Mandolin FRANCK CHEVAL F5 n°83, August 1986. - Lot 152

Mandolin FRANCK CHEVAL F5 n°83, August 1986. Technical specifications: - Top: Spruce - Back : Curly maple - Sides : Curly maple - Handle : Flamed maple - Fingerboard : Ebony - Saddle width : 29 mm - Radius : Flat - Frets : 24 frets - Fork: 356 mm - Profile: D - Pickguard: Turtoise - Fittings: Gold-plated - Country of manufacture: France - Year: August 1986 - Finish: Sunburst - Details : Very good condition Franck Cheval is recognized as one of the most talented luthiers of his generation. In over forty years, nearly 800 guitars have been built in his workshop, and have found their way into the hands of musicians, famous and unknown, as well as enlightened enthusiasts and collectors the world over. Renowned artists such as Francis Cabrel, Johnny Hallyday, Marcel Dadi, Diane Tell, Michael Jones and many others have followed their instincts and visited his workshop one day to have their instrument made. Here, it's not a guitar but a mandolin that's for sale. The 83rd instrument to leave his workshop in August 1986, this instrument is a copy of Gibson's iconic F-5 model.