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This traditional F-style mandolin features a select spruce top, maple back and sides, and maple neck with extended rosewood fingerboard. 13-3/4" scale. Other amenities include gold hardware and mother-of-pearl binding. Vintage sunburst finish.

Dean Bluegrass F Mandolin Features:

  • Select spruce top
  • Maple back and sides
  • Maple neck with extended rosewood fingerboard
  • 13-3/4" scale
  • 1-7/32" nut width
  • 29 frets
  • Gold hardware
  • Mother-of-pearl binding
  • Vintage sunburst finish

A great little mandolin for a plain-folks price. Order today and play.

Dean Bluegrass F Mandolin

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Average of 6 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 6.17

Quality

Quality: 4.83

Features

Features: 6.17

Value

Value: 6.33

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 6

Quality

Quality: 6

Features

Features: 6

Value

Value: 6

Dean Bluegrass f5 mandolin
Posted by Keith from Western North Dakota on Dec 20, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Bluegrass
The Dean is good in all respects, except the top is veneer, not solid. Consequently, it has a tone a little too bright. It's loud, though. The fingerboard is very good, and fit and finish are fine. Comes with a great case. It stays in tune well. I find it works best with heavy strings- I'm using the Bill Monroe Gibsons. If you can, though, find a mandolin with a solid wood top.

Overall

Overall: 5

Quality

Quality: 4

Features

Features: 5

Value

Value: 5

Don't buy one
Posted by Anonymous Musician on Dec 6, 2006
Experience w/product: I have heard about it
Reviewer's Background: N/A
Reviewer's Play Style: N/A
I purchased one and the top is collasping under the tension of the strings across the bridge so that between the 'F' holes the top is concave.

Overall

Overall: 8

Quality

Quality: 8

Features

Features: 7

Value

Value: 9

decent mando for the price
Posted by mandoman12345678 from USA on Sep 20, 2004
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: semi professional
Reviewer's Play Style: bluegrass/country
Replaced tuners and tailpiece (Allen), had professional set up, and it it really starting to open up after 8 months. Tone is not like a 5k Gibson, but is decent. I use it for travel, attending festivals/campfire picking.

Overall

Overall: 5

Quality

Quality: 5

Features

Features: 7

Value

Value: 5

Shop wisely
Posted by Mountain Hopper from Cascades on Dec 3, 2003
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: N/A
I bought an A model that sounds and plays better than this one. The A Style I bought came with a gig bag and two books. I have owned this Dean Bluegrass F-style for about four months and it's not a bad player, it sounds alright - but when I bought the A-Style, as mentioned before, for friends to play when they visited I was very surprised at how it played and sounded better.

Overall

Overall: 5

Quality

Quality: 1

Features

Features: 6

Value

Value: 4

Good sweet tone, easy playing, but I...
Posted by possumbelly5-string from Alexandria, VA on May 22, 2003
Experience w/product: I have used it
Reviewer's Background: Active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Bluegrass
Good sweet tone, easy playing, but I have seen the top cave-in on this mandolin.

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Dean Bluegrass F Mandolin

Overall: 6.17Read 6 Reviews

$319.99

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Dean Bluegrass F Mandolin

Overall: 6.17Read 6 Reviews

MSRP: $499.99

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