Best Sellers
Top products on Reverb over the past 90 days
Best Sellers in Folk Instruments - Mandolins
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The Loar LM-310F Honey Creek F-Style Mandolin
31 available from $379.99Crafted 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 - 2
Eastman MD305 A-Style Mandolin
46 available from $579.95The 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
Eastman MD315 F-Style Mandolin
58 available from $879.99Finding 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. - 4
The Loar LM-110 Honey Creek A-Style Mandolin
20 available from $289.95 - 5
Eastman MD815V Mandolin
12 available from $1,500 - 6
The Loar LM-520 Performer F-Style Mandolin
10 available from $449The 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. - 7
Kentucky KM-606 Standard F-Style Mandolin
12 available from $741 - 8
Eastman MD515 F-Style Mandolin
7 available from $919.12Eastman’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. - 9
Fender FM52E Acoustic-Electric Mandolin
3 available from $149The Fender FM52E acoustic-electric mandolin puts forth a lively, full-bodied tone thanks to its full-range pickup that'll have you heard easily over the rest of the band. The spruce top and rosewood fingerboard ensure a nice bright sound and great playability, giving this entry-level mando a sound that's equally as impressive as its fit and finish. - 10
Eastman MD304 A-Style Oval Hole Mandolin
10 available from $669 - 11
Washburn M3SWK Bluegrass F-Style Mandolin
32 available from $470 - 12
Gold Tone F-6 Manditar
26 available from $629.99 - 13
The Loar LM-700 Supreme F-Style Mandolin
12 available from $899The 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. - 14
Eastman MD615-SB F-Style Mandolin
8 available from $1,299 - 15
Ibanez M510 Spruce / Sapele A-Style Mandolin
34 available from $169.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- Chrome hardware
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Gold Tone F-12 12-String Manditar
3 available from $649 - 17
The Loar LM-600 Professional F-Style Mandolin
5 available from $1,079.99The 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. - 18
Rogue RM-100A A-Style Sunburst
5 available from $75With a bright tone and low price tag, the Rogue RM-100A A-Style mandolin is great for beginners. It has an easy-to-play neck and an adjustable rosewood bridge, making it perfect for new players who want to try bluegrass or any other style of music for mandolin. - 19
Ibanez M522SDVS Sitka Spruce / Flamed Maple F-Style Mandolin
16 available from $329.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Godin A8 Electric Mandolin
One available for $844.75 - 21
Ibanez M510E Spruce / Sapele A-Style Mandolin with Electronics
29 available from $199.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- Single coil magnetic pickup
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Eastman MD515-CS F-Style Mandolin
7 available from $1,419 - 23
The Loar LM-310FE Honey Creek F-Style Mandolin with Fishman Nashville Pickup
7 available from $584.99 - 24
Michael Kelly Legacy Elegante Amber Burst
5 available from $199.99The 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. - 25
Gibson Custom Shop F-9 F-Style Mandolin
2 available from $4,299 - 26
Washburn M118SWK Bluegrass Series F-Style Florentine Cutaway Mandolin
6 available from $499 - 27
Fender Paramount PM-180E Mandolin
47 available from $249.99 - 28
Epiphone MM50 Mandolin
One available for $569 - 29
Ibanez M510EOVS Acoustic-Electric Mandolin
2 available from $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. - 30
Gibson EM-150 Mandolin
6 available from $1,500 - 31
Gibson A-50 Mandolin 1948
4 available from $979 - 32
Eastman MD505-CS A-Style F-Hole Mandolin
13 available from $879.95 - 33
Martin Vintage A Style Mandolin
11 available from $795The 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. - 34
Kentucky KM-300E 4-String Electric Mandolin
3 available from $470 - 35
Ibanez M700SAVS Sapele F-Style Mandolin
13 available from $499.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood fretboard
- Rosewood Pickguard
- Mahogany Bowl
- Gold open-gear tuners
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Epiphone Mandobird 8-String 2011
2 available from $375The Epiphone Mandobird is an electric 8-string mandolin built in the shape of a Firebird. - 37
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. - 38
Eastman MD404-BK Oval Hole A-Style Mandolin
7 available from $839 - 39
Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Mandobird
14 available from $355 - 40
Eastman MD505 A-Style Mandolin
17 available from $799 - 41
Epiphone MM-30S A-Style Mandolin
12 available from $179The 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. - 42
Gibson Style A Mandolin Natural
8 available from $125 - 43
Kentucky KM-140 Standard A-Style Mandolin
15 available from $300The 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. - 44
Ibanez M522SBS Sitka Spruce / Flamed Maple Engraved F-Style Mandolin
18 available from $307.99- Updated for 2019
- Rosewood bridge and fretboard with flat radius
- 350mm / 13.7"" scale
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Gibson F-5G
6 available from $4,996 - 46
Fender Mando-Strat
One available for $750Fender 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 - 47
Gibson Style A Mandolin 1915
2 available from $1,250 - 48
Seagull S8 Burnt Umber SG A-Style Mandolin
One available for $729 - 49
Ibanez M700S-AVS F-Style Mandolin
3 available from $549.99The 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. - 50
Rogue RM-100A A-Style Black
One available for $89With a bright tone and low price tag, the Rogue RM-100A A-Style mandolin is great for beginners. It has an easy-to-play neck and an adjustable rosewood bridge, making it perfect for new players who want to try bluegrass or any other style of music for mandolin. - 51
Kentucky KM-505 Artist A-Style Mandolin
One available for $555 - 52
The Loar LM-590 Contemporary F-Style Mandolin
11 available from $479.99 - 53
Gold Tone GME-4 Electric Mandolin
17 available from $325 - 54
Gibson H-2 Mandola 1920
8 available from $2,695This Mandola has similar features to the Gibson A-2 Mandolin of this era.
Years of Production: 1902 - 1922 - 55
The Loar LM-500 Contemporary F-Style Mandolin
One available for $699.99The Loar LM-500 F-style mandolin features a vintage-tinged sound with modern appointments. The hand-carved spruce top and maple back and sides give the LM-500 a warm, clear sound while the scooped ebony fretboard allows for picking by the neck joint without hitting the upper frets. Most impressively, The Loar LM-500 comes in at an affordable price to make for a serious intermediate-level instrument or a great backup mandolin for the professional - 56
Eastwood Warren Ellis Mandocello
One available for $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. - 57
Ibanez M522SDVS F-Style Mandolin
One available for $349.95Built 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. - 58
Breedlove Crossover FF F-Shape Mandolin
One available for $820The Breedlove Crossover FF F-Shape Mandolin is a classic arched rendition of an old-world instrument built with the design and components for today's players. Based on a arched top with resonant f-holes on the top, the Crossover incorporates laminated maple on the sides and back with a solid Sitka spruce top to produce tone that will reach the back of the room. Available in a high-gloss natural finish or vintage sunburst, this is a flagship instrument worthy of any serious player's consideration. - 59
Gibson Style A-4 Mandolin 1913
2 available from $1,999.99 - 60
Kentucky KM-252 Deluxe A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $599.99 - 61
Eastwood Warren Ellis Mandostang
2 available from $499 - 62
Gibson K-1 Mandocello Natural 1916
3 available from $5,000The mandocello is part of the mandolin family along with the mandola and mandobass. From about 1900 through the 1920s, Gibson produced all four of these instruments and marketed them together as a complete string orchestra. From 1908 until 1927, the K-1 matched the progression of the A-1 mandolin (as well as the H-1 mandola).
Years of Production: 1902 - 1936
Wood Composition: Birch back and sides, Spruce top - 63
Gold Tone GM-70+ F-Style Mandolin
28 available from $649.99 - 64
Kentucky KM-272 Deluxe Oval Hole A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $619 - 65
Epiphone MM-50E VS Professional Mandolin
One available for $849 - 66
Eastwood Mandocaster Electric Mandolin
6 available from $425The 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. - 67
Kentucky KM-250 Deluxe A-Style Mandolin
7 available from $300 - 68
Kentucky KM-156 Standard A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $529 - 69
Fender FM62SCE Mandolin
One available for $495 - 70
Seagull S8 Mandolin
3 available from $450.99 - 71
Eastman MD805/V A-Style Mandolin
2 available from $1,565 - 72
Eastwood Mandocaster Left-Handed
One available for $599 - 73
Fender FM-100 Mandolin Pack
One available for $199.99 - 74
Tanglewood TWM-T-BKP-E Union Mandolin
One available for $285.97 - 75
Gibson A-3 Mandolin 1919
9 available from $1,749 - 76
Epiphone MM-50E Professional Mandolin
One available for $1,200The 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. - 77
Gold Tone GME-6 Solid-Body Electric Manditar
17 available from $499 - 78
Eastman MD415-GD F-Style Mandolin
One available for $1,299 - 79
Gibson Style A-4 Mandolin 1923
6 available from $1,000 - 80
Kalamazoo Mandolin
2 available from $666 - 81
Gold Tone GM-110 Rigel Mandolin
One available for $799 - 82
Gold Tone Mandola - Mandolin Viola
13 available from $749 - 83
Gibson F-5G 2003
One available for $9,100 - 84
Morgan Monroe MM-100-E Mandolin 2012
2 available from $229.99Morgan Monroe is a Asian-made brand that is distributed by SHS International. Morgan Monroe makes a range of instruments including the MM-100 series of F-style Mandolins. The E in the title indicates that this is the acoustic-electric version.
Wood Composition: Maple back and sides, Spruce top - 85
Gibson F-5G 1995
One available for $4,695Gibson 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 - 86
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. - 87
Kentucky KM-500 Artist A-Style Mandolin
3 available from $750 - 88
Rover RM-25 Student A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $53.76 - 89
Kentucky KM-256 Deluxe A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $595 - 90
Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom F-5G Mandolin
6 available from $1,499 - 91
Gold Tone GM-35 F-Style Mandolin
36 available from $409 - 92
Washburn M1K A-Style Mandolin
4 available from $239.99 - 93
Gold Tone MandoCello
7 available from $787.50 - 94
Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 Mandolin 1923
One available for $159,000The 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 - 95
Rover RM-25S Student A-Style Mandolin with Solid Spruce Top
One available for $219.95 - 96
Oscar Schmidt OM40-TS F-Style F-Hole Mandolin
3 available from $369.99 - 97
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 - 98
Oscar Schmidt OM10E-TS A-Style F-Hole Mandolin
3 available from $249.99 - 99
Epiphone MM-20 A-Style Mandolin
One available for $165.50 - 100
Kentucky KM-1500 Master F-Style Mandolin
2 available from $2,499