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Ibanez A-Style Mandolin M510DVS Dark Violin Sunburst
Ibanez A-Style Mandolin M510DVS Dark Violin Sunburst | X-Braced Spruce Top
Instrument Type: 8-string teardrop A-style acoustic mandolin
Neck Specifications: One-piece okoume neck with flat profile, 22.5mm thickness at 1st fret, gloss finish, and set-in neck joint
Body Material: Select spruce top, sapele back and sides, ivory body binding, high-gloss polyurethane finish, and red tortoiseshell pickguard
Pickup Configuration: None (traditional acoustic operation)
Hardware & Bridge: Height-adjustable purpleheart bridge and saddle, chrome Ibanez engraved tailpiece, and open-gear chrome mandolin tuning machines
Scale & Nut Width: 13.8-inch (350mm) scale length, 30mm plastic nut, and 20 frets on a flat purpleheart fretboard with white dot inlays
High-Performance Ergonomics and Resonant Tonewood Architecture
Teardrop A-Style Contour and Specialized X-Bracing Layout
The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built on the classic teardrop A-style platform, the body contours maximize structural ergonomics to seat natively against the player's torso during long acoustic tracking sessions. The soundboard features a select spruce top supported internally by an engineered X-bracing configuration. This network uniformly distributes string tension from the dual-string courses across the face of the instrument, enhancing projecting clarity and avoiding the typical physical distortion seen under heavy structural load. The sapele back and sides reinforce the structural perimeter, contributing an even, mid-forward focus that cleanly matches acoustic string ensembles without crowding lower frequencies.
Flat Purpleheart Fingerboard and Calibrated Okoume Neck
The neck architecture utilizes a premium okoume construction that resists mechanical twist and environmental shifts, stabilizing the wood fibers against climate shifts, humidity fluctuations, and rigorous mechanical tension. This gloss-finished neck features a completely flat-radius purpleheart fretboard, honoring traditional specifications to offer clean, direct finger placements for rapid bluegrass runs, double-stop patterns, and complex chording. The structural joint sets deep into the body cavity at the 14th fret, optimizing string-vibration transfer and distributing energy evenly across the sound chamber. Crowned with 20 precisely leveled frets, the neck setup clears mechanical friction to guarantee long-term alignment stability and reliable upper-register string compensation.
Precision Mechanical Transfer and Pure Acoustic Projection
High-Fidelity Energy Coupling and Adjustability Array
The hardware matrix relies on a fully adjustable two-piece purpleheart bridge assembly designed to pass acoustic energy dynamically into the top soundboard. This height-adjustable design lets players fine-tune their action parameters to eliminate fret buzz or accommodate localized seasonal shifts without altering intonation fields. At the base of the top board, a rigid chrome-plated tailpiece anchors the 8-string loop ends firmly, neutralizing undesirable string slack and boosting structural sustain. The combination of dense tonewood bridges and zero-tolerance metal termination elements ensures that the structural resonance remains responsive, bright, and texturally transparent.
Chrome Open-Gear Machine Heads and String Geometry
The tuning assembly is anchored by traditional side-mounted chrome mandolin tuning machines configured with a 10mm uniform string spacing. These open-gear keys feature a fine gear ratio optimized for the high-tension demands of light-gauge bronze string pairings (.010/.014/.024/.034). This mechanical stability ensures the mandolin holds standard G-D-A-E factory pitches through aggressive percussive rhythm chops and heavy multi-note flatpicking passes. The integration of high-mass tuning hardware and a pristine synthetic nut maintains absolute string isolation, eliminating micro-slip and providing a reliable acoustic platform for both studio tracking and live traditional bluegrass configurations.
Ibanez A-Style Mandolin M510DVS Dark Violin Sunburst | X-Braced Spruce Top
Instrument Type: 8-string teardrop A-style acoustic mandolin
Neck Specifications: One-piece okoume neck with flat profile, 22.5mm thickness at 1st fret, gloss finish, and set-in neck joint
Body Material: Select spruce top, sapele back and sides, ivory body binding, high-gloss polyurethane finish, and red tortoiseshell pickguard
Pickup Configuration: None (traditional acoustic operation)
Hardware & Bridge: Height-adjustable purpleheart bridge and saddle, chrome Ibanez engraved tailpiece, and open-gear chrome mandolin tuning machines
Scale & Nut Width: 13.8-inch (350mm) scale length, 30mm plastic nut, and 20 frets on a flat purpleheart fretboard with white dot inlays
High-Performance Ergonomics and Resonant Tonewood Architecture
Teardrop A-Style Contour and Specialized X-Bracing Layout
The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built on the classic teardrop A-style platform, the body contours maximize structural ergonomics to seat natively against the player's torso during long acoustic tracking sessions. The soundboard features a select spruce top supported internally by an engineered X-bracing configuration. This network uniformly distributes string tension from the dual-string courses across the face of the instrument, enhancing projecting clarity and avoiding the typical physical distortion seen under heavy structural load. The sapele back and sides reinforce the structural perimeter, contributing an even, mid-forward focus that cleanly matches acoustic string ensembles without crowding lower frequencies.
Flat Purpleheart Fingerboard and Calibrated Okoume Neck
The neck architecture utilizes a premium okoume construction that resists mechanical twist and environmental shifts, stabilizing the wood fibers against climate shifts, humidity fluctuations, and rigorous mechanical tension. This gloss-finished neck features a completely flat-radius purpleheart fretboard, honoring traditional specifications to offer clean, direct finger placements for rapid bluegrass runs, double-stop patterns, and complex chording. The structural joint sets deep into the body cavity at the 14th fret, optimizing string-vibration transfer and distributing energy evenly across the sound chamber. Crowned with 20 precisely leveled frets, the neck setup clears mechanical friction to guarantee long-term alignment stability and reliable upper-register string compensation.
Precision Mechanical Transfer and Pure Acoustic Projection
High-Fidelity Energy Coupling and Adjustability Array
The hardware matrix relies on a fully adjustable two-piece purpleheart bridge assembly designed to pass acoustic energy dynamically into the top soundboard. This height-adjustable design lets players fine-tune their action parameters to eliminate fret buzz or accommodate localized seasonal shifts without altering intonation fields. At the base of the top board, a rigid chrome-plated tailpiece anchors the 8-string loop ends firmly, neutralizing undesirable string slack and boosting structural sustain. The combination of dense tonewood bridges and zero-tolerance metal termination elements ensures that the structural resonance remains responsive, bright, and texturally transparent.
Chrome Open-Gear Machine Heads and String Geometry
The tuning assembly is anchored by traditional side-mounted chrome mandolin tuning machines configured with a 10mm uniform string spacing. These open-gear keys feature a fine gear ratio optimized for the high-tension demands of light-gauge bronze string pairings (.010/.014/.024/.034). This mechanical stability ensures the mandolin holds standard G-D-A-E factory pitches through aggressive percussive rhythm chops and heavy multi-note flatpicking passes. The integration of high-mass tuning hardware and a pristine synthetic nut maintains absolute string isolation, eliminating micro-slip and providing a reliable acoustic platform for both studio tracking and live traditional bluegrass configurations.