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QWiK TUNE QT-1 Guitar Tuner

Price: $19.99 + S&H        When purchased with any of our other instruments, you pay only $14.99 + S&H

Great for guitars, banjos, fiddles or mandolins.  Automatic string selection for hands free tuning or manually select string. Just plug in your guitar or bass or for your acoustic use the built in mic. LCD meter for pitch and string indication. LED lights tell you if you are high or low. Output jack so you can use your amp while you are tuning. Small for easy storage and travel.

Introduction to Mandolin Video by Bert Casey

Estimated Shipping Weight   0.504 Lbs
60 minute video that covers the information in the Mandolin Primer book. This course is designed to take the beginner through the beginning steps in learning to play the bluegrass mandolin. It utilizes many close-ups to show proper hand position and technique. Our unique split screens show both hands in detail and utilizes onscreen tablature for all of the music, with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. This video contains all the information needed to start you playing the mandolin.

Price: $14.95 + S&H

Featherweight Universal Fit Mandolin Case
This is a little nicer rectangular case with a little more room to carry incidentals along with your mandolin.  Fits both A and F style mandolins.
Retail Price: $99.99 + S&H     When Purchased with Scroll Top F Style Mandolin  you pay only $74.99 + S&H
                           Estimated Shipping Weight   5.264 Lbs

Laurel Scroll Top F Style Mandolin
Available in  Sunburst or White.  Adjustable bridge; a spruce top and linden sides and back.  Imported from Korea these mandolins are a step up from entry level and great student instruments.  They have a bright ringing tone that works well in a Blue Grass ensemble.
Retail Price: $239.99           Our Price $179.99     ($247.99 includes case) + S&H
Estimated Shipping Weight   2.8 Lbs

Hard shell case sold separately  $78.99 + S&H              Please check on availability before ordering.

Laurel A Style Mandolin with flat back
This is budget mandolin in more of an early American style.   These are imported from Korea and are quite decent quality for the price.  “A style” with oval hole. Rosewood fingerboard, adjustable bridge. Raised pick guard. Bound body and neck. Golden brown.

Retail Price: $129.99        Our price $99.99 + S&H        ($114.99 includes gig bag) + S&H

Estimated Shipping Weight   3.248 Lbs
 
Gig bag ordered separately   $19.99 + S&H (less than 1 Lb.)

 (Please confirm availability)

Budget Mandolin
Here is an economical way to try out the mandolin.  This would be great at your next camp out.  Made in Turkey, this mandolin has been described as a small, short necked, lute. The Zeynel Abidin family, renowned for their Cumbus. Saz amd Ouds, is the maker of this very special mandolin. They named it the Napoliten which is probably Turkish for Neapolitan, but this is not a Neapolitan style mandolin. It's more of a pocket-style mandolin or a piccolo mandolin. Total length is 25 inches. The body is 8.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep. It has a high gloss finish on a flat backed pine body with a mahogany stain. The finished laminate spruce soundboard has an arched top and internal bracing. The sound hole is attractively accented with a colored decal. This mandolin has what is called a zero fret. It is the fret directly below the nut. The strings rest on this zero fret creating a very low action. There are eight strings, in courses of two. The four lowest strings are wound metal, the higher four strings are non-wound metal. These strings should be tuned G-D-A-E low to high. However with a 12 inch scale length, you can string it with light gage mandolin strings and tune it like the very rare piccolo mandolin, C-G-D-A (an octave above a mandola and a fourth above a regular mandolin). It comes with a movable bridge. To find the proper bridge placement, measure from the top, zero, fret, to the 12th fret. Then repeat this distance from the 12th fret to the bridge. It is plucked with a pick or plectrum (not included) and has a sweet voice. This instrument is a great value, soft gig-bag included.  (In stock)..........................    Our Price $107.50 + S&H  (Please call for specific shipping charges.)
Note: Residents of Washington State must pay applicable state sales tax.                                 Please check on availability before ordering.