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Fender FM52E FM Series Acoustic-Electric Mandolin

Spruce top. Nato neck. Rosewood fingerboard.

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Never let those big jumbo acoustics walk all over you again! This "A Style" mandolin features a single-coil pickup with volume and tone controls. A Spruce top, Nato neck, back, and sides, and a Rosewood fingerboard and bridge complete the appointments on this affordable instrument.

Features
Body Style: Flat mandolin

Top: Spruce

Back and Sides: Nato

Neck: Nato

Markers: Dot

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Pickguard: Black 2-ply

Body Edge: 4-ply

Tuners: Chrome

Pickups: 1 single coil

Controls: Volume, tone

Finish: Sunburst

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Technical Info

Body Style: Flat mandolin

Top: Spruce

Back and Sides: Nato

Neck: Nato

Markers: Dot

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Fingerboard Length: 9.96 in.

Scale Length: 13.7

Body Depth: 1.85 in.

Pickguard: Black 2-ply

Body Edge: 4-ply

Tuners: Chrome

Pickups: 1 single coil

Controls: Volume, tone

Finish: Sunburst
Electrified mando! A-style body features spruce top, nato neck, back/sides, and a rosewood fingerboard/bridge. Single-coil pickup with volume and tone controls will make you the belle of the bluegrass ball!

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Fender FM52E FM Series Acoustic-Electric Mandolin Reviews

80 People rated this product :
           9 out of 10
           9 out of 10
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"Can't think of anything to improve it."
Played many plectrum instruments for over 40 years (mostly ryhthm guitar) before I took up the mandolin. A friend loaned me a Harmony for 2 yrs, and then she took it back. I've never played an expensive mandolin. I had to adjust the bridge slightly, but I've managed to get it to tune quite accurately to my Boss quartz tuner. As a "pickup side man" this is the only way to go. Volume,intonation and voicing can be enhanced by utilizing proper amplification, so I am hard-pressed to think of a way to improve it's dollar-for-value.
Submitted: 07/04/2002
Style of Music: Country, Folk, Rock, Classical
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           7 out of 10
"Decent starter mandolin"
I wanted a mandolin that I would be able to push beyond the limits of conventional mandolin sound, but still be in a reasonable price bracket. It isn't very loud acoustically, and the pickup is a bit distanced from the strings. But otherwise plugging it in and changing it's sound is very easy. Recommend it to anyone looking for cheap starter or someone looking to experiment with more options.
Submitted: 08/18/2002
Style of Music: Post-Rock
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