{"product_id":"collings-mt2-carved-top-mandolin-2016-14227","title":"Collings MT2 Carved Top Mandolin (2016)","description":"Collings MT2 Model Carved Top Mandolin (2016), Austin, TX, serial # 3641. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe MT-2 is Collings' more deluxe F-hole, A-style body mandolin with a classic look harking back to the Gibson aesthetic of the 1920s. It is built with a spruce top and premium quilted maple back, sides and neck. This example was made in 2016, when Bill Collings still hand-signed the mandolin labels. Modeled on Gibson's semi-mythical A-5 (Lloyd Loar had one built as a test for himself) this is an A style model with F holes sporting a lovely Cremona Brown nitrocellulose lacquer sunburst finish on the back and sides and a jet black finish on the top giving it a more rakish, less traditional look.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe figured maple neck has a rounded soft V profile with an ebony fretboard; there is triple ivoroid binding with a side line on body and neck and a single bound, pearl inlaid headstock. The instrument is equipped with a Loar-era style adjustable ebony bridge, Fancy vintage Waverly styled tuners and Collings' own integrated tailpiece. This is one of the company's best 8-string offerings, an excellent playing and sounding instrument with a lot of power and style at a lower price than their comparable sounding F-body models.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 27 in. (68.6 cm.), 9 7\/8 in. (25.1 cm.) across at the widest point, and 2 3\/4 in. (7 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 14 in. (356 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1\/4 in. (32 mm.). \u003cbr\u003eThis MT2 shows very little play wear and has aged in nicely over the last 10 years, with a still-maturing sound. There light scuffs and handling wear to the finish but that's about it. There are no playability issues, the frets have been crowned down a bit showing no subsequent wear. This mandolin plays extremely well and offers a lovely powerful but still warm sound. It includes a Collings-branded TKL HSC. Overall Excellent Condition.","brand":"Collings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51486682808460,"sku":"14227","price":5250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_b790b407-7028-488d-b0bc-7624f1ba493d.jpg?v=1784243693","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/collings-mt2-carved-top-mandolin-2016-14227","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}