridge                                Adjustable Ebony

Bracing                              Tone Bars

Tailpiece Cover                 Gold

 

Neck

Species                             Figured Maple

Profile                               Rounded V

Peghead Inlay                  Fern

Peghead Binding             White/Black/White

Nut                                    Pearl

Nut Width                         1 1/16"

Joint Compound             Dovetail

Joint Location                 15th fret

Truss Rod                        Single Action

Truss Rod Cover            Gibson Bell Shaped™

Scale Length                  13 29/32"

Frets                                29

 

Fingerboard

Species                           Ebony

Inlays                               Pearl Dots

Binding                            White/Black/White

Extension                        Yes

Strings                                Gibson Bill Monroe Medium Gauge