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We are an Authorized Dealer for  Eastman, Kentucky, Morgan Monroe ,
Bean Blossom, and Johnson Mandolins, and usually have other used mandolins  such as Gibson, Weber,  and others in stock.Please check our current inventory  below for the mandolin of your dreams and if you need an instrument not in our inventory we will be glad to special order it for you...And as always we appreciate and thank you for your business.  

                                                    

                                              
                                                           
 All Eastman Strings mandolins are carved by hand from aged tonewoods. The experience and knowledge of Eastman Strings luthiers ensure that these instruments have the best materials and craftsmanship available anywhere. Players will search far and wide without finding a hand-made instrument with the tonal brilliance, ease of playing, and beautiful woodcraft exhibited in these instruments, at any price
       
      


Eastman 515

Modeled after the classic instruments of the 1920’s this fully hand-carved solid mandolin is crafted with an aged spruce top and maple back and sides. The maple neck is finished with a solid ebony fingerboard and an ebony fronted headstock. Fittings are nickel plated and the fret board features dot inlays. Sunburst finish.
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Eastman 615 Mandolin

This fully hand-carved mandolin is handcrafted with a solid flamed maple back and sides and an aged spruce top. Upgrades include Schaller nickel plated tuners, a single-ply headstock, back binding, and 3-ply binding on top. Sunburst finish.

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Eastman 615 Mandolin  #2

This fully hand-carved mandolin is handcrafted with a solid flamed maple back and sides and an aged spruce top. Upgrades include Schaller nickel plated tuners, a single-ply headstock, back binding, and 3-ply binding on top. Sunburst finish.

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Eastman 605 Mandolin  A Style with F Holes

This fully hand-carved mandolin is handcrafted with a solid flamed maple back and sides and an aged spruce top. Upgrades include Schaller nickel plated tuners, a single-ply headstock, back binding, and 3-ply binding on top. Sunburst finish.

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Eastman 815 Mandolin

Similar to the 600 series but with the following upgrades: Gold or nickel plated hardware, highly flamed maple, back and sides, 3-ply binding on the headstock and body, as well as side binding. Available in our Classic or Sunburst finish.

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  Eastman 915 Mandolin
The "crème de la crème" of Eastman’s fine mandolins. Luxurious upgraded features include AAA quality highly flamed maple, gold plated hardware, hand-bound multi-ply maple wood binding on headstock and body, veneer on back of headstock. 
Blonde finish

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MANDOLINS

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 Kentucky Artist  KM-380S A-model mandolin   

 The KM-380S has the all the volume, response, and tone that anyone could ask for. Every part of this instrument speaks of professional models costing 10 times the price...a value that is so extraordinary its fast becoming a best seller!

  • Solid carved spruce top with traditional high-gloss nitro-cellulose sunburst finish
  • Solid carved highly flamed maple back and sides
  • Bound, rosewood fingerboard with Saga's new distinctive fingerboard extension design
  • Maple neck with 15th-fret neck joint and adjustable truss rod
  • Bound, rosewood fingerboard with Saga's new distinctive fingerboard extension design and m-o-p position inlays
  • Traditional snakehead peghead shape
  • High-quality, deluxe tuning machines with replaceable buttons
  • Nickel-plated hardware
  • Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge
  • Multi-ply binding on top and back
  • Shop-adjusted



 
 Kentucky Artist  KM-254 A-model mandolin

Every Kentucky Artist mandolin is meticulously hand-crafted from the finest materials to produce the finest possible instrument for players of every level. The redesigned KM-254 Artist A-model series of mandolins is no exception. With upgraded woods and specifications throughout, we can offer the serious player some of the finest new instruments whose rich tone and quick response continues to improve as the instrument ages. Once again setting the standard for quality and value.
  • Solid, hand-carved and graduated spruce tops with Burgundy finish
  • Solid, hand-carved flamed maple back and sides
  • One piece maple neck with dovetail neck/body joint at 14th fret
  • Nitro-cellulose finish
  • Bound and radiused rosewood fingerboard with m.o.p. dot position markers and modern extension over the body
  • Bound “Snakehead” peghead with rosewood overlay inlaid with Kentucky script and “La Spada” inlay of abalone and pearl
  • Vintage-style rosewood bridge with small
  • adjustment wheels
  • Traditional 2-screw truss rod cover plate
  • Bone nut
  • Highly polished nickel-silver frets
  • Nickel-plated tailpiece with leather insert
  • High-quality, nickel-plated Gotoh tuners with engraved plate and removable buttons
  • Shop adjusted
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Rover RM-75 F Style Mandolin

The new Rover RM-75 sets the standard by which all moderately priced mandolins will be judged—and it will also make the highest priced ones extremely nervous, too! All proportions and features are exactly like vintage originals produced during the 1920’s and 1930’s that are highly collected today.

  • Hand-carved solid spruce top
  • Traditional nitro-cellulose dark burgundy stained finsh
  • Multi-ply binding on top, back and headstock
  • Hand-carved solid flamed maple back and sides
  • Solid Maple neck with adjustable truss rod
  • Bound rosewood fretboard with dot inlays and scooped extension over body
  • Dovetail neck joint
  • Abalone peghead logo inlay
  • Adjustable compensated stained rosewood bridge
  • Nickel-plated hardware
  • Shop adjusted

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Morgan Monroe MMS-8W F Style Mandolin

Beautiful carved top mandolin with vintage satin finish and solid carved maple back and sides. A great, professional mandolin at a very affordable price.

  • Vintage Satin Finish
  • Solid Carved Spruce Top
  • Solid Carved Maple Back/Sides
  • Ebony Scooped Fretboard
  • Dovetail Neckjoint
  • Pearl Nut
  • Ashton Bailey Ebony Bridge
  • Custom Cast Tailpiece
  • Nebbed Frets
  • Pearloid tuners
  • Fully Bound 

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