The Fender Paramount PM-180E Mandolin offers a versatile range that can accommodate a wide variety of musical genres and styles. Let your creativity run wild. It features a wide variety of materials that, when combined, create beautiful harmonics as, individually, they offer their own unique tonal qualities. Its laminated mahogany back and sides makes for a warm and balanced sound, whilst the walnut fingerboard adds an earthy tone. Complete with a laminated spruce top, your sound will have ample projection.
 
That's not all though. Integrated into the PM-180E's design is a Fishman Implant Mandolin pickup, allowing for the natural acoustic voicing to be amplified in a variety of settings such as stages and studios. This model offers you that classic bluegrass sound, packed with plenty of sustain. An exemplary acoustic.
Sculpted from a variety of materials in order to provide both comfort and excellent harmonics. Its laminated mahogany back and sides delivers an amazing sonic balance. Teamed with a laminated spruce top you expect detail throughout the whole range, alongside rich warmth and clarity. This all makes the PM-180E ideal for fingerpicking styles. But you certainly aren't limited to that! These versatile materials ensure it can handle a variety of genres and styles, so dive into your favourite!
Complementing the mahogany / spruce body is a walnut fingerboard, which provides a tonal characteristic that falls between mahogany and rosewood. It'll grant you those distinct, earthy sonics that give your notes extra body.
Body and Bridge
Top Material: Laminated Spruce
Back and Sides Material: Laminated Mahogany
Shape: A-Style Mandolin
Binding: Aged White
Finish: Satin
Colour: Aged Cognac Burst
Bridge: Walnut
Neck and Fingerboard
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: V
Neck Finish: Satin
Fingerboard Material: Walnut
Fingerboard Radius: 18"
Frets: 21
Inlays: Snowflake
Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 28.4mm
String Nut: Bone
Truss Rod Nut: 4mm Hex
Truss Rod: Standard
Hardware and Electronics
Electronics Fishman Implant Mandolin Pickup
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Open-Gear w/ Pearloid Buttons
Strings: Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings (.011 - .040 Gauges)