This video showed up in my feed today and just finished watching. I know this store well. I bought several instruments from DFC in the early 2000s and Jeff and the rest of the staff were always great to work with. I do not have any financial interest. Just a long time satisfied buyer.

Thank you for posting! Keep up the mandolin related content!

I really appreciate this video! I've been wanting to pick up another new instrument lately and the Mandolin has been calling, and this was great timing to see! Thank you for sharing your insight with everyone :)

I really enjoyed this video. Great, clear information, and a pleasant personality. Thank you.

Super helpful since I’m shopping for a first mandolin. Thanks much!

So helpful! Thank you!

Great information ! I have a Batwing which I have owned since around 1973 and it has a great tone. Don't know the value today but I paid around $100. for it then. Thanks for the education.

I am shopping, and your video is super helpful. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge.

Thank you so much for all the great info. I recently had to stop playing the cello due to a shoulder injury, and I have been looking into learning the mandolin.

Most beautiful and melodious instruments.

You play beautifully ! ❤️🎶

Your video was very informative. Thank You!

Very helpful video for someone new to mandolins, thank you!

Thank you for a very informative video.

Good information. Thanks!

Great explanation thank you.

Hi Jeff! Thank you for the information.

Thanks for a wonderfully informative video. But being in the Midwest I probably won’t be able to stop by in person. I will check your website. But before I do. I hope to find more sound samples there. And would have especially loved if your video would have mentioned what models you were playing. Cheers

Mandolin player semi-professionally for some 40 years. One of the biggest issues I have with mandolins I encounter, either through students or simply looking over at shops, is that the nut is all too commonly too "short" (1.125-ish); it's almost as if the maker took his/her cue from a violin. The average hand size of an adult mandoline player cannot perform on so small an area, and for that matter, it really isn't necessary to have the strings flare out so from the nut towards to bridge. When I recommend students and intermediate players to buy one mando or another, I encourage them to seek an instrument with a nut around 1.375 or so. Some "good" mandolines suffer from the "small nut" while some "decent" models at least give the player room for their fingers.

Why is nobody talking about round back Napolitan mandolins? They're so cool!

Thanks, im shopping for my first mandolin and im completely confused, this should really help 👍.

Thanks!

Thanks. I have seen those Loars advertised as being all hand carved wood, Spruce and maple....

Seagull S 8 sg style mando Canadian made best overall you can buy

this video is gold. very helpfull for someone who doesnt know anything about mando's like me haha

"You could break the bank and it'd be a lot of fun". Lol. I'm going to start saying that.

Note, the Collings price was not mentioned…lol

I love my Eastman 305.....

Which of those mandolins has the best action?

I Only want to own a Gibson F5 don't want anything else to perform on , call me a snob , I don't mind , I play on a Martin D28 now onto a decent mandolin.

The bridge on the first manolin seem to break the rule of lining up with the cutout in the body.

I prefer an Electric Mandolin cause the strings are thinner & closer to the fretboard making it easier to fret the strings. The neck is also thinner & also the body is flat which means it's eaiser to hold.

Is that the Pava A4?

If you consider the scroll being almost solid inside as are the points the influence in sound is rather marginal. Sound chamber is the same.

Do you get any bowl back mandolins or mandolas? I’m looking for a mandarin or mandola for playing more early baroque and Celtic but an a woodwind and keyboard player so the little one your played first is nice. I love your solid wood $500. range. Beautiful instruments. I’ve wanted a mandolin all my life so want what calls out my name. Ha. Thank you for all the information.

didnt want to scare people with the price of the collings lol

I always thought it was called A-style because with the bridge, it looks like an A if you cut off the round bottom part.

Bro, this is where I got my first banjo

What brand are those F styles?

Where'd the oval hole "A" style mandolin go? No price info on that one?

What can you tell us about a Mandoblaster Electric Mandolin 4 string?

Playability is premo important,! I bought a eastman 514 f style and can hardly fret the thing ...something is way wrong and i dont know what it is

I found an a style harmony . no serial number that i can see. Sounds good and has a little wider neck. Model number is m 100. Im looking to get an f style thanks.for great info.

No mention of bowlbacks? They're pretty important in the history of the mandolin in the US.

What do you put the price range for a cheaper left-handed mandolin

Curious Scruggs-style banjo player here: would it be a big leap to take up the Mando, or are there any transferrable skills from the banjo onto that instrument, that will make the learning curve a bit more ... shallow?

I bought a Harley benton mandolin f style mandolin sometime back costing $300. But I am not satisfied with the sound reproduction. Very low resonance,somewhat muffled sounds are produced. Could you suggest any adjustments that would give this mandolin a better resonant sound reproduction? I shall be highly obliged. Thank you

I want electrified f-style Mandolin. Please give me a information & send a good Mandolin.

Does anyone know where I can get a good classical mandolin, that is on the lower price range? I'm looking into getting one but dont want to commit a whole lot of money to one just yet. I dont really want of of the bluegrass style ones, just the classical for now.

Would you ship overseas?

What is the model of the very first Loar Mando? Please!! Thank you

How much was the Collings..?

Maybe it was what he played, but I thought the Kentucky sounded better than the Collings. The Collings sounded a little muted. Maybe it would open up with alot of playing?

Northfield...ask Mike Marshall

You forgot the third type - bowl-back or Neapolitan!

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Met a guy at a pick who liked me F style eastman 315 more than his collings MF lol

I actually know why they called them A style.

A comes from Almond form, I guess

My advice to a buyer. NEVER BUY WITHOUT PLAYING IT. Even the best name brands have produced some dogs. The exception to my rule is, if it's very cheap take a chance. One of the best I have only cost me $200. I bought it sight unseen because it was cheap and got lucky.

Uh oh! I parked my car in their lot while I ran into Game Stop… better run back out and move it! 😬

A stands for 'Artist'.

....i just bought what i could afford xD

A is American