Washburn M3SWK Florentine Cutaway Mandolin (Natural) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm a guitarist but I have played a few mandolins. The Washburn M3SWK has potential but not right out of the box. The two I tried and returned had issues. the first one fretted out on the fourth string at the octave and the second one came with the bridge saddle broken.These were issues I didn't want to deal with after waiting for a week to get the mandolin. If set up properly I think the M3SWK will sound and play reasonably well. but there are plenty of other brands to compare with in this price range. I would suggest buying one from an online music shop that will set the instrument up before shipping it to you.

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Kentucky Artist A-Model Mandolin Model KM-160 in Traditional Sunburst Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been playing guitar for a while (mostly Contemporary Christian & Irish) and wanted to cross over onto the Mandolin. After alot of research on the web, this one consistently had the best reviews. The fact that it is one of the few in this price range with a solid (not laminate) carved spruce top and a truss rod counts for alot. They may be hard to find, but if you do, you won't be sorry.

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Fender FM-53S Mandolin, Sunburst Review

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(More customer reviews)I have tried more a dozen mandolins (5 in my possessions for a few weeks to few months).
It is solidly built and has really good sound, although the price is a bit higher than I expected (300$, expected around 200$) as I had another one, Ibanez with more features (trust rod + pickup + volume/tone knobs) for only 245$, brand new.
However, for acoustic only, Fender 53S is a very good one, the sound is sweet and loud. I bought it used (second hand) at 80$, spend about 10$ for new strings and a missing tuning button and I am ready to play. This is now my main mandolin for the last 6 months.
Recently, I bought a Mountain Tyler transducer for Amazon (24$ shipping included) and spent about 10 mins to install it. Now my Fender 53S is also electric, it sounds really loud when plugged in.


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