The Bitterroot series is a beautifully traditional and minimalistic instrument. Players love the silky satin finish, ivory bound top and Buckskin color that gives this series a distinctive visual appeal.
The Bitterroot mandolin A is an exquisite traditional, minimalist mandolin - and if you want a custom mandolin, the Bitterroot is the place to start. (The Bitterroot is the model most often customized by Weber aficionados.) Whether you customize or order as is, simply bring your talent and enjoyment of music to any setting, and let the Bitterroot do the heavy lifting. Players love the silky satin finish and the ivory binding that give this mandolin distinctive visual appeal. Combine the playability of the radiused fingerboard, the bluegrass muscle of the tone-bar braced, aged-Sitka top, along with the elegant traditional aesthetic, and you get one of the best, most affordable and customizable mandolins on the planet.
(The Bitterroot is Montana`s state flower, whose fleshy roots were used extensively as food by the Native Americans, Lewis and Clark, and the pioneers and mountain men that followed. The Bitterroot Mountains follow the border between Idaho and Montana.)
Bitterroot A Mandolin Specifications:
Body Type: Traditional A
Top: Hand Graduated and Tuned Solid Sitka Spruce
Bracing: Tone Bar on F hole Models X Brace on Oval or D Hole
Nut Width: 1 1/8"
Peghead Veneer: Unbound Ebony Tapered A-Style
Peghead Inlay: MOP Weber Script & Knot
Fingerboard: Black Bound 10" Radius Ebony
Fret Markers: 6mm MOP Diamonds
Frets: .080
Body: Binding Ivory
Color: Buckskin
Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Truss Rod: Dual-Action Adjustable
Bridge: Weber Traditional Bridge
Tuners / Hardware: Nickel Grovers/Nickel Tailpiece
Scale Length: 14 inches
Case: Deluxe Shaped Hardshell
Crafted In Bend, OR USA
