too bad i just sold a rigel in your price range.
good quality mandolins are expensive. pound for pound
much more expensive than guitars. 1000 dollars
will keep you in the eastman kentucky range
f styles are more because you pay for the labor involved
in producing, binding and finishing two points and a scroll
which effectively add no decernable tone to the
mandolin. ( they're solid) if you would consider
an a5 style of mandolin ( a5 joins the body at the
same fret as an f5) you can get much more mandolin
for the buck. an a5 that costs 5 grand will be equivalent
to an f5 in tone and playability that costs 10 to 15k.
there is a "tradition"stigma around f5 mandolins.
"good enough for old bill". mentality. it's hard to break.
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