Best Sellers
Top products on Reverb over the past 90 days
Best Sellers in Folk Instruments - Mandolins
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Eastman MD315 F-Style Mandolin
59 available from $721Finding as beautiful a mandolin as the Eastman MD315 F-Style is a tall order. Hand-crafted according to “Old World” specifications, and adorned with a classical finish, MD315 is as gorgeous as its sound. - 2
Eastman MD305 A-Style Mandolin
33 available from $729The Eastman MD305 A-Style Mandolin is an elegant option for beginner and veteran mandolin players alike. With a solid spruce top on solid maple back and sides, the MD305 delivers timeless mandolin tone with a player-friendly price point. Pairing its classic A-style body shape with a vintage tinged satin finish, the MD305 looks almost as appealing as it sounds. - 3
The Loar LM-310F Honey Creek F-Style Mandolin
24 available from $349Crafted with premium features like a hand-carved spruce top and thin V profile neck, the Loar LM-310F-BRB Honey Creek F-Style Mandolin offers signature old-world sound from the first strum. Get easy access to the upper frets thanks to the removal of the fretboard extension and play without fear of losing your tuning thanks to Grover tuners - 5
The Loar LM-520 Performer F-Style Mandolin
8 available from $649.95The Loar LM-520-VS mandolin is a study in elegant, minimalistic design. A hand-carved F-style (Florentine) mandolin, it’s a high-quality and great-sounding instrument at an affordable price. What makes the Loar LM-520-VS an attractive budget mandolin is a lack of gold hardware and inlays. But if it sounds great, most players won't miss the ornamentation. - 6
Ibanez M510E Spruce / Sapele A-Style Mandolin with Electronics
26 available from $145- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- Single coil magnetic pickup
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Eastman MD515 F-Style Mandolin
18 available from $1,569Eastman’s MD515 F-Style Mandolin is, like its MD315 sibling, a study in beauty. Likewise being hand-built according to “Old World” methods, the crafstmanship results in stunning tonal quality and playability. - 10
Michael Kelly Legacy Elegante Amber Burst
One available for $499The Michael Kelly Legacy Elegante features a hand-carved spruce top, with solid flame maple comprising its F-style body. Its solid tailpiece and increased mass upgrades tone and eliminates any rattle. With radiused fretboards and flame maple binding, the Legacy Elegante boasts both style and fantastic tone. - 12
Kentucky KM-140 Standard A-Style Mandolin
10 available from $396The Kentucky KM-140 Standard A-Model Mandolin is a timeless instrument, capturing the big, plucky sounds of the hills and presenting it in a modern package for today's players. Full and round in profile thanks to the A-style construction, The KM-140 employs maple in the sides and back along with a solid spruce top for projection without sacrificing clarity. An attractive option to professional mando players, the KM-140 Standard is an ideal avenue for any fan of folk. - 13
The Loar LM-600 Professional F-Style Mandolin
6 available from $944The Loar LM-600 F-style mandolin boasts professional-grade sound and features at a wholly affordable price. Crafted and carved from solid spruce and maple with an ebony fretboard, the LM-600 is sonically comparable to the most prized vintage mandolins from the 1920s with a crystal-clear, full tone. A comfortable, rounded V-profile neck and larger frets allow for playing with less force on the strings and more speed. Premium tuners, adjustable trussrod and bridge, and a lifetime warranty will have the LM-600 in top shape for touring and recording musicians for decades to come. - 15
Eastwood Warren Ellis Mandocello
2 available from $799Expanding on the success of their Warren Ellis tenor guitar series, Eastwood has released a line of solid-body electric mandocellos. With eight strings tuned Cc-Gg-dd-aa (in octaves for the C and G courses and doubled notes for the D and A courses), the Warren Ellis mandocello is a load of fun for any musician to expand their tonal capabilities. - 17
Ibanez M510 Spruce / Sapele A-Style Mandolin
31 available from $180.49- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- Chrome hardware
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Gretsch G9310 New Yorker Supreme Mandolin
One available for $239The Gretsch G9310 New Yorker Supreme is an A-style mandolin built in the tradition of the classic Gretsch mandos from the 1950s. Featuring mahogany top, back, sides and neck, and a rosewood fingerboard and bridge, the G9310 sports a wonderfully warm and mellow sound compared to more common spruce-topped instruments. Great for the intermediate player looking to upgrade their first instrument, or guitarists looking to add a mandolin to their arsenal for a different texture in their arrangements and recordings, the G9310 New Yorker Supreme is a serious contender that's still wholly affordable. - 24
Martin Vintage A Style Mandolin
10 available from $895The Martin Vintage A Style Mandolin represents an archetype of craftsmanship in the golden era of folk instruments. Full, round, and robust, the A-style body allows you to project while retaining a sedate distinction in every note. Constructed with a flatback design as opposed to the traditional bowl for a more nuanced character and classic appointments like an oval soundhole and rosewood sides/back, this is a crown jewel in any patron's collection. - 31
Ibanez M522SBS Sitka Spruce / Flamed Maple Engraved F-Style Mandolin
7 available from $349.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Ibanez M522SDVS Sitka Spruce / Flamed Maple F-Style Mandolin
16 available from $314.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Ibanez M522S-BS F-Style Mandolin
One available for $349.99Looking for the sweet spot between stage-ready craftsmanship and an attainable price point? Look no further than the Ibanez M522S-BS F-Style Mandolin. Boasting a slew of features like an f-style body comprised of flamed maple sides and back with a solid spruce top, a maple set neck, and an adjustable floating rosewood bridge, this model is perfect for campfire jams or barn-stomper gigs. - 44
Fender Mando-Strat
2 available from $879Fender helped pioneer the solid body electric mandolin back in the '50s and '60s with a four string model. This modern reissue takes all the features of the original and provides modern precision, reliability and affordability. Fender also produces an 8-string version, known as the Mando-Strat 8.
The Fender Mando-Strat uses a gloss urethane finish over a 13.78" scale length Alder body.
Years of Production: ca. 2013 - present - 48
Ibanez M510EDVS A-Style Acoustic-Electric Mandolin
One available for $229.99A model with a teardrop-style body, magnetic neck pickup, and attainable price point? Done, done, and done. The Ibanez M510EDVS A-Style Acoustic-Electric Mandolin allows you to strum traditional six-string ditties or kick in the pickup volume and tone controls for filling out the sound at a show. Throw in a solid spruce top and mahogany backs and sides and you've got a little behemoth on your hands. - 53
Fender Mandocaster Sunburst 1966
One available for $4,900Officially known as the Fender Mandolin and informally as the Mandocaster, this model never fully took off as an electric mandolin. Instead of four courses of strings, it had four single strings.
Years of Production: 1956 - 1976 - 57
Epiphone MM-50E Professional Mandolin
One available for $655The Epiphone MM-50E Professional Mandolin brings together the allure of traditional craftsmanship and modern appointments by pairing a traditional flame maple back/sides and a solid spruce top with a Quad NanoMag pickup sporting Samarium cobalt magnets powered by a lithium preamp. Built for modern playing with a nod to rustic heritage, the MM-50E is a formidable choice for the touring mandolinist. - 61
Epiphone Mandobird 8-String 2011
3 available from $359.10The Epiphone Mandobird is an electric 8-string mandolin built in the shape of a Firebird. - 62
Epiphone MM-30S A-Style Mandolin
One available for $849The Epiphone MM-30S A-Style Mandolin brings old-world sound and construction to the everyman with premium components and a price tag that won't break the bank. Incorporating a flat back that deviated from the traditional bowl-shape of previous mandolins, the MM-30S sports a solid spruce top and mahogany back/sides (a classic pairing) for robust tone without losing the articulation in every note. Perfect for beginners, the reasonable price also makes it a great option for a model to keep around the house to strum. - 63
The Loar LM-700 Supreme F-Style Mandolin
4 available from $950The Loar LM-700 is a professional-grade, expertly crafted F-style mandolin carved from premium spruce and maple. The sound is warm and clear with enormous projection, endless sustain and superior dynamics. The LM-700's bone nut and adjustable truss rod and bridge will keep this beautiful mandolin in great playing shape for touring and recording mandolinists who need a serious, reliable instrument. - 67
Ibanez M510OVS A-Style Mandolin
2 available from $199.99The Ibanez M510OVS A-Style Mandolin combines high-end construction and appointments with a price point that professionals and enthusiasts can both get behind. Constructed with open-pore mahogany through the back, sides, and neck with a spruce top, the rich midrange is bolstered by an X bracing pattern for consistent response. Finished with a polyurethane high gloss and antique vintage sunburst stain, this is ideal for the stage or the porch. - 70
Eastwood Mandocaster Electric Mandolin
3 available from $599The Eastwood Mandocaster is one of the best-selling electric mandolins in the world, and with good reason. With a classic vintage body shape and comfortable maple neck, the Mandocaster is immensely fun to play, with a range of sounds thanks to two single coil pickups that are clear as a bell and free from noise. Perfect for any mandolinist looking to break into effects pedals or being heard over a rock band, or guitar players looking for a different texture in their arrangements and recordings. - 76
Gibson A-00 1933
One available for $3,200The A-00 was an A-shaped mandolin produced in the '30s and early '40s. It featured a carved, bound top and dot inlays. The A-00 used an oval sound-hole as opposed to the F-holes found on Gibson's more famous Mandolins from this era.
Years of Production: 1933 - 1943
Body Style: A-shaped - 79
Ibanez M700S-AVS F-Style Mandolin
2 available from $599.99The Ibanez M700S-AVS F-Style Mandolin combines a classic folk instrument design with modern construction and appointments for a model made for today's players. Crafted with solid flamed maple on the sides and back with a solid spruce top and f-holes, the rich, lustrous character of the maple/spruce pairing articulate every note whether you're strumming or plucking. Finished in a high gloss with a vintage sunburst stain, this is an ideal avenue for professional players and enthusiasts alike. - 80
Gibson H-2 Mandola 1920
One available for $3,000This Mandola has similar features to the Gibson A-2 Mandolin of this era.
Years of Production: 1902 - 1922 - 82
Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 Mandolin 1923
One available for $175,500The 1920s era Lloyd Loar Gibson F-5 Mandolins are some of the most valuable 20th century mandolins in existence. The actual value of each individual specimen varies greatly depends on the specific tone, date of production and appointments such as side binding and virzi.
Intonation is notoriously inaccurate if left in original condition. Most specimens require significant work to become playable in a modern context, but produce a robust range of tones.
Years of Production: 1922 - 1943, 1949 - 1980
Notable Players: Chris Thile, John Paul Jones, Mike Marshall - 83
Ibanez M700SAVS Sapele F-Style Mandolin
18 available from $395- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood fretboard
- Rosewood Pickguard
- Mahogany Bowl
- Gold open-gear tuners
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Ibanez M510OVS Spruce / Sapele Open Pore A-Style Mandolin
8 available from $199.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- Chrome hardware
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Ibanez M510EOVS Acoustic-Electric Mandolin
One available for $229.99The Ibanez M510EOVS Acoustic-Electric Mandolin updates the classic A-style body with contemporary electronics and precise Japanese construction for today's players. Built with the timeless combination of a solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany sides/back, this model brings the brings the deep, resonant sound into the 21st century with a single-coil magnetic pickup and knobs for volume and tone. An ideal route for gigging mandolinists, this is also an excellent avenue for newcomers who want a quality instrument without breaking the bank. - 90
Gibson F-5G 1995
One available for $9,999Gibson F-style Mandolins stand as some of the most important and iconic Mandolins ever made. While those made after World War II are not nearly as highly regarded as those made in the '20s and '30s, higher-end Gibsons like the F-5G are still very sought-after instruments. Given contemporary demand for Mandolins, these instruments are typically built in very limited production runs.
Years of Production: 1993 - present
Wood Composition: Maple body, Mahogany neck, Rosewood fingerboard
Design Elements: Single-bound top, unbound fingerboard, pointed body, f-holes - 91
Gretsch G9300 New Yorker Standard Mandolin
One available for $285.52The Gretsch G9300 New Yorker Standard Mandolin is an affordable recreation of the original New Yorker mando from the 1950s, great for beginners or guitarists looking to add a mandolin to their arsenal. With mahogany back and sides the G9300 gives out a warm, powerful sound with a crisp, bright attack thanks to the solid spruce top. With smooth playability and eye-catching look, the G9300 New Yorker will have you inspired to play for hours on end. - 96
Gretsch G9320 New Yorker Deluxe Mandolin
One available for $21.99The Gretsch G9320 New Yorker Deluxe Mandolin resurrects one of the company's classic models of the '50s in a package built for the modern mandolinist. Fashioned in the traditional bowl-like form for deep response, the spruce top and mahogany sides/back are a time-honored combination that project with clarity and balance. Finished with reliable components including Grover Sta-Tite tuners and nickel hardware, the G9320 brings the best of the old and new into one mandolin. - 99
Fender Mandocaster 1956
2 available from $5,500The Fender Mandolin, informally known as the Mandocaster, debuted in 1956 with the idea of taking the same acoustic-to-electric innovations Leo Fender had pioneered with the bass and guitar to mandolin. The model never fully took off, partly due to a lack of four true courses of double strings. It had only four single strings.
This model was available in blond until 1958.
Years of Production: 1956 - 1976 - 100
Ibanez M522SDVS F-Style Mandolin
3 available from $332.49Built on the basis of an f-style body shape with a solid spruce top and flame maple backs and sides, gold hardware appointments, and gold/pearloid tuning pegs, the Ibanez M522SDVS F-Style Mandolin is designed to catch as many eyes as ears. Topped off with a high-gloss polyurethane finish, this is a beautiful piece to have around the house or mic up for playing on stage.
