The “Bauer” mandolin has a hand carved arched curly maple back and sides with a master grade spruce top. All tone woods are quarter sawn book matched material. The quarter sawn curly maple neck is hand fitted to the body using a dove tail joint and includes and ebony veneered peg head with the pearl “Bauer” logo and binding. The top is fitted with two quarter sawn tone bars. Choose either a flat or radius ebony fingerboard with pearl dots and binding. Many options are available in hardware, inlays and bindings. “Bauer” mandolins are finished using “green friendly” water based lacquers and are polished and buff to a high gloss finish.