The Northfield NFS-F5WN offers impressive, world class handcrafted quality and superb tone, but at a more accessible price point than their master series instruments. It has a solid Adirondack red spruce top, solid figured maple back and sides, and a 3-piece hard maple neck all in a satin lacquer shaded sunburst finish. The nut is a wide 1-3/16" for comfortable play. This may be the best value in a professional level mandolin.