The Tailpiece Guide

Cast Tailpiece—*Direct Replacement for our Gilchrist Tailpieces.

Find the Cast Tailpiece on our Calhoun, F5S, & F2S.

*Some adjustments may be required. Professional installation is recommended.

Gilchrist Tailpiece—*Direct Replacement for our Cast Tailpiece.

Find the Gilchrist style tailpiece, currently, on our Big Mon & all of our Artist models, including the Artist 4th Gen.

Note: Big Mon and Artist Series from 2019 and previous years— “Master Models” (2016-2019) are excluded as the majority were fitted with the James Tailpiece.

Designed to work as an upgrade to any Northfield S-Series mandolin. Features the same hole spacing as our standard cast tailpiece.

The Calhoun & S Series models are all outfitted with our Cast Tailpiece.

*Some adjustments may be required. Professional installation is recommended.

James Tailpiece—*Direct replacement for Nugget Tailpieces.

Big Mon and Artist Series from 2019 and previous years— “Master Models” (2016-2019).

*Some adjustments may be required. Professional installation is recommended.

Nugget Tailpiece—*Direct replacement for James Tailpieces.

The Nugget Tailpiece offers a slightly warmer and rounder tone as compared to the larger modern tailpieces like our Gilchrist line and James designs.

Dive deeper into our Nugget story—check out our Field Notes with Nugget.

You can find this style Tailpiece on our Model M, Model M+, A5 Special, & Archtop Octave Mandolins.

*Some adjustments may be required. Professional installation is recommended.

To determine your Model’s “Make Year” see the Serial Number on your Mando’s inner label. The first two digits represent the year made. For example, a Big Mon: B19XXXX, means the year made is 2019.

For more information, if you have further questions or concerns, or looking for an installation video—Please check out our Email on TAILPIECE UPGRADES. If you have further questions or concerns reach out to us at info@northfieldinstruments.com