The Northfield Workshop NFS-F5E mandolin offers impressive, world class handcrafted quality and superb tone, but at a more accessible price point than their Artist Series instruments. It has a solid Englemann spruce top, solid figured maple back and sides, and a 3-piece hard maple neck, all in a satin lacquer shaded sunburst finish. Simple appointments complete the traditional look. This may well be the best F-model mandolin value available.