Construction: Built collaboratively between the Northfield shops in Marshall, Michigan and Qingdao, China
Northfield Says: “We wanted a specific voicing. We wanted the toughness and clarity in projection, within a band context. We’d heard this perfected by a handful of instruments: a 1922 F5, an amazing reproduction of that instrument made by Mike Kemnitzer that we acquired a couple years ago, Mike Marshall’s F5, and one of our own Artist Series mandolins. We borrowed, we modified, we built examples and we recorded extensively in a variety of settings. We prepared instruments for Mike Marshall’s on-the-job experimenting (and thrashing…we love you Mike) and he took it to them, hard. After every instrument we’d gather comments, make some tweaks and hold our breath. After a couple years of testing we know we have something different and worth reporting on. “
