Epiphone F-5 Studio F-Style Mandolin Wine Red Satin
Description
With the Epiphone F-5 Studio mandolin, you'll experience the legendary tone of Lloyd Loar's original F-5 design in an affordable, all-solid wood instrument. Since Epiphone's earliest days, mandolins have been an integral part of the company's heritage. Now, they're proud to offer musicians a high-quality F-style mandolin with the resonant voice of premium tonewoods.
Iconic F-Style Design
The Epiphone F-5 Studio's double-pointed body and scroll-shaped headstock embody the elegance of the original F-style mandolin. Its Sitka spruce top and maple back and sides are carefully crafted and joined, then finished with a thin satin finish that highlights the wood's beauty. The simplicity of its appointments focuses attention on the mandolin's graceful lines and let its tone shine through.
Balanced, Resonant Tone
An all-solid wood construction gives the F-5 Studio a full, balanced tone that projects clearly. The spruce top resonates freely, producing crisp highs, while the maple back and sides add warmth and depth. Its tone is highly responsive, blooming as you play to fill the room. The thin satin finish protects the wood while allowing it to vibrate openly for the best possible sound.
A Traditional Neck Profile Inspires Expressive Playing
The Epiphone F-5 Studio mandolin's maple neck has a traditional profile that feels instantly familiar in your hands. Its laurel fingerboard hosts 20 medium frets, allowing you to execute chord voicings and rapid single-note passages with ease. A vintage-style scroll headstock completes the classic look and provides ideal string tension. Overall, the neck design promotes an expressive, virtuosic playing experience that will fuel your creativity.
Traditional Appointments Honor the F-5's Legacy
With its arched top, f holes and asymmetrical body, the Epiphone F-5 Studio mandolin embodies the classic F-style shape pioneered by Lloyd Loar. It also features traditional appointments like an adjustable laurel bridge and vintage-style tuners with ivoroid buttons. These premium components not only look great but also directly contribute to the instrument's acoustic excellence and historically-inspired tone.
Discover Your Sound with the F-5 Studio
Epiphone brings you the renowned F-5 mandolin design in an accessible package with the F-5 Studio model. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned player, this instrument offers the tone and playability of a high-quality F-style mandolin. Explore folk, bluegrass, jazz, or any genre with ease on this versatile instrument. Unleash your artistic expression with the Epiphone F-5 Studio mandolin. Plus, it comes with a gig bag for convenient transportation wherever your music takes you.
Features
- All-solid wood construction: solid maple back, sides and Sitka spruce top
- Gibson-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners
- Laurel fingerboard with 20 frets
- Balanced, highly toneful sound with great projection
Specs
- Shape: Gibson F Style
- Material: Solid maple
- Top wood: Solid Sitka spruce
- Back wood: Solid maple
- Side wood: Solid maple
- Finish: Satin
- Material: Maple
- Profile: C
- Nut width: 1.125"
- Nut material: Bone
- Fingerboard
- Material: Laurel
- Scale length: 13.78"
- Frets: 20
- Bridge: Standard adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, laurel
- Saddle: Laurel
- Tailpiece: Traditional stamped
- Tuners: Vintage F-style inline with pearloid buttons
- Plating: Nickel
- Orientation: Right handed
- Strings: 8
- Case: Gig bag