Franzke A-5 2-point made in 2019 #99
Engelmann spruce
Maple back and sides
Maple neck with center laminations
Carbon fiber neck reinforcement
Cocobolo fretboard
Cumberland Acoustic cocobolo bridge
Brass and cocobolo tailpiece
Cocobolo binding
Schaller Grand Tune tuners
Hardshell rectangular case
Built in 2019 as a showpiece by Mark Franzke in Prairie Village, Kansas to commemorate the 99th instrument built. This is a one-of-a-kind design, and features a continuous vine inlay of maple running from the headstock through the fretboard and onto the pickguard, and armrest. Asymmetric two-point design with gloss black top and satin finish on the rest of the mandolin.
Decorative center neck laminations, and fixed twin carbon fiber neck reinforcement for stiffness and sustain.