Washburn M118SWK Bluegrass Series F-Style Design Florentine Cutaway Mandolin

• Model: M118SWK
• Series: Bluegrass Series
• Body
• Shape: Florentine
• Top: Carved Solid Spruce
• Back: Solid Flame Maple
• Sides: Solid Flame Maple
• Bracing: Quarter Sawn Sitka Spruce
• Neck
• Material: Flame Maple
• Fretboard: ebony
• Inlays: dots
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 31mm
• Scale: 13.86
• Hardware
• Bridge: Ebony
• Tuners: Distressed Open Gear
• Other
• Strings: D’addario J73 light gauge Mandolin Strings

Manufacturer’s Description

Washburn has been building mandolins since the late 1800s. Whether you’re a bluegrass, Celtic or rock player, see how the addition of a mandolin can broaden your sonic pallet and add a new dimension to your music. For traditionalists, you’ll find all the tone & projection you’d expect from our world class instruments.

The M118SW is a Florentine style mandolin and features a worn/used look as well as aged hardware, ebonite tuner buttons and a thinner satin finish for a broken in and well played feel.  Only premium woods like solid flamed maple and solid spruce have been used in crafting this fine instrument.

The F-style body design on the M118SW is deeper than traditional instruments for more volume and projection and it has a wider nut, with wider string spacing to accommodate bigger fingers.

Lyon & Healy, Washburn’s parent company in the 19th century, was the first American manufacturer of mandolins and Washburn began making mandolins in 1887. The M118SW echos the trends in mandolin styles of the early 20th century and remains the popular style today.