An A-style Gallatin is a very nice American made mandolin under $2K new. You can get them used, under $1300, or less depending on age. I have one and like it a lot.
Bruce Weber, the founder of Weber mandolins, is no longer with the company. Weber was bought out some years ago and Weber spent some time with the new owners company. I think he left about 3 years ago, his son continued for awhile. However, it's a bit early to tell whether that affects the instruments built in the past few years. Weber had some good employees.
Gregboyd.com has some good videos of the Gallatins and other Webers, as does the Mandolin Store and some other dealers.
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