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Mandolin Accessories

 Tailpieces
Monteleone Tailpiece $75 ($99 list) gold plated.  »PICS CLICK HERE!
Will improve your sound significantly on most mandolins, especially those under $1000,  if your tailpiece is a standard  weight (which is relatively light, Gibson included). Also makes restringing easier! the holes on the Monteleone are a little closer together than on a Gibson tailpiece. screws included.

the Allen  Tailpieces $79, RHODIUM PLATED » PICS CLICK HERE!
A NICE HEAVY CASTING, A VARIATION ON THE MONTELEONE.  MODEL ON RIGHT IN PIC IS MORE TRADITIONAL LOOKING, LEFT ONE IS ASYMMETRICAL. Gibson (kentucky, etc.) screw spacing, (the holes on the Monteleone are closer together). screws included,  & adhesive felt strip.

newest tailpiece $25, solid brass for nice sustain » PIC CLICK HERE!
a little heavier construction than the old model! screws included.

Mandolins

 notes:  B&S= back and sides,  whc= with hard case, , wsc= with soft-shell case, OHC=original hard case;
Condition: Ex=excellent or 90-94%, near mint; VG+=very good plus or about 80-85%, light exterior wear with a few minor dings but no paint chips exposing the wood, nothing really serious, nice overall shape; VG= Very Good to Average, 70-75% more serious exterior wear that could include some major gouges exposing the wood, arm wear, fret wear; GC= Good to Sub Average 60-50%, noticeable wear on most areas, normally consisting of some major belt buckle wear & finish deterioration , may include cracking, possible repairs or alterations, when this condition is encountered, normally an instrument should have all logos intact, original pickups, minor headstock damage, and perhaps a few non-serious alterations, with or w/o original case. The Condition ratings were derived from Blue Book Pub's.   »MORE BLUE BOOK INFO CLICK HERE!  
For the vintage guitar Price Guide (vintage mandos, guitars, ukes, etc.) click here-» vintageguitar.com

EASTMAN MANDOLINS: website here»eastmanmandolins 
MD604 $749 ($950 list); MD605 $749, see 600 series »here ($950 list) 
Mandolin 600 Models This fully hand-carved mandolin is handcrafted with a solid flamed maple back and sides and an aged spruce top. Upgrades include Schaller nickel plated tuners, a single-ply headstock, back binding, and 3-ply binding on top. Available in our Classic or Sunburst finish.
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MD514 $899 ($1250 list) "Mandolin 500 Models
Modeled after the classic instruments of the 1920’s this fully hand-carved solid mandolin is crafted with an aged spruce top and maple back and sides. The maple neck is finished with a solid ebony fingerboard and an ebony fronted headstock. Fittings are nickel plated and the fret board features dot inlays. Available in our Classic or Sunburst finish."

Paris swing mandolins:
ms-120 Nuages mandolin, oval, or d hole $575 ($800 list)  »pics here and »here

both the oval and the d hole are in stock, the d hole is mellowest, the oval hole in between the f hole and the d hole. (the f hole is the brightest)

THIN MAN VIETNAMESE MANDOLINS,
ALL SOLID WOOD CONSTRUCTION, ROUND HOLE W/ SOUND CHAMBERED SIDES  $495, ($595 WITH MONTELEONE TAILPIECE).
(see mandola below in mandola section, $549). SPRUCE TOP, SOME WITH FLAME MAPLE B&S, AND SOME WITH ROSEWOOD B&S.
THESE MANDOLINS ARE NOT ONLY UNUSUAL LOOKING (WITH THE ADDITIONAL SOUND HOLES IN THE SIDES), BUT UNUSUALLY FINE SOUNDING! »MORE PICS CLICK HERE! 
THEY HAVE  CHAMBERED SIDES (BEHIND THE SIDE SOUND HOLES) WHICH GIVE THEM A REMARKABLE VOLUME AND PRESENCE! FOR A FLAT TOP ROUND HOLE MANDOLIN. I WOULD SAY THE SOUND IS LIKE A FINE F MODEL EXCEPT THAT IT ISN'T SO CHUNKY SOUNDING ON THE CHOPS,  IT'S A LITTLE BRIGHTER, WITHOUT THAT THROATY SOUND.  i FIND IT ALSO WORKS JUST AS WELL FOR BLUEGRASS. THE BRIDGE IS FINELY CUT AND & UNUSUAL  (REMINDS ME OF MY FIGLI & REALE ORNATE ITALIAN MANDOLIN). 
BRIDGE OPTIONS ARE: ALL WOOD BRIDGE; ALL BONE;  WOOD WITH A METAL SADDLE
TO make it playable for all those with average and large fingers (about 90% of the population) , I'VE WIDENED THE STRING SPACING AT THE NUT. 
you can now hear all 8 (instead of 7) strings when you play ANY chord! (it was only playable by little people previously, due to the close finger spacing, a problem unfortunately found on the vast majority of string instruments today!)
INLAY OPTIONS: THE INLAY IS VERY REMARKABLE, (SEE MORE PICS LINK above!)
 IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, YOU MIGHT SEE BILL MONROE ON THAT WATER BUFFALO!

ROVER RM-75 ARTIST SERIES, ALL SOLID, CARVED WOODS, ($695 list)$459 with factory setup (light strings), $489 with our famous setup and choice of medium or light strings! Extras: vintage style case (as pictured) $59; 3 more frets removed and scooped $50 (allows you to play in the sweet spot without hitting the frets, they had the right idea, as the picture shows, but didn't go far enough. I really recommend the scoop, it's deeper, and so allows you to play harder without hitting the frets, and to pick in the sweet spot, and since mandolins have so much treble, that's important!
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BUY OF THE DECADE FOR AN F5!! THIS LIMITED RUN WAS MADE FROM MICHIGAN MAPLE FOR THE B&S, THAT'S A NORTHEASTERN MAPLE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SOUND SO WARM! 
   THE WOOD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FLAME MAPLE AND WAS TO GO ON THE MORE EXPENSIVE ARTIST SERIES F5 MODELS, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE FLAME THEY WANTED. SO, THEY DECIDED TO USE IT ON A LIMITED RUN NEW MODEL, AND CALL IT THE ROVER RM75.  I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE TONE OF THE FIRST ONE I HEARD. THIS MODEL WAS BASED ON THE 1923 LLOYD LOAR, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL MANDOLIN, THE WOODS ARE FINELY GRADUATED (YOU CAN EASILY SEE IT IN THE SCROLL WORK). YOU WON'T FIND THIS QUALITY IN ANY OTHER F5 UNDER $1000, IN FACT  »more PICS CLICK HERE!

KM-505 $475 ($599 LIST) NEWEST MODEL, see it here and read more...
KM-250S, $299,  IMPROVED MODEL FROM CHINA!
the PRICE HAS GONE DOWN AND THE QUALITY HAS GONE UP!
STILL THE SAME MATERIALS, BUT MORE FLAME IN THE MAPLE AND A PRETTIER FINISH THAT SHOWS IT OFF! at the moment this one is the best buy for an all solid mandolin. (but watch out for the new rover all solid model coming soon!)
»MORE PICS CLICK HERE!

KM-174 all solid oval hole, burgundy finish $249

• Solid, hand-carved and graduated spruce top in a gloss Burgundy finish
• Solid, hand-carved flamed maple back and sides
• New vintage-style body shape with "Oval soundhole"
• One piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at the 10th fret
• Nitro-cellulose finish
• Bound rosewood fingerboard with M.O.P. dot position markers
• Traditional "Snake-head" peghead design with rosewood overlay with inlaid Kentucky script in pearl
• Vintage-style rosewood bridge with small adjustment wheels
• Traditional 2-screw truss rod cover plate
• Bone nut
• Highly polished nickel silver frets
• Nickel-plated tailpiece with leather insert
• High-quality, nickel-plated Gotoh tuners with engraved plate
• Shop adjusted

INEXPENSIVE MANDOLINS

ROVER ALL SOLID $199 (fr. Kentucky factory) Sunburst or Black »MORE PICS CLICK HERE!
a brand new model, and the best deal on a better model with all solid woods!
The price includes our shop adjustment, a $35 value! (respacing the nut and strings at both ends and cutting the nut down to a playable height!) PS, if you buy one without our shop adjustment, as most shops sell them, it won't be easy to play! by the Kentucky folks! a new model with the correct neck angle for the best  (some folks say "killer" tone, but that's not my favorite adjective)  tone and projection! the workmanship is really clean, a lovely mandolin

JOHNSON all solid A $149 great flame maple back! New, small repaired crack running from lower point of f-hole to pickguard bracket. Plays good and should mature to a very nice instrument! »MORE PICS CLICK HERE!

JOHNSON MA-110 $109, OVAL HOLE MANDOLIN »PIC CLICK HERE!
A NICELY DONE, LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION, COPY OF A GIBSON A, WITH OUR FAMOUS SETUP (GET THAT, FAMOUS, NOT INFAMOUS) . YOU CAN BET IF YOU BUY IT FOR CHEAPER THAT IT WON'T BE SETUP! (A FRIEND RECENTLY CAME IN WITH ONE THAT HE BOUGHT FROM A FRIEND FOR $95, AND I SET IT UP FOR HIM FOR ONLY $30, WHAT A DEAL!)

JOHNSON MA-100 $79, ($99 WITH SHOP ADJUSTMENT, NEW STRINGS, ETC.) » PICs CLICK HERE! 
A VERY NICE SOUND AND CLEAN CONSTRUCTION, FOR CHEAP!

ROVER RM-25S Solid Top model $109, setup by us, or, $79 for RM-25S handyman special,
these just need the action lowered, mainly by cutting the bridge down 
(by sanding or filing wood from the top of the adjustable saddle), and then the nut, as is usually done in a basic setup.  PICTURED AT THE RIGHT »

ROVER ELECTRIC mandolin $195 »PIC CLICK HERE!
A BRAND NEW MODEL ALSO! ONE PICKUP AND VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS.

Nylon Strung 5 course Charangolin
(Joe Craven just bought one, and Mike Marshall is on the waiting list for one!)

CHARANGOLIN (or MANDARANGO?) $299
TO BE CORRECT WE SHOULD CALL IT 
(SINCE I'VE STRUNG IT THIS WAY),
AN OCTAVE TUNED 5 COURSE CHARANGOLINdola! THE 1ST COURSE HAS THE NORMAL MANDOLIN E, PLUS A LOWER OCTAVE E (AS AN OCTAVE MANDOLIN WOULD HAVE, ALL COURSES ARE STRUNG THE SAME WAY, INCLUDING THE LOW C, WHICH GIVES YOU THE ADDED RANGE OF THE MANDOLA (BUT REALLY THE OCTAVE MANDOLA)!
THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING DOWN TO A MANDOCELLO LOW c!  THIS INSTRUMENT IS AWESOME IN IT'S DEPTH, CONSIDERING ITS' SIZE, PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN THEY HEAR IT!
I'VE HAD DADDARIO MAKE ME SOME CUSTOM GAUGED STRINGS FOR THIS INSTRUMENT, EXTRA SETS ARE $15@, ALSO THE ENDS ARE USUALLY TIED.

 Normal Nylon Strung Mandukes, MANDOLINETTOS (UKANDOLINS)
(U 2 KAN PLAY THE UKANDO) »CLICK FOR PIC, AND SCROLL DOWN TO IT!

UKANDOLIN $229 (looks like tenor uke, see uke page, OR AN OLD MANDOLINETTO)
AN EX-TENOR UKE, STRUNG AS AN OCTAVE TUNED MANDOLIN (REGULAR TUNING PLUS A LOWER OCTAVE FOR EACH COURSE)! SAME SCALE LENGTH AS MANDOLIN, BUT WITH A MUCH MELLOWER, AND A VERY FULL TONE!
VIETNAMESE VERSION, ALL SOLID WOODS, ROSEWOOD B&S SPRUCE TOP $399 »CLICK FOR PIC
LOOKS LIKE THE TENOR UKE PICTURED ON UKE PAGE, BUT A LONGER HEADSTOCK, AND (OF COURSE) 8 STRINGS.

MORE MANDOLINS IN STOCK  and more coming to this web soon

MANDOLAS

TRINITY COLLEGE MANDOLA $539 ($695 LIST), HARD CASE INCLUDED! »PICS HERE
All solid construction, Spruce top, Maple (shaded) Back & Sides, Adjustable slim neck, 
Bound fingerboard, body & peg head, Die cast lifetime lubricated tuners! "The X-braced soundboard produces a rich mellow tone with great projection." I agree! It's a keeper!
»

TM VIETNAMESE MANDOLA $499, all solid
»PICS HERE
(present stock has just initials tm on headstock, and herringbone body trim). Vietnamese maple B&S, spruce top, French design extra sound holes in the side! (see tm mandolin section at top of the page) a very full, balanced, and warm sound, with lots of volume and articulation! What more could you ask for! 
VIETNAMESE MANDOLA $349, all solid, Rosewood B&S, Sitka spruce top
 

These vietnamese instruments are comparable to domestic made mandolas in the $1-2,000 price range.

ROMANIAN MANDOLA $299 All solid construction, beautiful flame maple light brown stain. Note, the brown spots in middle picture are only in the photo! back & sides, spruce top. Portuguese style. A very nice and full sounding, mellow mandola, the only all solid mandola in this price range!  »PICS HERE

OCTAVE MANDOLINS & IRISH BOUZOUKIS

Trinity College Octave mandolin, with hard case $539 ($695 list). All Solid, and very nice for the money!
click here to see more about it!

JOHNSON OCTAVE MANDOLIN, MA-550 $549 ($895 LIST) Laminated flame maple back & sides, nice slender neck. A very nice mellow tone, with lots of volume! The workmanship is also very clean, and it has quality diecast tuning machines as well.   »PICS HERE  »JOHNSON'S WEBSITE , CLICK HERE
Deluxe Octave Mandolin.  Note, case doesn't come with it, use our requinto case ($55 extra) for a hard case, or heavy bag-$38 
• Solid Spruce Top• Flamed Maple Back and Sides• Solid Carved Maple Neck• Gotoh Machine Heads
• Abalone Purfling• Nickel Plated Steel• Scale Length: 20-1/8"• Body Width: 12-3/4"• Nut Width: 1-1/4"

JOHNSON IRISH BOUZOUKI, MA-500 $549 ($895 LIST) »JOHNSON'S WEBSITE , CLICK HERE
Note, case doesn't come with it, use our requinto case ($55 extra) for a hard case, or heavy banjo bag-$38 
Laminated flame maple back & sides, nice slender neck. A very nice mellow tone, with lots of volume! The workmanship is also very clean, and it has quality diecast tuning machines as well.    
Specifications:  • Solid Spruce Top• Flamed Maple Back and Sides• Solid Carved Maple Neck• Gotoh Machine Heads• Abalone Purfling
• Nickel Plated Steel• Scale Length: 26-3/8"• Body Width: 12-3/4"• Nut Width: 1-1/4"

SOLD MANDOLINS, etc.!

FLATIRON A-5 JR. $1050 SOLD!
FROM THE BOZMAN FACTORY, USED CIRCA 1995, EXC. COND., SUNBURST.
HAS A NICE MELLOW WOODY TONE, NO DOUBT FROM BEING PLAYED A LITTLE!

GODIN Acoustic-Electric Mandolin $650/natural, $699/cognac (sunburst) SOLD!
Click here:»http://www.godinguitars.com/godina8p.htm, to see what they say!

Heartwood Mandolins, PARSONS A style round hole archtop and back $775 A great buy for a Gibson style A model. All solid woods, spruce top, maple sides and walnut back, and adjustable truss rod! Lots of projection and cutting power but not too bright!
»PICS CLICK HERE! SOLD!

Heartwood Mandolins*,  »PICS CLICK HERE! SOLD!
I have the basic models in stock, all solid wood: No pick guard model
 $299 with one piece nonadjustable bridge; Pick guard model $350 w/adjustable bridge; 2 pick guard model $359 w/adj. bridge, all  with walnut back & sides and ebony fingerboards.  Wonderful mandolins at wondrously low prices! ( get them while they're cheap!)  *not in stock, manufacturer is extremely slow!!

MID-MISSOURI M-1 MANDOLA $540 SOLD!
A very nice, (as you would expect from mid-mo) mandola,
made in Missouri, all solid woods. The only American made mandola, and an excellent mandola, in this price range! » PICS CLICK HERE!

JOHNSON MF-100 F5 COPY With Hard Case, $229! ALL LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION, Mandolin w/bag$199 SOLD!
The case has a high-density polystyrene core with DuraGuard Nylon covering, and shoulder strap
CONSIDERING THE PRICE, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED, IT HAS A PLEASANT SOUND WITH DECENT VOLUME, EVEN WITH THE LIGHT STRINGS THAT COME ON IT! I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO TO MUCH TO IT TO GET IT PLAYABLE, JUST THE USUAL LOWERING AT THE NUT AND A LITTLE WIDENING THERE TOO. THE NECK IS IMPRESSIVE TOO, AN EXCELLENT FRET JOB!

OCTAVE MANDOLIN $225!»PICS HERE SOLD!
A very nice mandolin for cheap! Laminated construction, spruce top, rosewood back & sides, quality die cast tuners. About an inch shorter scale than the Johnson above (or 19"), which makes it much easier to play mandolin tunes on it, compared to the longer octave Romanian above. I've added side dots and four more string posts, and removed the metal saddle from the bridge to give it a warmer tone! (I never did like those metal, or ceramic Gibson, saddles on guitars or mandolins).
»MORE PICS CLICK HERE!  here are some satisfied  customer quotes, "It actually sounds really good for a new instrument,    thanks,  ed waldron".    another, "nice instrument!    Thanks,     Bob".

WEBER Hyalite, new $999 w.h. case A really fine A style with F holes Webers are the best! Has all of that punch and sound you'd expect from an F5 (The pinnacle of the Gibson models), without the high price! Has a beautiful natural appeal, if you love wood you'll really love it! »PICS CLICK HERE! SOLD!

"TRINITY COLLEGE" COPY BOUZOUKI or OCTAVE MANDOLIN by JOHNSON, SOLD!
$399($595 LIST) all solid select woods, X-braced spruce top, hard maple B&S
A GREAT BUY ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE SOUNDING LONG SCALE OCTAVE MANDOLIN (BOUZOUKI, CITTERN, IRISH BOUZOUKI, ETC.)!

  ORIGINAL KENTUCKY FACTORY F-5 $799  »MORE PICS CLICK HERE! SOLD!
NOW IT SAYS "JOHNSON" ON IT, AND, IT SOUNDS GREAT! A NICE FULL TONE FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT, IT SHOULD BECOME AN EXTRA FINE INSTRUMENT IN TIME!

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