Collings Guitars is widely recognized for the impeccable playability, tone, and fit-and-finish of all their instrument lines, and their mandolins are some of the finest on the market. This MT2-V A-style model in Adirondack Spruce and Eastern Flamed Maple clearly illustrates Bill Collings’ pursuit of perfection, from the outstanding tone, courtesy of the seasoned Red Spruce top with parallel tone bar bracing, all the way down to the finest details, such as the hand-rubbed sunburst and oil-based varnish finish, as well as the supremely comfortable V-shaped neck profile. Tonally, this mandolin packs a wallop, with a clearly articulated chop and a warm, woody voice that projects effortlessly.

Here we have an absolutely prisitine Varnish Finish MT2V mandolin from Collings. We hardly need to introduce this model, it has already earned it’s amount of respect in the music world. But this one is awesome. The Varnish really allows the most tone and volume to come out and this is a big sounding one. The fit and finish are perfection as we’ve all come to expect from Collings and the burst is to die for.

Here we have a mint condition 2004 Phoenix Mandolins Deluxe Model. Insanely Figured Maple and Adirondack Spruce, strung with medium Thomastik strings for a gorgeous sound with superb playability. Rolfe Gerhardt hand makes these versatile Mandolins for players who want the best. You won’t believe the great feel these have!

From the Phoenix website: “The Deluxe Model was created as the result of requests by professional musicians who want a medium-string mandolin that would excel at all kinds of music but was styled with the clean, elegant appearance of the Neoclassical, and…would include a built-in pickup. To distinguish it from the Neoclassical: the Deluxe is colored with a lightly-sunburst, warm, violin dark-brown under the hybrid varnish; the Grover tuners are gold with custom black parts and buttons; and the fingerboard features the trademarked abalone vine created for the Unicorn Master Models of the 1970s and included on the “Pickin'” fingerboard poster.”

This is an A style Mandolin in Sitka Spruce and Flamed Maple from luthier Wes Lambe. Wes is a newcomer to us here at Dream Guitars and he has set himself a high standard with everything we have seen. The build quality and voicing on this mando are fantastic – it has a great “chop” but also a warmth and charisma that we don’t often find in A styles. Volume is something you won’t have to worry about with this mandolin, you can play it sweet and soft or really dig into it if you are in a bluegrass jam.