Michael Kelly Legacy Dragonfly Flame Violin Mandolin
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The Legacy Dragonfly's ornate inlay work makes it a visual stunner on stage, while its radiused ebony fretboard is a breeze to play on.
What's special about this item?
Feature: | What it does: |
---|---|
Solid spruce top | Punchy, articulate and warm sound |
Flamed maple back and sides | Beautiful grain, crisp and responsive tone |
Ebony fretboard | Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood |
Grover tuners | Fantastic stability and reliability |
Overview
The Legacy Dragonfly is a high-end instrument with all the most important features and building techniques that define a stage-ready F-style mandolin. In typical Michael Kelly fashion however, they deliver it at a great value.
They start with a solid spruce top which was deeply carved. The back and sides are extraordinary flame maple, again all solid woods. Of course an all-solid and carved mandolin is what you want to get the best tone, but Michael Kelly tops that off with other upgrades like a die-cast tailpiece and tightly fitted dovetail neck joint. To enhance playability they radius both the fingerboard and bridge, including inlays made from real pearl and abalone. Because ease of tuning and tuning stability is a priority, they also upgraded to Grover tuners. There is a reason that this is the F-style mandolin that you keep hearing about. It is fun to play and great to look at. Enjoy!
They start with a solid spruce top which was deeply carved. The back and sides are extraordinary flame maple, again all solid woods. Of course an all-solid and carved mandolin is what you want to get the best tone, but Michael Kelly tops that off with other upgrades like a die-cast tailpiece and tightly fitted dovetail neck joint. To enhance playability they radius both the fingerboard and bridge, including inlays made from real pearl and abalone. Because ease of tuning and tuning stability is a priority, they also upgraded to Grover tuners. There is a reason that this is the F-style mandolin that you keep hearing about. It is fun to play and great to look at. Enjoy!
Specs
Top: Solid Spruce
Body: Flame Maple (solid)
Side Material: Flame Maple (solid)
Binding: 3 ply white -black
Construction: Dovetail
Neck: Maple
Binding: Single-Ply White
Fretboard: Radiused Ebony
Fretboard Radius: 12"
Number of Frets: 24
Inlays: Dragonfly Inlay
Headstock: F-Style Mandolin
Scale Length: 13 7/8 in / 352.425 mm
Truss Rod Type: Dual Action
Nut Material: Graphtech Tusq
Nut Type: Standard
Nut Width: 28.6mm
Strings: EXP74 Coated Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings, Medium, 11-40
Hardware Finish: Gold
Tuning Keys: Grover w/pearl white tuners
Bridge Type: Radiused Rosewood
Body: Flame Maple (solid)
Side Material: Flame Maple (solid)
Binding: 3 ply white -black
Construction: Dovetail
Neck: Maple
Binding: Single-Ply White
Fretboard: Radiused Ebony
Fretboard Radius: 12"
Number of Frets: 24
Inlays: Dragonfly Inlay
Headstock: F-Style Mandolin
Scale Length: 13 7/8 in / 352.425 mm
Truss Rod Type: Dual Action
Nut Material: Graphtech Tusq
Nut Type: Standard
Nut Width: 28.6mm
Strings: EXP74 Coated Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings, Medium, 11-40
Hardware Finish: Gold
Tuning Keys: Grover w/pearl white tuners
Bridge Type: Radiused Rosewood
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