A-Style

National RM1 Maple Walnut Resophonic Mandolin, 2010

On December 8, 2022 /

The National RM1 Maple Walnut Resophonic Mandolin is built in San Luis Opisbo California and features a teardrop, almost ‘A Style’ body shape, but with a single 9.5 inch resonator cone. The RM1 pairs a figured Maple top with Black Walnut for the sides and carved back; the neck is figured Maple with a bound Ebony fingerboard.

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Wes Lambe A-Style Mandolin #26 Sunburst, 2005

On August 23, 2022 /

Here is a Wes Lambe A-Style Mandolin, #26 in Sunburst and built during 2005 in Chapel Hill NC before Lambe’s move to Hillsborough NC. Wes Lambe has been building professionally since at least 1997 and his instruments are highly respected – and hard to get. At the moment, he has closed his order book to deal with existing orders.

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Breedlove Quartz OF A-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2005

On November 22, 2021 /

The Breedlove Quartz OF is an A-Style mandolin, the ‘O’ indicating an Oval body and the F, F Holes. Like other Breedlove mandolins, it has been out of production since 2016. ‘Quartz’ is the term Breedlove assigned to their entry-level US built mandolins. That name is possibly a reference to a mountain not far from the Breedlove shop, then located in Tumalo, Oregon.

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Weber Bitterroot A14-F Mandolin, Faded Amber Burst

On November 16, 2021 /

Here we have a Weber A14-F mandolin, an A-style, 14 inch scale, F-hole version of Weber’s Bitterroot model. This mandolin features a carved & graduated spruce top with tone bars, lightly figured maple back & sides, a maple neck with radiused ebony fingerboard, ebony Weber bridge, cast Weber tailpiece, raised fingerboard extension, full 14″ scale length and ivoroid top binding! This instrument is set up to play as smooth as butter and with the maple back & sides in combination with the delicately voiced top and tone bars

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Collings MT2L Left Handed A-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2012

On June 5, 2021 /

It’s harder for Left Handed folks to find top quality instruments, but this Collings MT2L, Varnish Finish, A-Style mandolin dating to 2012 fits the bill perfectly! Built with the same incredible attention to detail, this Left-Handed Collings MT2L A-Style mandolin features a Red Spruce – also called ‘Adirondack’ Spruce – top, paired with a book matched and spectacularly figured carved Maple back, with the same Flamed Maple for the sides and neck.

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Eastman MD605 A Style Mandolin, Classic Finish

On September 28, 2020 /

The Eastman MD605 represents great value in a quality A-Style mandolin, built with solid woods and wrapped in a gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Introduced in 1905 and based on Orville Gibson’s patent merging violin family techniques with guitar and mandolin construction, the A-Style mandolin has a distinctive teardrop shape and a carved top and back, with either F holes or an oval hole; the F hole provides somewhat more top end. Compared to the F style often seen in bluegrass bands, the A Style body shape has more pronounced midrange and fundamental, and a less percussive attack.

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A-Style

National RM1 Maple Walnut Resophonic Mandolin, 2010

Wes Lambe A-Style Mandolin #26 Sunburst, 2005

Breedlove Quartz OF A-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2005

Weber Bitterroot A14-F Mandolin, Faded Amber Burst

Collings MT2L Left Handed A-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2012

Eastman MD605 A Style Mandolin, Classic Finish

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