Collings
Collings MF Satin F-Style Mandolin s#F2383
Product Description
Collings MF Satin F-Style Mandolin
The Collings MF Satin is a professional-grade F-style mandolin that combines premium carved tonewoods, exceptional craftsmanship, and understated aesthetics in a highly responsive and musical instrument. Built with the same construction quality as Collings’ fully appointed mandolin models, the MF delivers the rich, woody tone, projection, and dynamic sensitivity demanded by serious players while maintaining a more minimalist satin-finished presentation.
Its fully carved Adirondack spruce top paired with Eastern flamed maple back and sides produces outstanding clarity, chop, and note separation with impressive warmth and tonal complexity. The F-hole configuration and tone bar bracing provide strong projection and articulation ideal for bluegrass, ensemble work, folk, and acoustic performance settings.
Finished in a thin satin nitrocellulose lacquer, the MF allows the carefully voiced tonewoods to resonate freely, enhancing responsiveness and openness while giving the instrument a refined vintage-inspired appearance. The rounded V neck profile and compound-radius ebony fingerboard offer smooth playability and comfort across the entire fingerboard.
Elegant, lightweight, and exceptionally resonant, the MF Satin captures the feel and sound of a true handcrafted professional mandolin.
Key Features
- Handcrafted F-style mandolin
- Fully carved Adirondack spruce top
- Eastern flamed maple back, sides, and neck
- Satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- F-hole design for projection and chop
- Tone bar bracing
- Rounded V neck profile
- Ebony fingerboard with compound radius
- Collings original tailpiece
- Deluxe hardshell case included
Specifications
- Construction: F-Style
- Top: Adirondack Spruce
- Back & Sides: Eastern Flamed Maple
- Neck: Eastern Flamed Maple
- Soundhole: F-Holes
- Bracing: Tone Bars
- Fingerboard: Ebony with MOP Dots
- Fingerboard Radius: 5 1/2" – 11 5/8" Compound
- Bridge: Ebony with Adjustable Saddle
- Nut Width: 1 1/8"
- String Spacing: 1 9/16"
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Neck Profile: Rounded V
- Neck Joint: Dovetail
- Frets: Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
- Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable
- Peghead Veneer: Ebony with MOP Collings Logo
- Tuners: Nickel Gotoh with Black Buttons
- Tailpiece: Collings Original Tailpiece
- Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Strings: D'Addario EJ74 (.011–.040)
- Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Body Width: 9 15/16"
- Body Length: 12 7/8"
- Body Depth: 1 13/16"
- Total Length: 27 7/16"
