2000s Giacomel Jazz 5 Carved-Top Archtop Mandolin

Overview: I have to admit that I crush pretty hard on Giacomel Corrado instruments. They're absolutely sexy. This one is absolutely sexy. It handles like a better Gibson F-5 and looks tremendous -- deco-style, German-carve, extremely-high-quality, Italian styling, dear lordie...! Can you tell I'm sold? It has Thomastik flatwound strings on it at the moment and so the tone in the demo video is excellent but a little mellower than it would be with roundwounds. The intonation on the wound As is also just a little bit off from normal unwound As would be -- it's not the mandolin, it's the strings!

Interesting features: The stylized "scroll," the multi-ply binding the recurve carve to the top and back, the considered lines... everything is classy. This one is also quite clean but it has been out in the world a bit and has just a few light scratches. The frets are still in good shape and we haven't leveled/dressed them as they don't need it. The sound is full, clean, round, and it has plenty of cut and volume to spare.

Repairs included: I gave it a quick setup a year or two ago and it's still playing spot-on.

• Weight: 2 lbs 6 oz
• Scale length: 13 7/8"
• Nut width: 1 5/64"
• Neck shape: medium V
• Board radius: 7 1/4"
• Depth at first fret: 57/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 31/32"
• Body width: 10"
• Body depth: 1 3/4"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid flamed maple
• Bracing type: tonebar
• Bridge: adjustable
• Fretboard: ebony
• Neck wood: maple flamed
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16" overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 36w-10 or similar (Thomastik flatwounds, wound A)
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: smaller/narrow

Condition notes: It's clean for its age but there are a few light pick-scratches just south of the pickguard area on the top. They're not obvious. It's all-original throughout, in good order, and ready to go.

It comes with: It has a nondescript, violin-style (foam/flight) case.

Consignor tag: MBUO