Brand: Ratliff
Instrument Categories: Mandolins, SOLD
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The Ratliff R5-G mandolin is built by hand in Church Hill, Tennessee, part of a small lineup of F style and A style mandolins. The company was originally started to produce left-handed F-Style instruments, but has grown to produce right hand models, and offer both F hole and oval hole verions.
The Ratliff R5-G uses a carved Sitka Spruce top paired with flame maple for the sides, neck, and carved back, and ebony for the bound fingerboard. The headstock has a tasteful floral inlay along with the Ratliff logo, and the instrument is finished in a nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst.
This Ratliff R5-G dates to December 16, 2015 and is in excellent condition. It has a fresh setup by The Twelfth Fret Repair Shop and plays very well. The -G designation refers to gold plated hardware. An Allen custom tailpiece and Breke bridge have been added. A rectangular hard shell case is included.
- Model: R5 -G
- Year: 2015
- Finish Tobacco Sunburst
- Class: Used
- Serial Number: 121615-1120
- Country of Origin: USA
- Condition: Very Good
- Date Posted: 04/05/2018
- This instrument has been sold
- Required CITES documentation
- Including original Hard case
- Instrument Weight: 2.42lbs 1.1kg
- Scale Length: 13.875in 352.5mm
- Nut Width: 1.1in 28mm
