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Gibson A-Jr. Model A-Style Mandolin Sheraton Brown, 1923

On January 4, 2023   /    
Gibson A-Jr. Model A-Style Mandolin Sheraton Brown, 1923

This Gibson A-Jr. model A-Style mandolin in Sheraton Brown is now a century old, and still sounds great and plays well. This Gibson A-Jr. model A-Style mandolin in Sheraton Brown is now a century old, and still sounds great and plays well. The Gibson A-Jr. Mandolin, also known as the Gibson Junior, was the entry level for Gibson’s mandolin line from 1919 to 1927, when it became the A-0. Though classed as ‘entry level’, it was and is an excellent instrument.

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Weber Bitterroot A-Style Mandolin Amber, 2007 / *No Longer Available*

On December 14, 2022   /    
Weber Bitterroot A-Style Mandolin Amber, 2007 / *No Longer Available*

Here we’re looking at a 2007 Weber Bitterroot A-Style mandolin, built in Logan, Montana during 2007. Weber moved from Logan to Bend, Oregon in 2013. The Bitterroot A-Style series features thin, minimal decoration, wood figuring and finishing yet with Weber’s full build and materials quality.

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National RM1 Maple Walnut Resophonic Mandolin, 2010

On December 8, 2022   /    
National RM1 Maple Walnut Resophonic Mandolin, 2010

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   /    
Wes Lambe A-Style Mandolin #26 Sunburst, 2005

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   /    
Breedlove Quartz OF A-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2005

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   /    
Weber Bitterroot A14-F Mandolin, Faded Amber Burst

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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