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The Orville Mandolin
Overview
Specs
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Products
Acoustic Instruments
Mandolin
Gibson Original
The Orville Mandolin
Specs
Body
Body Style
F-Style
Top
Solid Black Spruce From Morningside Cemetery where Orville is Buried
Back
Solid 1-piece Quilt Maple
Rim
Figured Maple
Sound Holes
Unbound F-holes
Top Binding
3-ply
Back Binding
3-ply
Overcoat
Nitro-cellulouse Gloss Lacquer
Hardware
Tuning Keys
Gold "Arrow-point" Waverly Tuners with Inlaid Handel Buttons
Pickguard
3-ply Bound with Custom Inlay/Artwork w/Orville Portrait
Bridge
Adjustable Ebony
Bracing
Tone Bars
Tailpiece/Cover
Gold Engraved "The Gibson"
Neck
Species
Figured Maple
Profile
Rounded V
Peghead Inlay
Pearl "Star and Floral Vine"
Peghead Binding
Single-ply
Nut
Pearl
Nut Width
1 3/16"
Joint
Radiused Dovetail
Joint Location
15th fret
Truss Rod
Single Action
Truss Rod Cover
Brass Engraved/OHG
Scale Length
13 29/32"
Frets
29
Fingerboard
Species
Ebony
Inlays
Pearl Orvillesque "Star and Crescent-Vine"
Binding
Yes
Extension
Yes
Strings
Medium-Light
Case
Case Exterior
Embossed Gibson Leather Hardshell
Finishes
Vintage Autumn Amber