Models
Every model, most significant first.
4 models
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Weber Bitterroot
Sitka/maple F-style mandolin
Mandolin · United States
The Weber Bitterroot is a traditional F-style mandolin with f-holes, a hand-graduated solid Sitka spruce top with tone-bar bracing, a maple neck, an ebony fingerboard, ivoroid binding, a 14-inch scale, and a cast Weber tailpiece.
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Gibson F-5
F-style mandolin model
United States
The Gibson F-5 is the archetypal F-style mandolin, introduced in 1922 and refined under acoustic engineer Lloyd Loar. It pairs a carved solid spruce top with figured maple back and sides, violin-style f-holes, a longer neck with fifteen frets clear of the body, and the scrolled body that became the reference design for bluegrass mandolins.
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Collings MF
Satin F-model mandolin
Mandolin · United States
A Collings satin-finish F-model mandolin with carved spruce top and maple back and sides.
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Breedlove FF Mandolin
US-made F-style mandolin (discontinued)
Mandolin · United States
The Breedlove FF is a US-made F-style mandolin from Breedlove's now-discontinued mandolin line, built with a carved spruce top and maple back and sides; Breedlove produced mandolins from the late 1990s before ending the line.