Built in very limited numbers, the MF5 Deluxe V tops our mandolin line. Multiple black/white purflings and elegant appointments accompany our most carefully selected tone woods in an impressive display of craftsmanship. With elaborate hand etched inlays, a fancy engraved tailpiece, and our ultra thin varnish finish, we present to you our flagship mandolin.

Standard Features Include:

• Select Adirondack spruce top
• Premium figured maple back, sides and neck
• Parallel tone bar bracing
• F-soundholes
• Grained ivoroid top/back/neck & peghead binding
• Multiple black/white purflings
• Full high-gloss varnish finish
• Bound Florentine-style headstock
• 13 Degree headstock angle
• Ebony peghead overlay w/Collings logo and etched floral inlay
• Bound ebony pickguard with black/white purfling
• Ebony fingerboard
• Mortise and tenon neck joint
• 22-frets, neck joins the body at the 15th fret
• V shaped neck profile with 1 9/16" string spacing
• 5 1/2"-11 5/8" Compound fingerboard radius
• 1 1/8" Bone nut
• 13 7/8" Scale length
• Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
• Mother of pearl dot fingerboard inlays
• Fully adjustable truss rod
• Custom adjustable floating ebony bridge
• Collings original hand-engraved one-piece nickel or gold tailpiece
• Nickel or gold Waverly tuners with black or pearl buttons
• Recommended string gauge - D'Addario J-74 (.011"-.040")
• Collings deluxe hardshell case by TKL

Top Options: Adirondack Spruce (standard) Engelmann Spruce Design Options: Tortoise Bindings 1 3/16" Nut Width Ebony Tuner Buttons Birdseye Maple Gold Tuners One Piece Back Finish Options: Black Top Honey Amber Finish Blonde Finish

more custom mandolin options

Dimensions

• Body Length: 12 7/8"
• Body Depth at Side: 1 13/16"
• Lower Bout Width: 9 15/16"
• Total Length: 27 7/16"
• Scale Length: 13 7/8"
• Standard Nut Width: 1 1/8"

Strings

• Factory Strings: D' Addario J-74 (.011"-.040")
• Recommended Gauges: