2024 Eastman MD-814 F-Style Carved-Top Mandolin

Overview: Eastman makes some delicious mandolins, for sure. This modernized take on a Gibson F-4 has more cut and power than the oldies but still retains that open, sweeter character that folks love about oval-hole archtops. The modern frets and radiused board give it playability advantages and it has all sorts of interesting enhancements, too -- multi-ply binding, a heavy-duty cast tailpiece, adjustable bridge, and flamed maple back and sides as opposed to the birch used on most of the original Gibsons.

Cut, fit, finish, and build quality are all excellent and the violin-style faux-aging looks nice in its way -- it's more interesting than most "relic" jobs.

Repairs included: Jose gave this a light level/dress of the frets (they had minor pitting) and a setup. It's playing bang-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 2 lbs 3 oz
• Scale length: 13 7/8"
• Nut width: 1 1/8"
• Neck shape: medium V
• Board radius: 12"
• Depth at first fret: .90"
• Depth at seventh fret: 1.03"
• Body width: 10 1/8"
• Body depth: 1 5/8+"
• Top wood: solid, carved spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid flamed maple, carved back
• Bracing type: tonebar
• Bridge: adjustable ebony
• Fretboard: ebony
• Neck wood: maple
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 36w-10 or close to it
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: narrow/banjo-style

Condition notes: It looks very clean -- though, because it has a relic'd finish, it has "wear" that's built-in. It's completely original throughout.

It comes with: It has its original, quality hard case.

Consignor tag: MTUL