Summit Mandolins
Made in Nashville TN
The peghead is striped ebony and is entirely triple bound (including the scroll); "Summit" and the single flower pot are colorful abalone and the truss rod cover itself is engraved abalone with two wreaths and the word "Artist". Fingerboard is bound in grained ivoroid and dot inlays begin at the fifth fret and continue to the 15th fret, with a total of 19 frets and no fingerboard extension. The body is triple bound on top and back and the woods are remarkable flamey tiger stripe on sides, back, neck and back of headstock with a flawless Sitka spruce top. The coloring is likewise perfect sunburst stain. The bridge is two piece, adjustable ebony, with gold plated small thumbscrews and the slide-on tailpiece is engraved with the word "Summit" and four floral squiggles. Tuners are gold plated and engraved in a fancy pattern with pearloid buttons that look a lot like real pearl. List price $5671 ...Discount price $5500
Big leaf maple for the back and neck, tighter, more conventionally tiger-striped maple for the sides and an evenly grained Sitka spruce top of the highest quality. The mandolin is finished in a two-tone tobacco sunburst (in lacquer) which imparts a shimmering three-dimensional affect to the woods it protects. The peghead overlay appears to be striped ebony and bears the Summit logo in multicolored pearl, with a handsome G-clef centered thereunder for those who are not sure where in the musical spectrum the mandolin is played. The fingerboard is black ebony with 6 mother-of pearl dot inlays starting at the 5th fret, with corresponding side dots. List price $3041 ...Discount price $2950
