Seagull s S8 Mandolin SG features a maple neck through body with a solid Sitka spruce top and laminate maple body with a clean semi-gloss natural finish. This special A-style mandolin offers players the opportunity to experience the great feel and superb sound provided by a hand-finished neck rosewood fingerboard Graph Tech tusq nut and compensated saddle open-geared tuners vintage-style nickel-plated brass tailpiece and a tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard.