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Capek A5 Bluegrass Mandolin - Hand Carved
Estimated price for orientation: 1 395 $
Category: Mandolins
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Description Body Style: A5 Right-/ Left-Handed: Right Handed Brand: Capek Skill Level: Advanced Top Material: AAA Spruce Items Included: Case Model: Capek A5 Type: Acoustic Body Material: Flame Maple Country/Region of Manufacture: Czech Republic Number of Strings: 8
CAPEK A5 Bluegrass MandolinCompletely hand carved and hand made by Rosta CapekRosta Capek is a world renowned luthier and he builds almost exclusively, specialist bluegrass & jazz instruments. Ricky Skaggs, David Grisman and Peter Rowen are amongst the top flight players who own and regularly use Capek instruments.This A5 is as near to new as you'll get, it has a very deep, throaty tone with huge chop and bell-like treble but nothing harsh. The only way to be sure is to try it and, subject to me being available, you are more than welcome to hear it in person and compare it with some other high-end mandolins.It comes in an extremely good & perfectly fitted hardshell case - I have another mandolin in a Calton case and there is very little difference in quality.Solid AAA Spruce topHeavily famed maple back, sides and neckEngraved tailpiece Ebony fingerboardEbony bridgeDot inlaysFully bound body (front and back)Figured wood pegged overlay (not sure what timber he's used)Mother of pearl logo inlayTone bar bracingI already have (apparently) too many mandolins and this was bought on a whim purely because it sounds so 'big'.
Description
| Body Style: | A5 | Right-/ Left-Handed: | Right Handed |
| Brand: | Capek | Skill Level: | Advanced |
| Top Material: | AAA Spruce | Items Included: | Case |
| Model: | Capek A5 | Type: | Acoustic |
| Body Material: | Flame Maple | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Czech Republic |
| Number of Strings: | 8 |
CAPEK A5 Bluegrass MandolinCompletely hand carved and hand made by Rosta CapekRosta Capek is a world renowned luthier and he builds almost exclusively, specialist bluegrass & jazz instruments. Ricky Skaggs, David Grisman and Peter Rowen are amongst the top flight players who own and regularly use Capek instruments.This A5 is as near to new as you'll get, it has a very deep, throaty tone with huge chop and bell-like treble but nothing harsh. The only way to be sure is to try it and, subject to me being available, you are more than welcome to hear it in person and compare it with some other high-end mandolins.It comes in an extremely good & perfectly fitted hardshell case - I have another mandolin in a Calton case and there is very little difference in quality.
Solid AAA Spruce topHeavily famed maple back, sides and neckEngraved tailpiece Ebony fingerboardEbony bridgeDot inlaysFully bound body (front and back)Figured wood pegged overlay (not sure what timber he's used)Mother of pearl logo inlayTone bar bracing
I already have (apparently) too many mandolins and this was bought on a whim purely because it sounds so 'big'.