Saga AM-10 A-Model Mandolin Kit
The new AM-10, A-model mandolin kit from Saga is the perfect item for any mandolin player who also enjoys working with their hands. Everything is included in this kit in order to allow the owner to create a high-quality, all-solid, completely custom mandolin. Many of the most critical steps have been completed, making this a challenging, yet easily accomplished project. As with all Saga kits, easy to follow instructions are included.
Product Features
- Solid spruce top combined with flamed maple back give the perfect tonal properties for the beginning to intermediate player
- Solid maple neck with prefretted Indian rosewood fingerboard for fast, easy action
- Uncut peghead shape with rosewood peghead overlay
- Adjustable rosewood bridge allows player to dial-in the perfect string height with ease
- Includes nickel plated hardware, white binding, strings and easy to follow instruction manual
- To learn more, please see our Product Description below
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Pretty good top and back, big flaws in preassembled portions I’m giving 3 stars because there are some things I like and some pretty bad flaws. I almost think I should give it a 2.The Good:The wood that the top and back are made of are nice. The top looks like spruce, as they claim, and the grain is straight and reasonably tight with some variation. It is made of two glued-up book-matched slabs, so the variation in grain width is mirrored on each side. The back is maple and has a tight fiddleback figuring.The Ho-Hum:…
Saga Kit My husband put built this kit. His Review. Fun project. I bought this to see how a mandolin was put together. I changed some of the parts and finishing. I used a updated Ashton Bailey tail piece ,a better Gibson style bridge and a bone nut instead of the plastic one. Sanding was the most time consuming part. I spent 11 hours hand sanding with 150, 220, 320, and 600 grit sand paper to get a super smooth finish. I put on 2 layers of shellac then stained it with 4 coats of Minwax polyshade stain…