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Finding 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.

The 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.

Crafted 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

The 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.

Eastman’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.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

A 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.

With 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. 

Looking 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The 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.

The Breedlove Crossover OF NT Mandolin is a culmination of master craftsmanship and premium components, made by and for true enthusiasts of this instrument. Bringing together all solid tone wood throughout the mandolin (laminated maple in the sides and back, Sitka spruce on the top), an arched design, and full character of an O-style body, this model is effuse with old-world refinement. Not just an homage, the Crossover employs a radiused fretboard for a familiar feel to modern players.

The Fender FM-63S Concert Tone Mandolin combines classic luthier techniques with a modern construction for an instrument tailor-made for today's players. Starting off with a solid spruce top buttressed by solid maple rims, sides, and back, this mandolin's rich character lets you hear every string, every note in clear detail. Finished in an attractive sunburst, this beauty will strike a chord whether you're strumming in your house or up on stage.

The 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.

The 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

Built 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.

Bringing together a slew of features like a teardrop-style body crafted with a solid spruce top and mahogany backs and sides, and a rosewood bridge and fretboard, the Ibanez M510EBS A-Style Acoustic-Electric Mandolin brings quality craftsmanship to the working musician. Perfect for campfire jams, kick in the single magnetic pickup for amplified shows to really folk out.

The 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

Informally known as the Mandocaster but appearing in Fender's catalog as the Fender Mandolin, this electric solid body never really took off. It had four single strings as opposed to a traditional mandolin's four courses. 

Years of Production: 1956 - 1976

The 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

The A-50 Mandolin was a long-running model from Gibson that featured a carved top and symmetrical A-style body. Some cosmetic details such as the headstock logo changed in the '40s, but otherwise the A-50 stayed mostly the same during its run.

Years of Production: 1933 - 1971

Wood Composition: Maple back and sides

Design Elements: Dot inlays, claimshell tailpiece cover, laminated pickguard

This Mandola has similar features to the Gibson A-2 Mandolin of this era. 

Years of Production: 1902 - 1922

The 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

The Oscar Schmidt OM10 is an A-style mandolin with F-holes for a classic mandolin tone. Its handcrafted quality and gloss finish make it an attractive choice for beginner mandolinists. The OM10 has a spruce top, mahogany sides & back, and a rosewood fingerboard & bridge.

Bringing together features like a select solid spruce top with accompanying mahogany sides and back, chrome hardware, and a rosewood fretboard and bridge, the Ibanez M510DVS A-Style Mandolin packs in professional features in a beginner-friendly package. Available in both solid and laminate tops, this is an ideal model for having around the house to strum out a ditty at your leisure.

The 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.

The A-50 Mandolin was a long-running model from Gibson that featured a carved top and symmetrical A-style body. Some cosmetic details such as the headstock logo changed in the '40s, but otherwise the A-50 stayed mostly the same during its run.

Years of Production: 1933 - 1971

Wood Composition: Maple back and sides

Design Elements: Dot inlays, claimshell tailpiece cover, laminated pickguard

Morgan 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