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The Lafferty Mandolin Giveaway
By Mandolin Cafe
January 10, 2012 - 6:30 am

The Lafferty Mandolin

Surprise, Ariz. — The Mandolin Store is combining efforts with the Mandolin Cafe to give away a copy of The Lafferty A Model, their new house brand mandolin family line of instruments, hand-crafted in the U.S. One lucky individual to be chosen the winner of the instrument shown here on the Mandolin Cafe web site February 15, 2012.

Registration for an opportunity to win The Lafferty A model will commence on the Mandolin Cafe on January 15, 2012. No purchase is necessary to participate and registration is open to all visitors, regardless of location.

In addition to the Lafferty Mandolin, the winner will also receive a hard-shell case and The Mandolin Store t-shirt and ball cap.

"The Lafferty Mandolin line is made in the USA to our specifications. This project has been rolling around in my head for several years and I finally made the time to bring this project to life," said Dennis Vance of The Mandolin Store.

"To celebrate our launch we thought it would be a great gesture to the mandolin community to give one of our instruments away as a way to introduce the line," he said.

The Lafferty A model mandolin retails for $1,749.

In addition to the A model with F holes (LA-5W), The Lafferty line currently includes an F mandolin (LF-5B), oval hole A model (LA-2), octave mandolin (L-O) and bouzouki (L-B).

Specs:
Solid hand carved Engleman spruce top
Solid hand carved flamed maple back and sides
Ebony fingerboard (flat)
Bone Nut - 1 1/8"
Ebony traditional bridge
Ebony headstock overlay
MOP "The Lafferty"
MOP and abalone flowerpot headstock inlay
Nitro-Cellulose semi-gloss finish - walnut
Ivoroid top and back binding
Maple neck with adjustable truss rod
Mortoise and tenon neck joint
Cast Allen tailpiece
Grover tuners
Deluxe Superior hard case
Limited Lifetime Warranty

Additional information:
Lafferty Mandolin family line

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