Styled in a brown sunburst high gloss color, the Ibanez M522S is an F-style mandolin made with a solid sitka spruce top and flamed maple back and sides. It 13.8" maple neck is outfitted with a rosewood fingerboard, 24 frets, and a flat radius. Rosewood is used in the bridge and saddle, and gold tuners with acrylic buttons are employed in the headstock. Other decorative features include acrylic block fingerboard inlays, and ivory body binding. The instrument offers a balanced tone and is well suited for beginning and advanced players alike.
General Features
- Body shape: F-style body
- Top: solid sitka spruce top
- Back and sides: flamed maple
- Neck: maple neck
- Fingerboard: rosewood
- Bridge: rosewood
- Body binding: ivory
- Inlay: acrylic block inlay
- Tuning machine: gold mandolin tuners with acrylic buttons
- Number of frets: 24
- Saddle material: rosewood
- Finish: gloss
Neck Dimensions
- Scale: 13.8" / 350.0mm
- Width at nut: 1.2" / 30.0mm
- Width at 14th fret: 1.6" / 40.0mm
- Thickness at 1st: 0.9" / 22.5mm
- Thickness at 7th: 1.0" / 24.5mm
- Radius: flat
Body Dimensions
- Length: 13.0" / 330.2mm
- Width: 10.0" / 254.0mm
- Max depth: 1.8" / 44.5mm
UPC: 606559344345