Fender® Robert Schmidt /Flogging Molly Walnut Stain Finish 8-String Acoustic Electric Mandolin

Robert Schmidt, mandolin player extraordinaire, of the Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly has exclusively designed his own Fender Electric Mandolin. Based on the FM62 E Fender Mandolin from years past, Robert designed this beauty to sound great and to take a beating but make no mistake this mandolin is a beauty to look at with its dark walnut stain spruce top and carved maple back and sides, bronze cast chrome tailpiece, chrome dome style volume knob, ebony bridge, and rosewood fretboard. Body Back: Carved Solid Maple Body Sides: Carved Maple Sides Body Top: Laminated Spruce Body Finish: * 0955257021 Gloss Bracing: Quartersawn Spruce Tone Bars F-Holes/Soundholes: "F" Hole Neck Neck Shape: "U" Shape Number of Frets: 20 Position Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Acrylic Dots Headstock Binding: Ivoroid Fretboard: Rosewood Neck Material: Mahogany Neck Finish: Gloss Nut Width: 1.12" (28.5 mm) Scale Length: 13.7" (34.8 cm) Headstock: Fender Traditonal "F" style headstock Electronics Special Electronics: Special Design Piezo Controls: Volume Hardware Hardware: Chrome Bridge: Compensated Ebony String Nut: Synthetic Bone Miscellaneous Strings: Fender 2060 Phosphor Bronze (.011 - .040) Unique Features: Exclusively designed by Robert Schmidt of Flogging Molly, Ebony bridge, Rosewood fretboard, Chrome machine heads with pearl acrylic buttons, Bronze cast chrome tailpiece, Chrome dome volume knob and tortoise shell pickguard.