Gibson Custom1923 F-5 Master Model Reissue Mandolin - Cremona Burst
Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Built as a 1923 F-5 Master Model reissue, this right-handed eight-string mandolin follows an authentic 1923 body and neck profile. Gibson Custom bases the project on analysis, 3D scans, and Lloyd Loar’s notes, then pairs a hand-selected red spruce top with quartersawn maple back and sides. Ebony is used for both the fingerboard and bridge; Waverly machines and silver-plated hardware complete the instrument. It arrives with a replica hardshell case.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Keeping the mandolin in its supplied replica hardshell case during transport between playing locations.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Left-handed players, as this model is specified for right-handed orientation.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Does it come with a case?
Yes. A replica hardshell case is included.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
6 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Number of strings
- 8-string
- Number of frets
- 29
- Number of Frets
- 29
- Number of Strings
- 8-string
- Scale Length
- 13.9"
7 detailsBody & build
- Back & sides
- Quartersawn maple
- Top Material
- Spruce
- Body Type
- Mandolin
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Neck wood
- Maple
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony Neck wood: Maple Scale length: 13.9" Number of frets: 29 Bridge: Ebony Other Tuning machines: Waverly Orientation: Right-handed Number of strings: 8-string Case: Hardshell case
- Top wood
- Spruce
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 13.9"
- Nut width
- 1.065"
11 detailsOther
- Neck shape
- Authentic 1923 profile
- Case
- Hardshell case
- Tier
- platinum
- Category Source
- detail
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Waverly
- Orientation
- Right-handed
- Body type
- Mandolin
- Source Id
- site51500000405163
- Bridge
- Ebony
