Recent Arrivals - Mandolin family

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New Arrivals - NEW MANDOLINS
Collings	MF5-O Custom Quilted maple Engelmann top	Just arrived (NEW) There is good and then there is crazy good. This mandolin is crazy good and woodya look at that wood? We asked Collings to find us the best quilted maple on the planet. They found it, then they built us a mandolin with it. We chose Engelmann spruce for the top as we think it often works best with the oval hole and is a particularly good match for this maple. The instrument is powerful, like a real F4 oughta be - with presence and low end out the wazoo. Seriously: It sounds even better than it looks. Take this to the office with you. We guarantee that no work will get done. Collings thought enough of it to gat out the lights, hire the studio photographers and feature it on their website HERE	List Price: $8,950
Our Price: $8,055
Collings	MF5 Custom Quilted maple Engelmann top	Just arrived (NEW) From the same batch of crazy good quilted maple. This mandolin is an MF-5 custom. We chose Engelmann spruce for the top as we have a soft spot in our hearts for the Earl of Engelmann. As we assume this mandolin will go to someone with very refined taste, we added a pickguard and the wider (1 and 3/16") nut width. We also added Waverly tuners because, as Alex told us, this mandolin deserves them.	List Price: $8,850
Our Price: $7,965
Collings	MT2O Oval Hole Quilted maple Engelmann top	Just arrived (NEW) From the same premium batch of quilted maple. This mandolin is an MT2-O custom. We chose Engelmann spruce for the top as we know it goes so well with the soft quilted maple and the oval hole. Nice tubby sound. The oval hole instrument has the wider (1 and 3/16") nut width. We added varnish to make this one special mandolin, and oh brother, we done good. SOLD (EL)	SOLD
Collings	MF5-O V Varnish Engelmann top	Just arrived (NEW) Ever since old # 913 (above) arrived, we've been dreaming about pairing an F-4 style oval hole instrument with it. Well, that instrument has arrived. Just a tremendous sounding MF5-O with X-bracing and 1 and 3/16" nut width and appropriately serious appointments (varnish finish, fabulous back, ENGELMANN spruce top) and this one also features the honey-amber finish, nickel-silver Waverly tuners with ebony knobs, tortoise binding, and ebony tortoise bound pickguard. A perfect companion to the MF5 Deluxe V above. Check out the YouTube video of Jesse Cobb of the Infamous Stringdusters playing this very mandolin.	List Price: $11,400
Our Price: $10,260
Collings	MF5 mandolin Amber	Just arrived (NEW) And while we are on the subject of great sounding honey amber mandolins, check out this custom MF5 that arrived from Collings recently. Another gorgeous one piece big red leaf maple back, Adirondack spruce top, Waverly tuners, tortoise binding, and tone until Tuesday. TUESDAY, I tell ya! Really beautiful.	List Price: $9,000
Our Price: $8,100
Collings	MF5-V Varnish Blond!	Just Arrived (NEW) These are few and far between. A blond Collings MF5 - The talk of the town in F model mandolins. As we've said before, there is no place to hide when building a blond mandolin. Everything shows. That might scare a lesser builder, but nothing scares Bill Collings. Here she is in all her glory - an MF5 in blond with gold hardware. That's an MF5 Blond in VARNISH! We're excited about this one, and you should be too! Great throaty sound, big chop, loud, and bee-yoo-tiful.	List Price: $10,000
Our Price: $9,000
Collings	MF-O oval hole mandolin gloss top sunburst	Just arrived (NEW)Our first oval hole MF model Collings. We've been waiting for the ovals for a long time now, and the arrival of the MF version at this price point fills a vacancy that existed heretofore in our mandolin world. Collings quality, with the sweet round oval tone. The ovals have X bracing and 1 and 3/16" nut width and this one has a gloss top sunburst with ivoroid binding. It was built for the 2009 NAMM Show in Nashville and has particularly nice woods.	List Price: $4,950		Our Price: $4,455
Collings	MF Honey Amber gloss top	Just arrived (NEW) Another stunning MF mandolin in honey amber finish and nickel hardware with tortoise binding and GLOSS top. This one has exceptionally nice woods and tone until Tuesday. A *great* MF mandolin. Look at the wood, wouldja?	List Price: $4,650
Our Price: $4,185
Collings	MF Wide Nut	Just arrived (NEW) Another great sounding MF mandolin - this one in standard satin sunburst with the wider (1 and 3/16") nut width. Adirondack spruce, Collings, MF. All one needs, perhaps.	List Price: $4,550
Our Price: $4,095
Collings	MT2 mandolin Sunburst VARNISH	Just arrived and just killer (NEW) Another varnish MT2 with Adirondack spruce top, gold hardware and beautiful flame maple back. You can hear the varnish: GREAT snort, good LOUD mandolin. Ready for festival season!	List Price: $4,700
Our Price: $4,230
Collings	MT2sb mandolin sunburst wide neck	Just arrived and just spectacular (NEW) Not just for chubby fingers, some of us just prefer the slightly wider 1 and 3/16" nut width on our mandos, and this one is just such an instrument. Marvelous sound right out of the box, a very light mandolin, with throaty sound. This one has gold hardware and a beautifully flamed back.	List Price: $3,650
Our Price: $3,285
Collings	MT2 mandolin honey amber birdseye maple	Just arrived and just beautiful (NEW) We dolled this one up with tortoise bindings and a tortoise bound pickguard. But the real beauty of this instruement lies in the rare birdseye maple. Birdseye maple is hard, I mean hard. It makes for a bold and punchy mandolin with great projection. If you be wanting a loud mandolin that will not cowtow to no dang banjo - this be your mandolin. Just be careful where you point that thing!	List Price: $4,000
Our Price: $3,600
Collings	MT gloss top ivoroid binding	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This one with a gloss sunburst top with ivoroid binding added. Beautiful!!	List Price: $ 2,500
Our Price: $2,250
Collings	MT gloss top ivoroid binding	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This one with a gloss sunburst top with ivoroid binding added. Includes deluxe case.	List Price: $ 2,550
Our Price: $2,295
Collings	MT-O gloss top ivoroid binding	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT-O mandolin - Another great example of the new oval hole Collings MT - This one with a particularly nice Engelmann top in high gloss sunburst with ivoroid binding added. Nice! Includes deluxe case.	List Price: $ 2,850
Our Price: $2,565
Collings	MT gloss top Honey Amber	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This one in Honey Amber finish with tortoise binding and a gloss top and Elite tuners. Includes a STANDARD case. # 1802	List Price: $ 2,400
Our Price: $2,160
Collings	MT gloss top Honey Amber	Just arrived! (NEW) Collings MT mandolin - Our best seller - and clearly the best buy in a pro quality satin finish mandolin - the Collings MT model. Don't settle for less. This one in Honey AMber finish with tortoise binding and a gloss top and Elite tuners. Includes a deluxe case. # 1812	List Price: $ 2,450
Our Price: $2,205
Breedlove	Quartz FF sunburst Honey burst custom	Just arrived! NAMM Show mandolin (New) In Stock - custom instrument built for display at the NAMM Show. "FF" body shape with HIGHLY figured solid maple back and sides, carved solid spruce top with F-holes, ebony fingerboard, hook style scroll, ebony Loar style bridge and peghead overlay, nickel Gotoh tuners with black buttons, cast tailpiece. This custom model has a full body high gloss amber burst finish with black body binding. Very nice! Includes good quality case.	List Price: $2,799
Our Price: $2,099
Breedlove	Quartz FO sunburst Honey burst	(New) In Stock - New "FO" body shape with figured solid maple back and sides, carved solid spruce top with oval hole, ebony fingerboard, hook style scroll, ebony Loar style bridge and peghead overlay, nickel Gotoh tuners with black buttons, cast tailpiece. Has the warmer tubby sound of the oval hole - excellent for Irish, old-time, or Classical styles. Nice sound.	List Price: $2,099
Our Price: $1,579
Eastman	MD815-V Varnish	Just arrived (NEW) Our first varnish 815 and we have to say we are very impressed! Between the Kentucky KM-1000 and the Eastman MD815-V, there just has never been a better time to get a pro quality F model mandolin at an amazing price! This varnish Eastman is a real breakthrough in quality and price!	List Price: $ 2,000
Our Price: $1,560
Eastman	DGM1	(NEW) DAWG Collection Giacomel. Based on David Grisman's personal Giacomel J-5, this Eastman DG1 has a X-braced spruce top, flame maple back and sides, ebony tailpiece and adjustable bridge. Sort of a Picasso-looking mandolin with excellent projection and a unique singing versatile Jazz tone. Decidedly *not* your traditional bluegrass mandolin! Rectangular case. LIFETIME warranty.	List Price: $3,495
Our Price: $2,795
Kentucky	KM-1000-B Blackface	(NEW) Number twenty-one. Another black top. These have been consistently high quality, and this newest black faced one sounds very good, honest. GREAT mandolin for the price. Our discount price is now $1,599 - and our new price includes Golden Gate's new fiberglass flite case - a very nice quality case.	$1,599
Kentucky	KM-1000	(NEW) We've been carrying these for a year now, and selling them as fast as they arrive.This batch represents numbers twenty two through twenty-five for us. Several more Kentucky KM-1000. These have been consistently high quality. Our discount price is now $1,599 - but our price includes the new (much better quality) Golden Gate fiberglass flite case. These have been hard to get and hard to keep in stock. An older stock item, # 17 is pictured - Call early and we'll pick the best new one for you.	$1,495
National	RM-1 Resonator Mandolin Walnut/maple/brass Left Handed	(NEW) - A very popular model for us - and difficult to keep in stock. Often sold before they arrive - here's the chance for a Southpaw to join the party! Yes - a LEFT HANDED resonator mandolin from National. Cool!!!	$1,875
National	RM-1 Resonator Mandolin Walnut/maple/brass	(NEW) - A very popular model for us - and difficult to keep in stock. Often sold before they arrive - here's your chance to join the party! Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? National Walnut body Resonator Model with aged brass parts. Put some "turn it up" into your next Jug band gig. Too much fun!!	$1,875
Phoenix	Jazz	(NEW) Jazz model - dual pickup electric acoustic model. We mean it when we ccall this the "ulitimate" electric-acoustic mandolin. The McIntyre Feather pickup, tried and proven on other Phoenix models, provides the natural wood sound amplification that is one aspect of mandolin sound. A suspended magnetic pickup custom crafted by Kent Armstrong provides the electronic element that is an essential part of jazz. A 22-fret fingerboard is used to position the pickup where Kent Armstrong recommends. Voiced for flat-wound strings 011"/.016"/.022"/.034", delivered with Thomastik stark (heavy. $4,800 And Wow, What a great mandolin. Lively, woody, and punchy as can be acoustically...but just wait til we plug it in! Our price - $ 4,320	$4,320
Weber	Bitteroot F Cedar Top	(NEW) Warm tone with exceptional balance and light feel. A *fine* sounding mandolin, with a beautiful high gloss reddish ("scarlet fire")custom finish. Cedar really does add an interesting characteristic to the tone. If you haven't tried one....	$3,750
Recent Arrivals - PRE-OWNED MANDOLINS
Brentrup	Brentrup Model 21	(USED) Nice! - a very fine handcrafted mandolin from Johann Brentrup of Minneapolis. This is a varnish A model and made with flame maple and Italian spruce. A very impressive instrument with great balance and complexity. The carved and contoured ebony pickguard is a great addition. It is very organic, fits the scooped fretboard extension well, and is placed perfectly on the instrument. Nice neck, well set up. Overall very impressive playing instrument with great sound. A great price for a handcrafted varnish instrument! Original TKL case.	$3,150
Brentrup	Brentrup Model 23V	SOLD (USED) Fabulous! - another very fine handcrafted mandolin from the workshop of Johann Brentrup. This is a varnish F5 and made with flame maple and West Virginia Red spruce. A world class mandolin with great bark and lots of volume. Nice neck, tortoise binding, James tailpiece, gold hardware, Schaller tuners, pearl truss rod cover, ebony pick guard, scooped extension, radiused fretboard, Very well set up with medium-low action. Very nice Ameritage rectangular case. This is a hard charging bluegrass mandolin - likes big ol' Bill Monroe downstrokes - this thing cuts like a chainsaw. One of the strongest instruments in the shop.	SOLD
Collings	MF5-V mandolin Dark Amber Varnish	Just arrived and just spectacular (USED) Beautiful Amber Collings MF5-V. Great woods, this was a custom order, one of the earliest of the "dark" brown ambers, and it has darkened and mellowed a bit and opened up a lot. Very fine, near-mint condition. Just an *exceptionally* sweet mandolin with bell-like overtones. Plays easily and rewards the eye and ear. Includes the high end engraved tailpiece and the Waverly tuners. Clearly one of the nicest we have handled! ON CONSIGNMENT $ 9250	$9,250
Collings	MF5-V mandolin Dark Cremona sunburst Wide Neck	Just arrived (USED)Another gently used VARNISH Collings MF5-V, this one with the wider 1 and 3/16" nut width! More great woods, with great Adirondack top and one piece maple back. At serial # 288, this is a Collings which has seen a few years of use, but also had great care. the heavy lifting has been done for you. It has developed a great throaty bluegrass tone - good chop with lots of volume and cut. Very fine, near-mint condition. This mandolin sold new for $9,000 Nice! ON CONSIGNMENT	$7,250
Collings	MT	(USED) A *particularly* good sounding Collings MT. Used by one of the partners at Acosutic Music Works (who had pick of the litter) who plays in the Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra and the Monongahela Shieks Jug Band. It's been used - fret wear is about average for a three year old instrument that has been played regularly. Has a few light dings and a shiny spot where a John Pearse adhesive pickup used to reside. Also, a Cumberland Acoustic pickguard has been removed so two small pin holes remain in the neck where the pickguard was atatched. Otherwise - very good shape. # 666 priced to FLY out of here at $1,595! Fresh pics today - dings are shown.	$1,595
Collings	MT Blackface	Just arrived (USED) A Collings MT "blackface" mandolin has come back home. It was traded, in a logical way we suppose, toward an OVAL hole Collings mando as our customer continues to explore his mandolin worlds. This mando has a gloss black top and tortoise binding. Looks almost new. Sounds great.	SOLD
Gibson	F-4	Just arrived! (USED) VG condition circa 1920 (SN 55664) F-4 - appears to be all original with nice condition pickguard and tailpiece cover. The tuners have been replaced with period inlaid tuners. The bridge has been replaced with an adjustable Loar style bridge. The case also appears to be original, with replacement handle. We've just had Lou Stiver replace all the frets with modern frets. Lou did the setup and pronounced it a very good one. Great warm tone, straight neck, nicely set up. ON CONSIGNMENT	$5,350
Gibson	A-2	Just arrived! (USED) VG condition 1921 (FON 11433) A-2 - appears to be all original with nice condition pickguard, tailpiece cover, bridge, tuners etc. The case also appears to be original, but is in slightly rough, typical shape with deteriorated handle and hinges. We very rarely see these 1920-era Gibsons come in in this condition. Most are in need of significant repair. This is the cleanest Gibson A-2 we have seen in several years. It is ready to enjoy. Great warm tone, straight neck, nicely set up. Typical fret wear, but not in immediate need of a fret job. ON CONSIGNMENT - SOLD	SOLD
Gibson	A-4	(USED) VG condition 1918 A-4 (serial # 44999 FON # 11121) with great warm tone. Maroon-red sunburst with "The Gibson" logo and fleur di lis inlay in headstock. This would have been the top-of-the-line from Gibson in 1918. Original tuners (knobs intact) and tailpiece cover. Original bridge is in the case. Original case in pretty fine condition. Replacement (Loar style) adjustable bridge fitted and installed by Lou Stiver. One top crack (full length of the top) repaired (glued and cleated) by Lou Stiver. Nice straight neck, GREAT old woody tone, recent setup by Lou Stiver, $2,400.	$2,400
Pomeroy	F4 Custom	(USED) Used F-4 built in 2005. Beautiful one piece back. Sweet oval hole tone. Very nice - Priced to sell quickly with Modern case (very high quality).	$2,500
Stiver	F model	Just arrived! (USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get excited whenever we get to handle one. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our pal and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a fine example of his work, this 2001 F model. Radiused fretboard, scooped extension, stamped tailpiece gold hardware, satin finsh (semi-glossy). Great chop. Fine bluegrass mandolin.	SOLD
Stiver	F model	(USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get excited whenever we get to handle one. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our pal and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a GREAT example of his recent work, this 2002 F model. Radiused fretboard, scooped extension, Allen tailpiece. Great chop, amazing projection. This won't last but a day or two at most. It did not.	SOLD
Stiver	A model	(USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get to see a fair number of them. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our friend and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a very good example of his work, a 1993 A model with a scooped and radiused fretboard and a pro pickguard installed. The mandolin has the *classic* Stiver sound, with lots of bark, volume, and plenty of punch. This mandolin has been played a LOT in its fifteen years and has lots of scratches and some finish checking, and the finish has worn through behind the nut. Lots of peg-winder scratches on the headstock. All the flaws are cosmetic only - the instrument is extremely solid and has been recently re-fretted and set up by Lou Stiver. The sound is WIDE open. It's ready for its second fifteen years. SOLD (TI)	SOLD
Stiver	A model	(USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get to see a fair number of them. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our pal and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a good example of his work, this 1997 A model. This won't last but a day or two at most.	SOLD
Stiver	F model	(USED) We love Stiver mandolins and we get to see a fair number of them. These are very special to us. Lou Stiver is our friend and he does our mandolin repair work for us (great work indeed!) This is a very good example of his work, a 1978 F model, back when Lou was based in Akron, OH. This mandolin is in excellent condition, and appears to have been played very little (original frets still in great shape) but has that classic Stiver bark and volume. Ready to go blue-grassing.	SOLD
Weber	Bitteroot Mandola	(USED) F hole Bitteroot mandola - purchased at the 2008 NAMM Show in Los Angeles. Warm tone with exceptional dark roar and sustain. A *great* sounding mandola, with looks to match. Satin finish, f holes, cast Weber tailpiece, Brekke bridge.	$2,450

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