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What's included
- Padded Gig Bag
- Acoustic Shoppe flatpicks, one in each gauge
- A thank-you card and seasonal stickers
Serial #N2204947 — actual photos
Serial #N2204947 — actual photosEastman MD305L Left-Handed Classic A-Style Mandolin #4947
Choose your exact instrument
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What's included
- Padded Gig Bag
- Acoustic Shoppe flatpicks, one in each gauge
- A thank-you card and seasonal stickers
Why buy from The Acoustic Shoppe
- A twelve-time NAMM Top 100 Dealer (2015–2026)
- The #1 worldwide Eastman acoustic guitar dealer
- Every instrument ships after our 23-Point Professional Inspection
Questions about this instrument?
Every one of us plays. Virtual demos available on request.
Description
The Eastman MD305L is the left-handed version of the MD305, an A-style mandolin with f-holes, a solid spruce top, and solid maple back and sides. It comes left-handed from the factory, so a left-handed player does not have to restring or reverse a right-handed instrument.
The neck is maple with an ebony fingerboard on a 12 inch radius and a 13 7/8 inch scale, fitted with 23 Jescar frets and a bone nut at 1 3/32 inch, the standard mandolin string spacing. Proline J-105 tuners, an adjustable compensated ebony bridge, a cast aluminum tailpiece, ivoroid top binding and pearl dot inlays are standard, along with a satin finish and D'Addario XT phosphor bronze strings. It ships in a padded gig bag.
It suits left-handed players who want an all-solid-wood A-style mandolin. Players who want a hardshell case, a wider nut or an Adirondack top will need to look at a different model.
Serial #4947 — this listing is for the exact instrument shown in the photos above.
Specifications
Overview
- Style
- A-Style w/ F-Hole
- Model
- MD305L
- Condition
- New
- Top Wood
- Solid Spruce
- Back & Sides
- Solid Maple
- Scale Length
- 13 7/8"
- Nut Width
- 1 3/32"
- Number of Strings
- 8
- Handedness
- Left-Handed
Body
- Top Wood
- Solid Spruce
- Back & Sides Wood
- Solid Maple
- Binding
- Top
- Color
- Classic
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck Wood
- Maple
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay
- Pearl Dots
- Radius
- 12"
- Scale Length
- 13 7/8"
- Nut Width
- 1 3/32"
- Nut Material
- Bone
- String Spacing
- 1 5/8"
- Fret Material
- 23 Jescar FW37053
Hardware & Electronics
- Tuning Machines
- Proline J-105
- Bridge
- Adjustable Compensated Ebony Bridge
- Tailpiece
- Eastman Cast Aluminum Tailpiece
- Hardware Color
- Nickel
- Truss Rod
- Single Acting
In the Case
- Case / Gig Bag
- Padded Gig Bag
- Strings
- D'Addario XT Phosphor Bronze 1140
